Recent Home Theater Editorials

In a recent article in this space, Microsoft's HD DVD program manager Sage Schreiner implied that the failure of many HD DVD…

Not wanting to appear biased in the "portable music via cell phone" trend, Motorola inked a deal today to use Windows Media technology from Microsoft in a new line of music phones that would sell …

Light Blue Optics Demonstrates Matchbox-sized PVPro™ Projector Evaluation Kit

It had to happen sooner or later, downloadable movies accompanying the DVD release timeline is the future. The question was who could pull…

Last year we threw an incredibly fun Superbowl party and had over 25 people in attendance. This year we wanted to outdo ourselves - a challenge to say the least, but one that we felt we could …

Analogue down-rezzing, or the down-converting of video signals through analogue outputs, has long been speculated among videophiles as the fate of the new optical storage…

Potentially one of the creepiest new media technologies to come along in awhile, Jan 4th Disney entered a patent for a mood sensing media player. Once the device has been given a chance to build a …

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

After 13 grueling months, the Audioholics Showcase Home construction has been completed. Now the fun begins.

You can now add Cisco Systems to the companies vying for your attention at upcoming Consumer Electronics Shows. Charles Giancarlo, Chief Development Office for…

As I stated in my previous article , I believe that 1080p displays are the Holy Grail of Video.

Subtitle: What to Get the Kid Who Has Everything

Every year at the CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association) Expo we see new products and new technologies. This year, all the talk was about the Holy Grail.

In the continuing tradition of addressing the critical issues in Home Audio and Home Theater, OPRA returns with new wisdom, new suggestions, and new lists… all of stemming from a shockingly bad grasp …

Twas the night before Christmas when all through the…

I Love It When a Plan Comes Together

Excerpts and Notes from the Home Theater Cruise Presented by: Terry Paulin

"Every Dream Has a Price" - Oliver Stone's Wall Street …

This article was originally published on AudioXpress, and dives into five audio myths that many well intentioned and well informed audiophiles still believe.

The standards for digital TV have been in place since 1994. It has only been in the last few years that the sale of HDTV…

Hardware, software, content owners and service providers are saying what Estelle Reiner (mother of Rob Reiner) said after watching Meg Ryan explain intimate relationships in…

In what appears to be a double play on Toshiba this week, Reuters reported that Paramount has officially backed Blu-ray Disc (joining Apple,…

I knew there was something awry the moment I entered the house.

In the continuing tradition of addressing the critical issues in Home Audio and Home Theater, OPRA returns with new wisdom, new suggestions, and new lists…all of stemming from a shockingly bad grasp …

It has been two-and-a-half years since next generation DVD was first announced (actually CES of 2003) by Sony.

"The day I made that statement, about inventing the Internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder" -- Al Gore

After my whopping 3 hours of sleep, I trudge downstairs to have breakfast with the gang. I'm so tired I can't decide if I should call my wife or not because I can't figure out if she's an hour ahead …

Plans for a "one format to rule them all" unified high definition DVD format seems to now be officially scrapped after Sony Corp. and…