Recent Home Theater Editorials

Here's a recap of our 7th year anniversary party back in 2005. At Audioholics we not only pride ourselves on rigorous reviews, but close-knit family environment, and this party is one example of that.

You thought about it for a long time, debated it until your left brain and your right brain were sick of arguing. Finally you've gone and done it. Filled up 277 gigabytes of your brand-new 300GB hard …

Winslow come here! I need you! The story of how HiFi started, as told by Mr. Purkeyns, Mr. Wellinbible, and Lady Chatterlip. Trust us, this is exactly how it happened.

We have come a long way in consumer electronics and along the way we have had our share of formats, technologies and the…

The Grokster vs MGM decision shouldn't have come as a big surprise to anyone last month even though lots of us clutched that faint ray of hope the Sony VCR ruling would help shield the industry. The …

(and Neither Does Media File Sharing)

At times, here at Audioholics.com, questions only tangentially related to the study of paying as little money for as good sound as possible come up. Usually, we allow these questions to be fielded by …

You knew it was bound to happen to DVD-Audio/MLP eventually... after quite a bit of time both the media key and the Content Protection…

We have actually been keeping score on which Hollywood studio and which content owner "signed up" for the HD- (HD-DVD) and Blu-ray Disc (BD) camps. We actually wondered which wanted to limit their …

Dear Senator Polk, I am happy to inform you that I am soon to be…

We aren't about to add to the noise level Jobs received when he…

Content delivery is keeping some of the finest engineers in the world up at night because they know if they can develop and deliver the solution with the broadest possible appeal, their organizations …

Talks on Interactive Agreements Break Off as Video Game Producers Fail to Address SAG, AFTRA Demands for Profit-Sharing, Rejecting "Modest" Union Proposals for "Mo Money!"

As the 2005 decline in film revenues continues, it is amusing to see the pontifications and proposals of Hollywood insiders regarding declining revenues. It's apparently up to them to attempt to …

We know people are waiting for the next great thing in storage and too many people have been convinced that...

There has to be some illegal copying in the video game industry - it's pervasive throughout the software industry and costs firms billions each year - but they still pump out and push stand-alone and …

Kids - The Multitaskers

CeBIT in Hanover is head and shoulders the world's largest tech toys show for business and consumer alike. They may have flopped in the U.S. but at home they are supreme even though it is nearly …

Right at the outset we'll note that it is Saturday and we are in the office writing this piece. That should give you a clue that we haven't achieved what most people might call a healthy work-life …

Isn't all the noise surrounding the beauty and consumer demand for high definition blue-ray storage fantastic? Consumers can't wait to get their hands on the camcorders... the burners... the media!

by Wayde Robson of Home Theater Focus Microsoft gave attendees of the Game Developer's Conference (GDC) a peek…

Would you believe it? A fantastic 12% of the American households are networked and that is going to drive home entertainment networks.

Planning a Super Bowl party for your friends is hard enough. There's plenty to worry about: food, drinks, food, seating, food - you…

If you read the press it is obvious that CD is long dead, DVD is rapidly dying and the consumer can't wait for Blue-ray technology to arrive. Unfortunately, no one has convinced the people who buy …

Everyone is now delivering 16x DVD burners at unbelievably low prices. Rushing to keep pace, the leading media manufacturers deliver the high-speed +/-R media as quickly as the formats and …

Understanding Your Listening Biases

Writing to keep you abreast of the DVD industry is tricky especially when we had to project what you will be seeing in the marketplace now. And we had to decipher all of the smoke/mirrors, …

PC makers see the big bucks in consumer electronics and have begun to morph their products into entertainment/home communications systems. PC makers branch out into mediocre cameras/camcorders and …