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AV Rant #55: Monster EinsteinIn this episode, Tom and Clint answer questions about downloading high rez audio online, A/Bing speakers if you don't have a bunch of fancy equipment, and what do you do if you want to get high def audio without analogue audio outs. Clint reports on his visit to Monster with a preview of some of the results. For all this and more, listen in! |
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Editorial: Blue Jeans Cable Experience with Monster Cable
by Kurt Denke — last modified April 30, 2008 05:07
by Kurt Denke — last modified April 30, 2008 05:07
We've received a lot of encouraging words, questions, and concerns from our customers over the heavily-publicized threats made against our company by Monster Cable recently, and wanted to give everyone an update and an explanation. Our view of this situation is that, apart from revealing things like litigation strategy which, for obvious reasons, we need not to speak about publicly, we want everyone to know exactly what this is about, why it's going on, and what the merits of the case are. Whether we have war is, of course, entirely up to Monster; we will not start a war, but we are not the least bit hesitant to fight one if it comes. Don't fear the bully!
Editorial: The Evolution of Digital Music On Demand
by Mary Sekerak — last modified April 28, 2008 18:08
by Mary Sekerak — last modified April 28, 2008 18:08
Think back to a time when you couldn’t log onto the Internet and download any song you wanted in little or no time at all. It seems like that was an eternity ago, right? Once MP3s became more popular, users needed MP3 players to listen to their digital music. MP3s and MP3 players brought about the beginning of the digital music age, where music is downloaded, streamed, given away as prizes, ad-supported, and listened to everywhere.
Editorial: Hate Crimes against Geeks on the Rise
by Tom Andry — last modified April 24, 2008 11:54
by Tom Andry — last modified April 24, 2008 11:54
The long running joke of high school is beating up the geek. It's in practically every movie in the genre. For many geeks it was considered a "right of passage" that gave them the drive and motivation to be successful academically so that they could later fire that tormentor and watch him degenerate into alcoholism and poverty. For many, this thought is the only thing that gets them through this most trying of times.
Editorial: HD Radio - Next Big Thing or Flop?
by Clint DeBoer — last modified April 21, 2008 03:57
by Clint DeBoer — last modified April 21, 2008 03:57
HD Radio makes sense. Digital music with meta information similar to mp3, but with even more flexibility. As the digital transition looms nearer for televisions, radio - for the most part seems bent on staying analogue, even though the same fuzzy AM and FM radio has been annoying us for decades. HD Radio proved to change all that, but similar to HD DVD, there seems to be only one main technology player in town - iBiquity and they aren't exactly having adopters sign up in droves for a non-mandatory digital radio transition.
Editorial: Cable a la Carte
by Tom Andry — last modified April 18, 2008 16:09
by Tom Andry — last modified April 18, 2008 16:09
It seems to make intuitive sense - why should you have to pay for cable channels you never watch? It's not hard to see the benefit for the end user - only pay for the channels you actually watch. In my house this means no more Lifetime, TLC, MTV, VH1, BET, anything related in any way to country music, and a host more. But would I really save any money?
Editorial: Paperless Society on the Horizon?
by Tom Andry — last modified April 17, 2008 17:13
by Tom Andry — last modified April 17, 2008 17:13
Japan has many long and established traditions, not the least of them is paper. That isn't stopping Japanese scientists from trying to do away with this resource dependent form of communication. Reuters is reporting today that new "electronic" paper is being displayed (forgive the pun) that vary from fairly thick and sturdy to thin and bendable. Will we finally get away from paper and trust our tech?
Editorial: The High Definition Downloads War - Who Will Win?
by Clint DeBoer — last modified April 10, 2008 10:08
by Clint DeBoer — last modified April 10, 2008 10:08
In this new era of high definition TV and high speed Internet, it's almost ludicrous to think that in the coming years people will be content to wait for a physical disc to show up in the mail. Still, there are some challenges to the world of HD downloads and a lot needs to happen in order to meet those challenges. We took some time to outline what we think it will take to bring HD downloads to the living room.
Editorial: The Future of Computers and Entertainment
by Tom Andry — last modified April 08, 2008 15:17
by Tom Andry — last modified April 08, 2008 15:17
As much as I love to bash Steve Jobs (and I really, really do), you got to give the man his props. The iPhone had barely hit the market before people were coming up with new and interesting uses for it. This year at CES, we saw an iPhone being used as a remote for a receiver. Scientists at CERN are even now discussing potential of their "Grid" - a new internet that has the potential to be 10,000 times faster than what we know today. Not only that, but they are thinking that someday everyone will store all their information online. Now, security issues aside, let's think about the ramifications of that...
Editorial: File Sharing NOT the Devil!
by Tom Andry — last modified April 04, 2008 13:06
by Tom Andry — last modified April 04, 2008 13:06
Just when you thought you'd never hear a scrap of reason from the big record labels, recently acquired ex-Google employee Glen Merrill who now heads up EMI's digital strategy department said that file sharing was "not necessarily bad" . While not exactly a crowning endorsement, it is a big step away from the usual practice of suing the pants off file-sharers.
Editorial: AV Rant #55: Monster Einstein
by Tom Andry — last modified April 03, 2008 11:33
by Tom Andry — last modified April 03, 2008 11:33
In this episode, Tom and Clint answer questions about downloading high rez audio online, A/Bing speakers if you don't have a bunch of fancy equipment, and what do you do if you want to get high def audio without analogue audio outs. Clint reports on his visit to Monster with a preview of some of the results. For all this and more, listen in!
Editorial: Wii Remote and iPhone to control Bomb Squad Robot
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Editorial: Turn Off You Home Theaters Tomorrow to Observe Earth Hour
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March 28, 2008 15:48
Editorial: Making Peace with Blu-ray
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March 27, 2008 16:01
Editorial: AV Rant #53: Monster Podcast
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March 26, 2008 11:09
Editorial: AV Rant #51: We're not the Crazy Ones
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March 19, 2008 12:54
Editorial: Meridian MF10 Projector = JVC DLA-RS2 plus Ripoff
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March 17, 2008 12:36
Editorial: AVRant #50: The Real Dina
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March 15, 2008 12:53
Editorial: Format War Pricing Aftermath: Blu-ray Up, HD-DVD Down
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David Waratuke
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March 14, 2008 04:20
Editorial: AVRant #49: Explicit 24p
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March 13, 2008 10:18
Editorial: Mind-blowing Blu-ray with BD 2.0? Maybe.
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March 10, 2008 09:58
Editorial: AVRant #48: Protect Mode
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March 07, 2008 08:20
Editorial: AVRant #47: Toshiba, Headphones, Test Discs
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March 05, 2008 12:48
Editorial: AVRant #46: Fly-overs
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March 01, 2008 12:56
News: Abrupt End to HD DVD From Paramount and DreamWorks
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Wayde Robson
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February 29, 2008 15:28
Editorial: AV Rant #45: Power Conditioner or Rip-off?
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February 28, 2008 07:04
Editorial: AVRant #44: Killing Brain Cells
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February 22, 2008 10:01
Editorial: Latest Xbox 360 Blu-ray Rumor Stinks
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Wayde Robson
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February 21, 2008 07:12
Editorial: AVRant #43: Proper Planning
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February 19, 2008 16:33
Editorial: AVRant #42: Games for Anorexics
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February 15, 2008 05:11
Editorial: Michael Bay wins the Format War
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