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2007 CEDIA Demo Overview 2007 CEDIA Demo Overview There are certain things in life you can count on. Death, taxes, and yes, the ubiquitous CEDIA demos. It seems everywhere you look, there is a demo happening in a booth on the show floor. Flying…
Are You Buying an HD-DVD Player This Christmas? Are You Buying an HD-DVD Player This Christmas? We've set up our own little poll to gauge interest in new HD-DVD purchases this Christmas. We'd like you to participate. What we're interested in are people who do not already have an HD DVD or…
Why going to the Movies is Still Better Than Home Theater Why going to the Movies is Still Better Than Home Theater There is no doubt in my mind that just about any decent home theater system I assemble, using some of the better equipment on the market today, rivals most of the local Cineplex’s (IMAX and Disney…
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…