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 […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreRather then take you right to the press release on this one, I will link Ars' take on Nvidia's purchase of PortalPlayer. It seems that this purchase is a bit outside of Nvidia's sweetspot. It looks like Nvidia wants to expand into the portable market now. From the article: PortalPlayer will give NVIDIA access to two markets it currently does […]
Read moreFamous for their DIY projector kits, Lumen Labs has announced their very own custom designed video projector. For a mere $499 you can get a 800X600 or 1024X768 projector that offers a 1000 ANSI Lumen output, VGA connector and component connector. The kicker here is that the bulb only costs 30 dollars to replace!!! From the article: The $499 Lumenlab […]
Read moreIt looks like Scrooge is showing his ugly face around the holidays! TiVo is set to raise prices on its monthy subscritpion fee from $12.95 to $14.95. The plan options and price hikes are a confusing jumble of crap that would scare me out of wanting to buy a TiVo. From the article: 1. At the time of activation of […]
Read moreI am becoming more and more interested in an in-wall speaker setup. Not only for the WAF, which plays a big part, but as well for the wire management and clean layout they provide. I would be hard pressed to spend $3,000 on Polk's latest creation, however this speaker does get great reviews from Secrets Of Hi-Fi. IP based speakers, […]
Read moreThe 61" HL-S6187W 1080p DLP from Samsung weighs in at a very light $2999. For this price you get dual HDMI connections, the other usual suspects in the connection department and a very nice 10,000:1 contrast ration. Yowza! You do get a few downsides like minor artifacts during motion, a shoddy remote, and a little louder then usual fan noise. […]
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Well, it wouldn't be a blog without a little bit of armchair analyst going on. Whilst browsing for news over the past few days, I stumbled across PVRWire's article about things TiVo could do better to improve their product. One of the items was to have TiVo PVR software for the PC available. Now I would like to say […]
Read moreLets continue on with more HD loving tonight. After all, the Super Bowl is just around the corner :). Home Theater Blog has a press release/detail blurb about the upcoming BenQ W10000 1080p projector. You can expect this feature rich projector to sell around $6000 or $7000. However, don't be fooled by the 1080p label, it appears this simply means […]
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