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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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
AVRant CEDIA 2007 Day 1: What time is it in Dina-land?
Think we're not doing anything at CEDIA? WRONG! Check out our show page for coverage plus Dina and Tom did a Podcast about the first day coverage. Listen in to hear some of CEDIA's coolest (and…
AVRant #18: AV Rant: The Definitive, Ultimate, Director's Cut Edition
Dina and Tom jump right in to what the new 1080p formats mean for old movies, Dina brings up people that are actually geekier than Tom, Tom makes an official AVRant announcement, Dina rants against…
Blu-ray's Dirty Little Secret
So, after a long Blu-ray disc (BD) release hiatus by Fox and MGM, how does one celebrate the recent press release that new titles are coming? Why, one celebrates by buying one of these studios’…