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Turn Off Your Home Theaters to Observe Earth Hour
Tomorrow marks the second annual Earth Hour event where major cities around the world will be turning off their power for a full hour. For home theater buffs, perhaps now is a good opportunity to…
Mitsubishi Launches Blu-ray Recorders
Mitsubishi announced on its Japanese website two new Blu-ray recorders in a series that it is dubbing 'REAL Blu-ray.' Mitsubishi Electric Corporation showed off the new players (DVR-BZ200 and…
Making Peace with Blu-ray
I admit that I’ve had my share of anti-Blu-ray rants in the past. But that’s all over now. It’s time for the Toshib-ati to put away the pitchforks and just accept Blu-ray as the high- def disc format…
AV Rant #53: Monster Podcast
Tom and Clint have a ton of email to sort through so they get right to it. They start off touching on watts briefly and then move on to soundproofing. What should you look for when shopping for a…
Xbox Live to Publicly Shame Cheaters
A new policy at Microsoft will force cheaters on Xbox Live to wear the scarlet letter of shame. The largest online console gaming service is laying down the gauntlet to deter gamers from cheating,…
Wii to get Rock Band – Finally!
It’s finally safe to use the title of that old Queen song in a video game news headline because - Wii will soon Rock You! After months of denial game developers Harmonix and EA have finally announced…
Audioholics 2008 SOTU Early Bird Expires March 31 - Register NOW
While this year’s Audioholics State of the CE Union Event is going to host two full days of demos of some of the industries latest and greatest A/V gear and engage in educational seminars about room…
Round 2 - Gibson Sues Rock Band & Guitar Hero
When it rains it pours. The preemptive lawsuit filed by Activision, maker of Guitar Hero, over Gibson's patent dispute has taken a turn for the worse. Gibson Guitar now said that it has filed a…
Little Old Lady Sues Blu-ray
The U.S. International Trade Commission is now launching an investigation into 30 companies which include Sony Corp, Matsushita (Panasonic), Nokia, Motorola, Lite-On, LG, Hitachi, Pioneer, Samsung,…
Sony PS3 v2.20 Update Adds BD-Live
This week Sony threw down the gauntlet, saying that the v2.20 system software update for the PlayStation 3, due in late March, will add Blu-ray disc Profile 2.0 (BD-Live). This makes the PS3 one of…