No Stupid Questions… Part 4: Myths and Legends
As a reviewer (much less the host of AV Rant), I am asked on a regular basis for my opinion. Everyone from the checkout guy at the supermarket to random people at parties want me to tell them which…
Yahoo! Music Goes to Hell: The Long Fall of DRM
Yahoo! Music Store has announced that it’s shutting the doors on its DRM laden music superstore. Somewhere Freddy Mercury is screaming “Another One Bites the Dust” at 128 kilobits per second. Despite…
HDMI Lag - Partial Solution on the Horizon
Silicon Image, Inc. announced recently that they were working on a solution that would reduce the time it takes to switch from one HDMI source to another on your high definition display. This new…
Krell Introduces $4000 Worth of iPod Overkill
Krell Industries, long known for manufacturing monstrously (can we say that without getting sued?) large power amplifiers and audiophile electronics has jumped on the iPod bandwagon with the…
DVD Piracy on the Rise?
A report from Futuresource Consulting Inc. suggests that around a third of all people in the US and UK are copying DVDs with somewhere around 70% saying that they would have bought at least some of…
Wireless HD Interface Protocol - Is a Format War in the Works?
A bevy of names in consumer electronics have announced the formation of a consortium called Wireless HD Interface (WHDI) dedicated to the creation of a protocol that’ll send HD audio and video…
LCDs Sell on Misinformation
JD Power and Associates reported today that salespersons recommend LCDs more frequently than plasmas based on old, outdated, or untrue information. Mostly the salespersons seem to misinformed about…
Onkyo Announces TX-SR806 and TX-SR706 AV Receivers
Onkyo USA has introduced two mid-price home theater receivers and two packaged home theater systems, as part of its mid-year new product announcements. Both receivers are THX certified and include…
No Stupid Questions… Part 3: Players
As a reviewer (much less the host of AV Rant), I am asked on a regular basis for my opinion. Everyone from the checkout guy at the supermarket to random people at parties want me to tell them which…
Deconstructing E3 - Winners and Losers
E3 is over and the fallout is still... um... falling. While there were a ton of great looking games and technology on the horizon, I wanted to take a look at how the big three faired - at least from…
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