What’s disturbing about the CRTCs slow approval of Satellite Radio in Canada is the mindset of a group dedicated to standing in the way of these kinds of telecommunications technologies ostensibly for “cultural” reasons.  Friends of Canadian Broadcasting is opposed to the arrival of satellite radio to Canada (Canadian ...

The purpose of this entry is to set the ground work for future receiver and amp reviews.  I’ll probably find an excuse to link to this one.  As noted in my last entry the hi-fi industry has long been a playground for pseudo-science and subjective elitism. We walk a fine line in the realm of hi-fi, how do you describe sound quality ...

There is a long standing conflict between two schools of thought in the hi-fi world, objectivist vs subjective.  The war has always existed but today the battle rages over the Home Theater market that has brought new inexpensive digital technologies to the masses.  What used to be an exclusive endeavor of the wealthy, building a ...

There is a lot of talk about gaming eventually becoming a dominant part of the future of Home Theater.  The interactive storytelling paradigm and digital technologies found in console and computer games today coupled with the grand scale of the latest display and audio technologies in the Home Theater world would seem like a marriage made in ...

Star Wars III; Revenge of the Sith. Warning: Spoilers. Star Wars episode III; Revenge of the Sith delivers the best Star Wars film since Empire Strikes Back.  Lucas finally succeeds in shedding the overly cutesy and saccharine sweet romance scenes that seemed to plague the last two episodes.  Here Lucas delivers a truly dark tale of ...

Never underestimate the visual enhancement of ambient lighting for your home theater.  Watching movies in total darkness is a sure way to cause your audience eyestrain and fatigue viewers.  As the video from your movies goes bright, dark then bright again, your iris has to open and close to regulate your vision.  You can ...

Tonight at midnight fans will get their first look at the final installment of George Lucas’s Star Wars epic, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.  The release of this final installment shows the public excitement for the franchise hasn’t died down over the decades, we’ve waited a long time for this final conclusion ...

It's official.  In my house at least, we have moved on from the VHS format.  I no longer even own a VCR and all those tapes I've collected over the years taking up massive space is marked to be cleared.  In clearing out the basement getting ready for some much needed renovations I had to make the not-so-tough decisions to ...

  Monster Cable has been drawing negative attention to itself lately by aiming lawsuits and trademark infringement claims against dozens of companies that use the word ''monster'' in their names.  Monster’s campaign to secure their brand on the word Monster includes some notable victims; Discovery Channel’s ...

Let me start by saying I do not condone piracy or any form of theft of intellectual property.  However: there is an undeniable paradigm shift in the entertainment industry which is being prompted by on line file sharing and in part piracy. The future of the entertainment industry requires it works with piracy through a reorganization of ...