Recent Home Theater Editorials
Global Tariff Fears Cause Panic in Audiophile Industry at AXPONA 2025

The audiophile industry panicked at AXPONA 2025 as new global tariffs up to 145% hit. How will rising costs reshape the future of buying high-end audio gear? The impact may be bigger than you think.
HDCP‑Compliant Video Cards Elude the Market

Published specifications of HDCP compliance in many popular video cards aren't exactly what they appear. Since 2003, about the time HDCP picked up…
Defective Software in Sony LCD TVs

Remember Sony's new Bravia line of LCD and LCD rear projector TVs that launched late last year? These were the TVs marketed with ads…
HDMI Licensing Responds to Microsoft HD‑DVD 1080p Issue

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

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 …
Laser Projectors Coming to Cell Phones and PDAs

Light Blue Optics Demonstrates Matchbox-sized PVPro™ Projector Evaluation Kit
Movie Downloads Coming to Amazon.com

It had to happen sooner or later, downloadable movies accompanying the DVD release timeline is the future. The question was who could pull…
Super Bowl XL Party at Audioholics!

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 …
Victory for the Video Down‑Rez Police

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…
Disney Patents Mood Sensing Media Player

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 …
Audioholics Showcase Home ‑ First Look

After 13 grueling months, the Audioholics Showcase Home construction has been completed. Now the fun begins.
Cisco Systems to Be Another CE Player

You can now add Cisco Systems to the companies vying for your attention at upcoming Consumer Electronics Shows. Charles Giancarlo, Chief Development Office for…
1080p: Are We There Yet? ‑ Part 2

As I stated in my previous article , I believe that 1080p displays are the Holy Grail of Video.
I'll Take the StikAx Music, Video, DJ Whatsamagadget

Subtitle: What to Get the Kid Who Has Everything
1080p: The Holy Grail of Video ‑ Part 1

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.
Ask OPRA ‑ Hums, Glossary, and Experts, Oh My!

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 an Audioholic's Christmas...

Twas the night before Christmas when all through the…
An Introduction to Imaging Science

Excerpts and Notes from the Home Theater Cruise Presented by: Terry Paulin
Five (5) Audio Myths Dispelled

This article was originally published on AudioXpress, and dives into five audio myths that many well intentioned and well informed audiophiles still believe.
The Demand for HDTV and Emergence of IPTV

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…
The State of Downloadable Music & Storage

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…
Toshiba's Latest Round of HD‑DVD Woes

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

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 …
The State of Blu‑ray and HD‑DVD

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

"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