Home Theater Systems Advice
Tips for selecting components including video projectors, big-screen TVs, plasma and LCD displays, DVD players, HDTV receivers, satellite TV and surround sound systems.
Tips for selecting components including video projectors, big-screen TVs, plasma and LCD displays, DVD players, HDTV receivers, satellite TV and surround sound systems.
In a hotel penthouse in Manhattan, Dolby Labs recently demonstrated their latest technologies designed to bring a high quality surround sound experience to more people in more places. It’s definitely not your grandfather’s Dolby any more.
High-end audio vendor Integra tries its hand at a Media Center/Home Theater PC with the NVS-7.7
Stephen Gaghan’s cautionary tale on the relationship between big oil and big government gets the high definition treatment on Warner HD-DVD
Movie fans get a second chance to enjoy writer/director Shane Black’s genre-busting action/comedy/romance/film noir as it gets the high definition treatment on Warner HD-DVD.
In a sneak preview of the upcoming 2006 Digital Life show, home theater and electronics manufacturers and service providers such as Vongo, Polk Audio, Toshiba, Vizio, Yellow Machine (Anthology Solutions), Streamload and Logitech show what’s here today and what’s coming later this year.
Richard Donner’s most recent action-fest is now available on a combo HD-DVD/DVD disc that will play in any DVD player but really shines in an HD-DVD player.
Nineteen years after its release, the original Lethal Weapon film gets the High Definition treatment on Warner HD-DVD, and it looks and sounds surprisingly good.
Showing that they’re not taking any prisoners in the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray Disc format war, Toshiba announces plans for a stand-alone HD-DVD recorder with built-in one terabyte hard drive to be released in Japan next month.
Many folks who build their own home theater or high-end audio system ignore one of the most important components: the room itself. Rives provides room design consultation services to make sure the acoustics of your listening room enhance rather than detract from the listening experience. They also make their own Room Correction device with built-in parametric EQ to tame the acoustics of existing rooms.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |