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 of DLP which uses a chip to reflect light and create images.  But ...

It's comic to film week! This week two graphic novels are being presented to two different film media History of Violence and V for Vendetta.  The first one we saw was released Tuesday to DVD.  History of Violence stars Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris, it even has a small part with William Hurt.  This is high powered acting under the ...

Music servers are becoming more popular but still pricey.  You could always go the way of the home made PC and just wire it to your audio system, but it sounds like crap.  There are budget ways to stream digital media to your HT system that don't include any local storage like Sonos and Squeezebox. The idea of a music server that has ...

You want cheap HTiB?  Do you want somewhere down near the bottom of the barrel cheap?    How is $250 or $500 for a complete HTiB with some key features?  That’s cheap!  Okay, it’s cheap but is it any good?  That may remain to be seen but it sure looks interesting.   Samsung is due to release ...

Next year is a concept that can linger for years when it comes to the release of a new technology.    Toshiba and Canon have collaborated on the development of a new display technology called SED (Surface-Conduction Electron-Emitter Display).  It’s effectively a flat CRT.  The developers of the new display promise ...

There’s a lot of speculation across the web about Cisco System's next move.  Since announcing their intention to enter the home theater market Cisco Systems looks to secure a deal to purchase Scientific Atlanta (SA).  The deal is said to be done and will with Cisco purchasing SA for $6.9 Billion.  The deal promises ...

Not only is TiVo alive and well despite some bad news for the company last year, they're making their most significant leaps in PVR technology yet seen.  The TiVo Series 3 was unveiled at CES last week and TiVo's reps say it will be available by “mid to late ’06”.  This is the TiVo unit with everything ...

I can't give this movie thumbs up.  Because thumbs up is property of Roger Ebert.  Instead I'll give it three stars out of five.  It makes for entertaining viewing and I look forward to good quality DVD release of this film (partly so I can rewind the drinking-water-in-the-bedroom-scene over and over) the movie sounds good and ...

Yes, I love Onkyo even though I own nothing made by the manufacturer.  I’ve heard enough and almost bought some of its gear on a number of occasions.  I personally would avoid HTIB, but that’s just my situation and I can see where others might benefit from it.  But I do own a small stereo system, basically an HTIB ...

Are the Xbox 360 shortages a marketing ploy?  Some say yes.  A conspiratorial view to be sure, but one that is sure to generate a bit of free publicity and extend the release hype for awhile.  Even now, this blog is discussing the release of a Microsoft product and contributing to the hype.  There are stories out there about ...