Recent Home Theater Editorials

Well, we're fast approaching the 2006 CEDIA Expo. This is a convention specifically geared towards custom installers and integrators. While that may not…

As CEDIA looms close, OPRA Inc. has decided to instigate the long standing tradition held by many veritable print publications - Our own awards. Yes, the OPRA Award is likely to become the most …

A Discussion of RF Universal Remotes vs. Traditional IR

8/10/06 - Los Angeles:

"I can't seem to get that through to you. I'm not just talking about one person. I'm talking about everybody. I'm talking about form. I'm talking about content. I'm talking bout interrelationships. …

Four New Mid-Tier and Entry-Level Models Are Added, with New Features and Capabilities Geared Toward the Custom Installation Marketplace

Weeks of speculation are over! Microsoft made it official last Friday when it announced the project "Zune" aimed at competing head to head with Apple.

Two years ago CableCard was going to release Cable TV subscribers from the bondage of the set top box and provide freedom to digital Cable aware devices like HTPC. A recent story in the New York …

It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you...

From time to time OPRA is asked to give his opinion on something he actually knows about. Luckily, that time hasn't come yet. Still, unable to control his noise hole, he'll once again unenlighten the …

According to the NY Times rumor mill Microsoft plans to jump into the MP3 Player market and go head to head against Apple. A marketplace struggle between Microsoft and Apple, could it be the good …

So, I was perusing the news online today and came across an article on Reuters about yet another new Google service. Google Checkout is the latest tool created by the Internet giant to make your …

Pimp my Tube... Tube my Pod... er, nevermind. I guess I won't be showing up on MTV with this gizmo anytime…

Samsung's newest Blu-ray player, the BD-P1000 vs Toshiba's HD-A1 HD DVD player, which one will win? We make some predictions, but only time will tell.

About two years ago, I my wife and I were in Los Angeles with some friends. For years she had heard me explain how great it was to go to the movies in LA, and finally she was going to experience it. …

I'm not typically a doom and gloom kind of guy - really, I'm rather optimistic. But this pending format release/war is simply the most…

Philips just announced a deal with French semiconductor company Metalink Ltd to supply 802.11 draft-N chipsets for new Wi-Fi consumer electronics products.

Sometimes a product comes along that is so revolutionary, so innovative, that the entire world sits up and applauds. Well, the world may sit up, but that is not applause you are hearing.

Those damn kids, riding their skateboards and rollerblades. Always in front of the bank or grocery store. Someone should invent a repellent.…

TiVo subscribers armed with the new Series2 hardware can now view online content through their TV. TiVoCasting lets user's pipe…

The Diffusion Group is a media analyst think tank that believes Microsoft could be biding its time before diving into…

A mega-retailer that needs no introduction to Audioholics readers was the victim of a hack during the last couple of…

The company's new HD DVD Player may have taken Toshiba's share of press lately, letting rumors of its DLP lamp problems…

Being a fairly sarcastic person (and by fairly I mean very), one has to be aware of the karmic toll one's actions are sure…

We all like small. I mean, come on - thinner TV screens, smaller parts for a more compact design... About the only thing we…

"Learn to work with a saxophone, I play just what I feel…" - Steely Dan

Angst. A feeling of anxiety that may or may not be accompanied by depression. We've all felt it at one time or another. Many of us during our formative years…

Being a consumer in such a vast and complex field as consumer audio and video can be frustrating for neophytes looking to increase their knowledge base in hopes of making educated purchasing …