HDTV Basics

Still don't know much about High Definition TV? Well, apparently there are still a few out there 😛 so DenGuru takes the guessing out of it. I say if you have questions you should just ask in our forums, some of these guys have more knowledge about this stuff than they know what to do with (not me though, I […]

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Term of the Week – PCM

About.com's Home Theater section has their term of the week up again. This week they talk about PCM or Pulse Code Modulation. PCM is the method in which audio signals are transferred to digital audio data. The data is then transmitted via digital or optical S/PDIF. From the article: PCM stands for Pulse Code Modulation. PCM technology is a means […]

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Songbird: The Firefox of Media Players

A part of the digital home is getting music playback whilst browsing the world wide web. Making its way into the crowded media playing market is a FF add-in named Songbird. The developers claim to have some old winamp crew on their team so it should be a decent product. Currently version .2 is shipping. It ships with all the […]

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Next-Gen DVD War Averted?

The signing of the peace treaty could soon be at hand! Sometime in 2007, a dual format player could be introduced! It is announcements like this that will keep me on the fence until an affordable universal player comes out! From the article: Broadcom Corp. has already shipped the industry's first dual HD/BD decoder chip, designed into the first-generation Toshiba […]

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