Red Herring had the chance to sit down with the CEO of DivX to discuss the world of digital media. Its interesting to see his take on the big players in the industry including Google and Apple. If nothing else, you get a little history of DivX and how it all got started. From the article: Q: When did […]
Read moreI just had to post this as I'm still laughing about the title. Can't say I'm gonna go & get this over the Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player, but good to hear they're actually trying to fix some things. Toshiba's 2nd generation HD DVD players are available now. Why should you care? Because the first gen players had a Beyonce-level buttload […]
Read moreThere has been quite a bit of buzz over Runco's Video Xtreme line of projectors. Their line up of 1080p projectors are the first in the world to be THX certified. Quality like this doesn't come cheap, I would expect your could get a BMW or two at the MSRP of these projectors. From the article: Every model is available […]
Read moreDRM? We don't need no steenking DRM! At least thats what EMI thinks! As of yesterday, you can now buy DRM free usic from Yahoo's music store for a buck a piece. It will be nice not to have to worry about which device your content can play on. Show your support, go purchase a DRM album. I am on […]
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I tend to agree with them that the remote is pretty awesome on this, but $250 is a lot of money to spend on this. Slim Devices has similar price ranges for comparable products, but use a display on a device instead of the remote. But I like that they're thinking outside the box, and you can't tell me the […]
Read moreAs always, I caution you about not taking "Internet research" too too seriously. Sure they took a big sampling but do the really represent the majority of people who are going to buy this in the long run? My hunch is that Joe Consumer isn;t following too many tech blogs and forums. Saying that, the article does make some pretty […]
Read moreThis guy has a pretty sweet home theater setup, but that didn't stop him from hooking up his Wii to it. Hmmm….those graphics on a 100" Screen? Well, like he points out, nobody buys the Wii for the graphics, they buy it for how much fun it is to play. I'll have to take their word for it 🙂 The […]
Read moreAbout.com's term of the week is Rear-Projection Television. Surprisingly enough, the rear projection TV is the opposite of a front projection display devices. Now that you have gotten over the shock, head on over to About.com for the full scoop on rear projection TV's. From the article: Rear-Projection Television refers to a television in which the image is projected and […]
Read moreBy the time it was all said and done, I think I spend around $6k for my livingroom theater. I certainly didn;t have to break the bank and I came away with what I thought was a pretty good system. Althought it took me a few years to get the TV I was most happy with. Electronic House has a […]
Read moreThe AVR21EN from Audio Access goes a little bit beyond the traditional multiroom audio system. It takes a well stacked receiver and adds whole house expansion capabilities through the KP21 amplified display keypad and AVH21 A/V Hub. The unit is able to control up to six external sources, two AM/FM tuners, sat radio and of course iPod integration. From the […]
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