After buying that brand new HDTV you just want to get home and enjoy your new gear. But don’t forget the sound system. Hopefully I’ve convinced you not to buy a home theater in a box system, but if not, read my last post.   Let’s take a quick look at the centerpiece to any home theater audio system, the receiver.   Home Theater ...

Affordable wireless music streamers are here! If you have a computer and a wireless router, what are you waiting for? It’s time you switched to a digital wi-fi music source. You don’t need to buy one of those mega-priced hi-fi units either - the smart money is on a Roku SoundBridge or Slim Devices SqueezeBox. Either unit will only set you back ...

There has been some confusion over Windows Vista and how it relates to various audio formats. Vista does indeed have a reworked audio stack with a lot of cool new features like Room Correction, Bass Management and Loudness Equalization.   One of the negatives however is how Vista handles copy protected audio. It really shouldn’t ...

Few electronics are designed to work alone these days, nearly everything can perform some form of digital communication. We use routers to communicate with computers to other computers to VoIP phones to your home theater system. That's a whole lot of wires! A consumer electronics consortium called the HomePlug Alliance has created ways for ...

I’ve never been thrilled with upscaling DVD players. They’re usually mainstream DVD players that up-convert 480P video to 720P or 1080i for your HDTV. It’s my opinion they’re (mostly) just out there to sell a few more mediocre DVD players to people who just bought a brand new HDTV. At the same time, there are serious upconversion video boxes ...