If you’re looking for a tasty snack for your home theater, you might not want to shop at Pathmark. We did and bought a bag of Veggie Booty that had been recalled by the manufacturer for salmonella contamination five days earlier.
Think the next generation high definition DVD format war is over? Not so fast. Paramount and DreamWorks Animation have just announced exclusive support of HD-DVD, dropping the Sony-backed Blu-ray Disc format like a hot potato.
As Hitachi spins up a new marketing campaign to support its 1080-line plasma HDTVs, a reader writes in asking if they should be called 1080p or not.
The Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD format war just got a bit more interesting as Japanese electronics manufacturer Onkyo announces its first HD-DVD player – a state of the art unit with next generation lossless audio streaming.
A reader asks why his 7-year old DVD player doesn’t look so good when plugged into his new HDTV via component video cables.
As we transition from analog to digital television broadcasts, Panasonic releases a new DVD recorder with built-in digital tuner that will allow it to continue working past 2009 when analog broadcasts go off the air.
The world of digital television and HDTV is already confusing enough, but when informational resources that are supposed to help clarify the issues get it wrong, then where are we?
A reader writes in asking how analog component video cables can support HDTV picture resolution – isn’t high definition a strictly digital format?
Great resource for information and discussions about satellite-provided home entertainment (in both the TV and radio flavors). Includes discussion of both the hardware and the services.
Extremely popular and useful web site for all things satellite-related (satellite TV that is) with forums, reviews and animated discussions by experts in the field (but open to everyone).
