One of the best reasons to completely steer clear of Blu-ray has been the format’s cost, with players reaching into the upper stratosphere of home theater costs.  Previously, Samsung’s entry level player, the BD-P1000, has been priced in accordance with its name, costing consumers $1,000 or more.  More recent Blu-ray players, like ...

In a recent blog, CNET journalist Erica Ogg revealed that CRT televisions, even in the face of mass flat-panel ad campaigns, refused to kick the bucket.  In a world where big box electronics retailers push LCD and plasma with everything they’ve got, it’s actually somewhat remarkable that the CRT exemplifies a sort-of Bruce Willis “Diehard” ...

Litigation sees the demise of the best laid schemes of mice and men. SED (Surface-conduction Electronics-emitter Display) is supposed to be the next generation TV technology. It’s a flat panel display that promises to be sharper than Plasma and consume less energy than LCD. An alliance between Canon and Toshiba had promised it would be available ...

This could be the deciding factor in the next generation DVD format war – what is Sony thinking? According to Digital Playground (an adult film production company) Sony is blocking the production of pornography on its Blu-ray format. This is exactly how Sony lost the last great video format war between Beta and VHS. Regardless of how you ...

Go BIG! According to Consumer Reports editor Paul Reynolds, a survey of recent HDTV buyers showed the most common regret was not getting a larger screen size. In the weeks after the holidays many will seek out the gifts they really wanted and many of those gifts will be brand new HDTVs. Most new HDTV shoppers have only owned smaller standard ...

An Australian firm named Arasor International and its US partner Novalux demonstrated a Mitsubishi built prototype of a laser based HDTV. They say the new type of HDTV will provide much more color than plasma. Arasor developed the optoelectronic chips for the new Laser TV and Novalux supplies laser modules. The technology from the two companies ...

Are you in the market for a Front Projector? Have you seen what these things can do? Front Projection can change your viewable picture size from 30 inches to 100 inches with a simple adjustment. To the budget conscious shopper this should open doors. A small compromise in aspect ratio can save you big money. Most HDTV front ...

Not so long ago, HomeTheaterFocus.com reported on a monster-sized Man Eating HDTV. Panasonic’s 103 inch plasma HDTV is the world’s largest of its kind. If you’re interested, it’ll be available to the public in November - just in time for Christmas if you have that kind of money to throw around. How much you ask? The cost is downright Satanic, ...