I'll be honest, my only experience with Klipsch has been with their legendary 4.1 THX system designed for PCs, and it's been great. But every time I ever brought up the name "Klipsch" to my father, he practically went goo-goo over it, so clearly they've got a pretty good reputation established. While there are a few gripes, for the most […]
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Not the cheapest (which is normally a benefit of going rear projection) but it does get rid of the dreaded "rainbow effect" while still giving you a great picture. Overall, I'd say they like it…but in that $4000 price range, you've got a lot of options anyways, so may want to rethink this one. Besides its exotic light engine, the […]
Read moreCerwin-Vega! has unveiled the newest addition to its home audio/video product line with the introduction of the CVHD Series home entertainment 5.1 and 2.1 home speaker systems. The performance of the CVHD has roots all the way back to when Cerwin-Vega speakers made plaster fall from the roofs of theaters nationwide while delivering the rumbling bass of Sensurround for the […]
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1080p Resolution…in a projection unit….for only 12 grand? Count me in for one! Heck, how about 2! The Sharp XV-Z20000 is the third 1080p single-chip DLP projector to pass through our doors. At $11,999 it bucks a growing trend to less expensive, high resolution projectors. But it's far lower in price than competitors such as the $20,000 Marantz VP-11S1 or […]
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No, not Logitech's Harmony. Another one. The company is actually called Harmony, and their software the Maestro LSX is apparantly special enough to get an award at the upcoming CES. Their software does appear to be cool enough, but their website seems like it's stuck in 1999…GOOOOO BIG FLASH INTROS!!! In addition to the all-in-one control of lighting, irrigation, awareness […]
Read moreI think this is more a proof of concept than an actual money maker. Not many people have enough upstream bandwidth to even make this practical. I personally have problems streaming through orb via DSL and that's horrible quality. But ya gotta love the potential when everyone has FIOS 😉 Matrixstream 1080p IPTV streaming has made it to the next […]
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And the world breathes a sigh of relief to know that Microsoft hasn't completely lost their mind. If you recall, we (and about every HTPC website) posted pictures of a horribly ugly remote back at Digital Life, and some thought that would be the Vista remote spec. Luckily, it wasn't true, and Long Zheng posts what he believes is the […]
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I can't think of any other display company that's made a name for themselves as fast or as positive as Vizio has. I remember my college buddy got one a few years back and I laughed at him. Well, I was very wrong, as Vizio has proven to be a reliable & affordable way to get 1 (or 10) plasmas […]
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TVersity is a media server application designed to work with a number of devices such as PSP or Xbox360, and their latest release allows for on the fly transcoding of WMV files to your XBox 360. On the fly transcoding to WMV for the Xbox 360 Xbox 360 users can now play their entire media library with no need for […]
Read moreNot coming out in the US until January 2007, but not like you have $5k laying around for this bad boy anyways…do ya? If you do…can I come watch the Super Bowl at your house? 🙂 As predicted, the svelte new projector rocks the PowerLite moniker, while maintaining the bevy of impressive specs and curvaceous design. Beneath the hood of […]
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