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Ask AVRant #6: HDMI and Video Processing Ask AVRant #6: HDMI and Video Processing J and Tom discuss the most confusing of all topics - HDMI. 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.3a… wow, all those different standards in just a few years? Which is the best? Should you upgrade? Should you let your…
MPAA RIAA Mercenaries Have Shady Activities Exposed MPAA RIAA Mercenaries Have Shady Activities Exposed According to stories surfacing in The Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, and others, a company called MediaDefender has sprung a leak of internal electronic correspondence that reveals some of the…
RadioShack's Game Gambit RadioShack's Game Gambit RadioShack is an enigma to me. I mean does anyone actually shop at RadioShack on purpose? Well now, RadioShack - the store that cannot die - is taking on Games. I mean console games. Games that are,…
Ask AVRant #5: Clipage and Ohmage Ask AVRant #5: Clipage and Ohmage J and Tom start out on Macs, continue on to swinging dead cats at J’s place, touch on positive reviews, on to how all Clarke’s are related, and end on J’s new Apple inspired house. Clearly, we are…
Nintendo Wii Zapper Nintendo Wii Zapper Nintendo announced that its new Wii Zapper interface/controller will come packed with Link's Crossbow Training. The software is based on the hugely popular Legend of Zelda series and provides a…
CEDIA 2007 Show Report & Wrap Up CEDIA 2007 Show Report & Wrap Up Like the past times we've covered CEDIA, this one was another great show. It seems every year the show gets more popular with this years largest turnout with over 29,000 attendees. Incidentally this…
China Enters the HD Fray with CH-DVD China Enters the HD Fray with CH-DVD The Chinese government announced early Friday a new high definition optical disc standard specifically for the Chinese market: China High Definition DVD (CH-DVD). CH-DVD can make use of a simplified…
UK to Ban Plasmas? UK to Ban Plasmas? According to a report by The Sun, Conservatives in the UK are proposing a ban on plasma TVs and other energy-inefficient electronics. Included are devices such as refrigerators, PCs, DVD players and…
My Traveling Woes of CEDIA My Traveling Woes of CEDIA From donut eating cops on the freeway, to moody flight attendants and tough airport security, I dodged the arrows and made it to the promise land. In my travels, I endured starvation, nausea and…
CEDIA - Got My NERDAR Engaged CEDIA - Got My NERDAR Engaged After CEDIA, my NERDAR needs new batteries. It wasn’t like I didn’t expect it. I went to CEDIA knowing full well what I was in for. First of all, I was outnumbered by men THOUSANDS to one. I was also…