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• Yamaha YSP-1000, Surround Sound Projection

  New "holographic surround sound" technology is used in the YSP-1000 to create a single box replacement for a five channel speaker system. One rectangular speaker positioned under your TV is supposed to beam sound around the room to create five channel Read More... Posted Monday, June 12, 2006 3:08 PM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• 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

• Xbox 360 Killer App RPG: Elder Scrolls Oblivion

  Xbox360 is rolling with hits this moth with Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and now Elder Scrolls Oblivion. Make no mistake, this is the killer app for Xbox 360 and your home theater system. It’s a new fantasy role playing game that was released Read More... Posted Monday, March 27, 2006 11:33 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Xbox 360: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

  The first Xbox 360 game to inspired me to write about here is GR – Advanced Warfighter. So here I am anxiously waiting for Oblivion to rock my world. Then I see a little blip on the www.metacritic.com radar … a new Ghost Recon game for 360. Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:38 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Hanspree Artisitic LCD TVs

  When I saw this little number on Gizmodo I though; “cool!”. The Batman LCD TV is from a company called Hanspree who makes LCD displays built with style. After looking at the company’s website I was completely enamored. If I were of a Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:23 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• OpenPeak SimpleRemote

  Electronics company employs the clever word - joining technique to create new brand based words for ModerNeNglish. OpenPeak is a small company that makes remote control devices specifically designed (so they say) to accomplish complex tasks as simple Read More... Posted Monday, January 16, 2006 11:28 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Harmony 880 Universal Remote; it's a better toilet

  For me, universal remote controls are like toilets. Basically you deal with the hand you’re dealt, sure there are probably ways to improve them, cushions, maybe a built in monitor and keyboard with wi-fi access to the router so you can surf while Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:21 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• NAD T743

  I've always loved NAD's equipment and I'm a sucker for that gunmetal grey. It looks like a military piece, something that might be rack mounted in back of a US Army cavalry vehicle. I spent some time at a NAD authorized dealer today and went straight Read More... Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:29 PM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Wireless Home Theater

  The future is now with hi-fi that communicates wirelessly with your network. Home Theater media players are nothing new, we’ve seen some very exotic pieces that will play your ripped CDs and DVDs right from your network catalogue to your TV. It’ll Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:42 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Upscaling DVD Players - Part 2

  In my last installment (part 1) I expressed some concern that the HD “upscaling” feature found on some DVD players today was more of a marketing feature than a technical feature that will give you better picture quality from a DVD player. Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:45 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Sony's new PVRs: DHG-HDD500 and DHG-HDD250

  Sony has released two new digital (HD) Personal Video Recorders in North America the DHG-HDD500 and the HDD250 . The model's nomenclature indicates the drive capacity the 500 model with 500Gigs and the 250 with only half capacity. The 500 Gig model (DHG-HDD500) Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:01 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Wireless Audio Video Transmitters

  Wireless A/V transmitters are not new but have only recently become affordable with the mass production of wireless networking technologies. The foremost player in this market that’s been receiving great reviews from users is by Belkin Pure AV Remote Read More... Posted Monday, July 25, 2005 10:54 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• DVD Recorders. Sony RDR-GX300

  I've played with a few DVD recorders such as the Sony RDR-GX300. If you’re considering a DVD recorder addition to your HT setup be prepared to spend some serious RTFM time. That is you’ll need to dust off the owners manual read, read and read Read More... Posted Sunday, July 10, 2005 7:53 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• NHT ST-4 look as refined as they sound

  NHT is a small speaker company out of California that has been making moderately priced high-end speaker equipment since 1987. NHT stands for ‘Now Hear This’ and people tend to comment on the bold name when they first hear about NHT concluding Read More... Posted Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:46 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Arcam AVR receivers, a spartan luxury

  Arcam is a British audio manufacturer who specializes in high end and rather pricey CD/DVD players, receivers, surround processors, amplifiers and pre-amps. Arcam’s DVD players are particularly noteworthy as some of the best DVD players available Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005 8:35 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews