C|Net reviews the 3rd generation of Sony's LocationFree Base Station. I recall reading about their first version a while ago which had nothing but problems. It's good to see them not giving up on a product, and giving Slingbox some competition. Worst case, you can fake your friends out and say it's a new Playstation 3… Both new Base […]
Read moreThe full title of the article is: "A Tale of Two Subwoofers: How I Achieved Bass Nirvana with the Velodyne SMS-1 Digital Drive Subwoofer Management System and MIC-5 Multiple Microphone System". Home Theater Magazine articles such as this provide great insight on how to get the most out of your HT system. A lot of this is over my head, […]
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A nice rant over at HD Blog addresses the predicted decline in DVD sales in 2007. Gee Whiz, you think? What could be the reason… mmm Here are a few with out much effort: 15 different editions of movies (as pointed out in the article) Format wars… DRM – No legal way to rip DVDs for personal use Price How […]
Read moreLooking at the title and judging by Tower Records departure from the retail world, I would guess price is more of an issue then anything. The article does make an excellent point, removing confusion caused by DRM and competing technologies will only increase the available market. A bigger pie so to speak. From the article: As digital music becomes more […]
Read moreGoing head to head with Verizon's multi-billion dollar fiber rollout takes some serious guts. It looks like AT&T is putting an honest effort forward with their U-verse rollout. However, when you hear that they will not be rolling out fiber to your home, instead using VDSL on the last stretch, it does make one worry that they will take short […]
Read moreHDTV Podcast #11 is up for your listening pleasure. THe main focus on today's podcast is HD Camcorders and some of the terminology consumers need to know. Its bad enough everyone's sec video makes it on the net, do we really need to see this stuff in high def now? They even have an interesting history on Sony's display and […]
Read moreYou know you are a Home Automation junkie when you go out an buy a X-10 based alarm clock. The idea is pretty intriguing; being able to program other devices upon your wake up or other events during the day. From the article: What makes the timer pretty powerful though is the ability to program up to 64 events that […]
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