Recent Home Theater Editorials
Rumors of CableCard Demise
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 …
DVD Insider: The Million Dollar Baby
It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you...
Ask OPRA: Motorcade of Ignorance! Vol 4
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 …
Microsoft MP3 Players ‑ Just In Time For Christmas
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 …
Google – The Next Big Brother?
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 …
Fatman iTube Dock ‑ Tubing Your iPod
Pimp my Tube... Tube my Pod... er, nevermind. I guess I won't be showing up on MTV with this gizmo anytime…
Blu‑ray & HD DVD ‑ Who Has the Upper Hand?
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.
My Yearly Excursion to the Movie Theater
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. …
10 Reasons Why High Definition DVD Formats Have Already Failed
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…
More Wi‑fi Trouble on the Horizon
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.
For the Dad that Has Everything...
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.
Shh… Don’t Tell the Golden Ears!
Those damn kids, riding their skateboards and rollerblades. Always in front of the bank or grocery store. Someone should invent a repellent.…
TiVoCasting the Web to Your TV
TiVo subscribers armed with the new Series2 hardware can now view online content through their TV. TiVoCasting lets user's pipe…
Think Tank Dreams up a Portable Xbox
The Diffusion Group is a media analyst think tank that believes Microsoft could be biding its time before diving into…
Hackers Infect Circuit City's Home Theater Forum
A mega-retailer that needs no introduction to Audioholics readers was the victim of a hack during the last couple of…
Toshiba Investigates DLP Lamp Problems
The company's new HD DVD Player may have taken Toshiba's share of press lately, letting rumors of its DLP lamp problems…
Reaping what you Sow
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…
World's Smallest Projector ‑ In Your Eye!
We all like small. I mean, come on - thinner TV screens, smaller parts for a more compact design... About the only thing we…
Exploration of the Best Rock Saxophone Solos
"Learn to work with a saxophone, I play just what I feel…" - Steely Dan
Format Wars: Feel the Angst
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…
Flushing Out Myths In Consumer Audio
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 …
IPTV ‑ The Sky is Falling!
HD camcorders were beautiful and prices were heading in the right direction at NAB. Monitors were gorgeous and prices were heading in the right…
OPRA Tackles the Tough Questions ‑ April 2006
In the continuing tradition of staring unflinchingly into the face to the tough questions and just winging it, OPRA (that's me) once again pits his limited wits to the most vexing and immaterial …
iPod to Have Samsung Inside
On Wednesday April 26th Samsung Electronics Co. announced it was awarded a major contract with Apple Computer Inc . The South Korean consumer electronics firm won its bid to produce the chips that …
Matsushita Says NO to HD DVD‑BD Compromise
Matsushita (aka Panasonic in the US) is flat out removing any hope (as if there was any) of the Blu-ray and HD DVD formats coming together, saying: "The market will decide."
My First Audioholics Anonymous Meeting...
It was about time I attending my first meeting. Three interventions and an ultimatum from my wife finally convinced me to go. Held in a library (no loud noises allowed), the group was a hodgepodge of …
What? iPods and Massages Don't Mix?
Best Buy has closed its original eq-life store in Richfield, Minn., a suburb of the Twin Cities. The retailer is keeping…
Microsoft Commits to World Cyber Games through 2008
The World Cyber Games (WCG) is an international computer game festival held all over the world. The e-sports take place entirely within the medium of cyberspace as gamers compete in this …
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