With all of the talk about high contrast ratios from LCDs and SEDs these days, Plasma was starting to get a bad rap. Pioneer fired back today with an announcement of a plamsa that will offer a 20000:1 contrast ratio. A pretty big improvement considering this gen of plasmas are in the 3000:1 range. Don't expect them to hit BB […]
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It will take some convincing for a lot of us to buy a Monster product. Perhaps they have redeemed themselves with their Einstein bradned home control product. Its a several thousand dollar setup that can be added by other several thousand products. Here are few of the potential addons you can expect to get. From the article: > The Nucleus […]
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Sony will start releasing their first 50 GB movies next week. Click will be the first title announced but details on what will be crammed into the 50 GB monsters is not yet known. Black Hawk Down and Talladega Nights will be the next two movies to follow. Black Hawk Down will feature "Blu-wizard" that will allow you to customize […]
Read moreWill the Nostradamus of TV predictions be right in 2007? A few obvious ones like further HD price drops, more broadcast HDTV and HD commercials make the list. A couple of his statements seem to conflict. One point he mentions that the PS3 and 360 will generate more interest in next gen DVDs and then he mentions Toshiba and Sony […]
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If you all don't remember way back in 2004 a DirecTV customer filed lawsuit saying that he had signed up for HDTV service and was soon getting sub-par results. He claims DirecTV is engaged in unlawful or fraudulent business practices by not delivering actual high definition signals. As most of us in the audio/videophille world know DirecTV started cutting bit […]
Read moreAutomated Home, a site for great HA news, has the scoop on a hybrid solar lighting system. The panels collect the sunlight and transport it through optical fiber to various lights containing optical elements to dispurse the light and blend it with artificial light. A photsensor maintains light level at nighttime by adjusting the artificial light levels. From the article: […]
Read moreI have talked about the Home Automation market and how it has not made it to the mainstream a few times since starting this site. My general opinion is that, until you make it as easy to run as a DVD player you can expect low penetration among the masses. Appliance magazine has a few of their thoughts posted up […]
Read moreThe $15995 Sim2 HT3000 1080p DLP is no doubt aimed at the serious Home Theater enthusiast. The price lies not only in the resolution itself but the tools the projector gives you to adjust the PW to your liking. Notables on this projector is the 26 step user adjustable color temp, 12 gamme presets, two HDMI jacks, 7 segment color […]
Read moreIt looks like Slinbox has a competitor in the hardware placeshifting market. The HAVA Wireless hardware takes your TV signals and allows it to stream to any broadband connected PC. As you will see from the article quote below, HAVA appears to have a lot of improvements over the Slingbox including multiple viewers, built in wireless, MCE compatability and will […]
Read moreIs the Ambilight system from Phillips more hype the function? Well you will have to read the review for that, however I can spill a few of the details before you diving into this multi-page review. This particular Ambilight model was not blessed with the holy 1080p light we all so desire, but instead a slightly more devilish 1366X768. It […]
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