Recent Home Theater Editorials
Rumor: Is Apple Plotting a Sound United Buyout From Masimo?
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Apple may have a plan to buy Sound United audio brands including: Denon, Marantz, Bowers&Wilkins;, etc from Masimo. But how far does Apple's plans go to resolve the ongoing patent disputes with Masimo?
I am Child‑Man, Hear me Roxor!
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Kay "Fun-Sponge" Hymowitz wrote an editorial about child-men. In short - we suck. Apparently we are not living up to our "potential". For some reason, some women feel the need to domesticate their …
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AVRant #39: Kay the Fun‑Sponge
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Tom and Dina discuss the Rolling Stone article The Death of High Fidelity. Summary - compression is bad. CDs are being "optimized" for compression… oh that's a good idea. Convincing people that there …
NASA Uploads Beatles Music To Space ‑ RIAA Not Impressed
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What does the National Aeronautics and Space Administration do for the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Beatles recording "Across the Universe"? Beam the song into space, obviously. That's exactly what …
Blu‑ray: After the Format War Will there be Format Civil War?
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Now that Blu-ray has taken the apparent lead in the format war with Warner’s pending defection, things may finally get ugly. Remember that business about the incomplete Blu-ray specifications, …
Heath Ledger Ghoul Stands: Tragedy on DVD or Blu‑ray
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Have you seen the laser-printer memorials to Heath Ledger at the local DVD retailer? Only a week ago I barely knew who Ledger was, but those displays make me sick! I remember when CDs were still an …
AVRant #38: Imeem vs Pandora
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Blind testing at T.H.E Show?! Who let those people in there? Tom dissects the article. Does he think that it is possible to hear the difference between high-end speaker cables and zip cord? Yep! …
AVRant #37: Sounds Better than Real Life
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Tom's back from CES. Tom gives some love to the listeners (that's you). Dina inadvertently reveals her age (kinda). AppleTV is discussed in brief along with the HD DVD demise. Tom went to T.H.E Show …
Throwing a Super Bowl XLII Party ‑ Tips from the Pros
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Audioholics has long had a history of throwing incredibly technologically-advanced Super Bowl parties. We like to divulge our plans to readers before the big game, in the hope that we can give you …
CES 2008 ‑ A Floor‑Level Perspective
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Every year I strive to give you my perspective of what CES was like. Sometimes I have the time to write up a daily report, others, it is just a summary at the end. This year it will be the latter. …
CES 2008 Show Report
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Well we just wrapped up another glorious show covering of CES at Sin City (Las Vegas). It was apparent to me this year that most of the so called "high end" companies either didn't want press …
AVRant #36: Live from CES 2008
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Live(ish) from the 2008 CES. Audioholics talks about some of the great (and not so great) products that they’ve seen including HD DVD news, Blu-ray player pricing dropping, wireless HDMI, HDMI over …
Music in Video Games Goes LIVE!
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Music in video games has come a long way from its 8-bit midi origins and they’ve been picking up steam lately with all the new rock musician simulators like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. But what was …
iPhone, Gadget of the Year ‑ But Has Apple Sold Out?
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Apple has jumped into bed with AT&T and threatened its own loyal fan-base with punitive firmware updates if they exercise their right to unlock the iPhone. My, how it has strayed so far from that …
AVRant #32: Christmas List 2007 part 1
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Tom and Dina start off addressing some questions and Dina's first hate mail. They talk about such important issues as how someone can find Tom on Halo 3 and kill him and updating firmware on the A2. …
The Case for Cooperative Play
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Now, I love playing multiplayer but honestly, headshotting your friends from across the map gets a little old after a while. Team Slayer type games are better because you once again get that sense of …
BD+ Cracked? So Much for Happily Ever After
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This "fable" is about the MPAA who believed they should have control of how people watch movies in their homes. The MPAA wanted to make sure that the people would be unable to do anything with those …
The Future of Home Entertainment
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But what is the real future of home entertainment? No one knows. The amount of options out there right now is just staggering though. Take Heroes for example the wildly popular "superhero" themed TV …
AVRant #30: Listener Appreciation Day
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Welcome. Dina starts off this Podcast with a threat more horrible than any you can imagine. It's listener appreciation day around here and Tom and Dina address many of your emails and questions. They …
AVRant #29: CES HD DVD DTS HD DHL and other Acronyms
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Is Dina going to be at CES this year? You’ll have to listen in to find out. Does Tom have love for DHL? Take a wild guess. What does the holiday season mean to Tom? Tons of questions. Tom gives his …
AVRant #28: Dina has hit her Quotie
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Tom starts off with a few announcements about the AVRant voicemail, the new music challenge, a few minor changes to the website, and AVRant’s ranking on Podcast Alley (you guys ROCK!!!). Tom …
Sony CEO Uncertain of Blu‑ray Future
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After the spanking Blu-ray got at the hands of HD DVD recently, Sony's CEO Sir Howard Stringer commented that the two formats are in a "stalemate" according to the Associated Press. While he doesn't …
Radiohead ‑ So did the Boot Work?
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Results of Radiohead’s little experiment of life without leeches, I mean record labels, have started to come in. Early on, reports showed that in excess of ONE MILLION people downloaded the album …
AVRant #27: Too Many Topics, Too Little Time
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You thought things were crazy last week? Wait until Dina's announcement. Tom deconstructs the Wal-Mart "secret" sale where an HD DVD player was on sale for $99. Is investing in a DVD player with top …
There has never been a better time to rent
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The WGA strike is on folks, and they're reporting that this one could be a doozie. The last WGA strike went on for 22 weeks (that's an entire season of shows) and cost the industry an estimated $500 …
DVD Burning Kiosks a Thing of the Past
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When Reuters put out a story this weekend that Walgreens were going to start providing DVD burning kiosks in their stores, my reaction wasn't, "Wow that's cool!" as much as it was, "Um… why haven't …
One HTPC... Very Cheap... Best Offer
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I tried... real hard. The idea of an HTPC is incredible. It's a stupendous idea. I mean, take an ATSC HDTV tuner, an HD-DVR, a DVD player, your entire DVD and CD collection, Internet music, your …
AVRant #25: Yee Haw
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Dina has a fan and someone thinks that Tom is a corporate polo-wearing type. The world is just topsy-turvy. A new music challenge is issued. Tom will discuss this more on the next podcast. Jarret has …