April 2006 - Posts

• HD DVD Hybrid disk

  Would you buy a DVD today that was also an HD DVD on the flip side? Would you spend any extra for the HD DVD feature? Warner Home Video is betting that even though you don't own an HD DVD player you might just spring for an HD DVD layer on your next DVD Read More... Posted Friday, April 28, 2006 11:10 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Apple Chooses Samsung

  Yesterday Samsung announced it was awarded a huge contract from Apple Computers winning the bid to make chips for Apple's next generation of iPods. Sr. VP for technical marketing at Samsung Semiconductor Inc Jon Kang was so confident in his company's Read More... Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:08 PM by | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Home Theater vs Movie Theater

  Home Theater vs Movie Theater I've never been one to promote the rivalry between the two as I think they both have their place. HD Beat ran its own " Why Home Theaters Rock " feature which is an interesting read. It's an interesting comparison to this Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:25 PM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Editorial

• HD DVD Has Landed

  The format war began this week in earnest with the release of an HD DVD player and a handful of disks. The HD-A1 HD DVD player by Toshiba was the first to hit stores last Thursday. An RCA knock off should be coming shortly on May 18th. The HD-A1 has been Read More... Posted Friday, April 21, 2006 4:27 PM by | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• TiVo vs Dish Network

  TiVo wins a major victory in its long struggle with EchoStar. A Texas District Court awarded TiVo $73.9 million dollars for a longstanding patent infringement suit against EchoStar, parent company of Dish Network. The ten member jury only took two hours Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:01 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Onkyo HT-S580: HTIB with a surprize

  Sure, I'm a hi-fi enthusiast and almost qualify as a hi-fi snob but I'll never tell you a quarter million bucks is required for perfect sound . Heck I'll take $5K worth of as-good-as-it-gets and die happy. But not so with you, yeah you John Q. Public. Read More... Posted Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:02 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Leave the iPod at home

  Less is more Spring has returned. Waking to the sounds of ever more species of birds as the frost-line makes its seasonal ascends up northerly parallels I am reminded again of my love of acoustics. The world has a natural soundtrack that through mobile Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:16 PM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Editorial

• Sony PS3 Pricing Confusion

  It's come to my attention that premature pricing information has become the new PS3 topic these days. Don't take these pricing estimates seriously. We already know the price will be just a tad higher than the Xbox360 and as soon as it hits the market Read More... Posted Friday, April 07, 2006 5:20 PM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Blu-ray Delayed - Again

  Delays in consumer electronics roll-outs are as inevitable as death and taxes. Microsoft pulled an "on-paper" release of the Xbox360 late last year and the next game console is still as scarce as a straight answer from a presidential press secretary. Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 05, 2006 9:42 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Mitsubishi's Laser TV Breakthrough

  Mitsubishi will demonstrate a 52 inch version of its new laser rear projector technology this Friday. A new type of HDTV was was announced by the Japanese manufacturer last February and now they're ready to show it off. Laser projection TV uses the principal Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 04, 2006 4:06 PM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors