Feature News Stories
HomeTheaterReview.com is famous for their insightful home theater, consumer electronics and AV industry Featured News Stories. No other specialty AV publication offers such insights into the consumer electronics industry than HTR and these articles written by the likes of Jerry Del Colliano, Adrienne Maxwell, Andrew Robinson and others are as good as it gets when it comes to taking a hard look at the future of the hobby, passion and business known as audiophilia, consumer electronics and home theater.
Are AV Retailers To Blame For Lofty High End AV Prices?
The audio video has been in a state of flux or some time, splitting sales up between specialty dealers, big box stores, and online sellers. However, the dealers may have had more to do with this than they think.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
How To Build and Equip Your Home Theater PC
Home Theater PCs have become more and more popular as digital media becomes more streamlined. Andrew Robinson decided to build an HTPC from the ground up. Here's how it went.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
How The DAC Got Its Groove Back
With the advent of digital music and the easily portable nature of that format, the need for digital to analog convertors has grown and the DAC has made a journey to get to where it is today. This is that story of that journey.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
The 10 Best Sounding Rooms from the New York Audiophile Show 2012
Jeremy R. Kipnis visited the 2012 New York Audiophile Show. He went room to room, seeing what the show had to offer. These ten rooms are what he deemed to be the best sounding systems and products presented.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
How Does an OLED TV Work?
OLED is one of the technologies that could begin the new era of HDTVs. That is all well and good, but how exactly does this new technology work and why is better than we have now?... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Update On The Latest Video On Demand Technology
Streaming technology is constantly evolving, bringing better content to your HDTVs faster in and in higher volumes. Adrienne Maxwell checks in on the technology to evaluate the state of the field.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Samsung Introduces Tube-Based Audio Products
Samsung has stepped up its game in the audio realm, adding new table top audio systems, home theater systems, and soundbars. Adrienne Maxwell was in attendance at the Samsung event where the new products were announced.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Audiophilia's Future Looks Bright If Headphone Users Can Convert To Full Systems
HomeTheaterReview.com publisher Jerry Del Colliano made a surprising discovery on Facebook that may show that their is hope for the youth of today to embrace the audiophile hobby.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Update: Kaleidescape Manages to Secure Stay of Injunction from Courts
In yet another surprising turn, Kaleidescape has managed to secure a stay in their continuing appeal process regarding the legality and legitimacy of the company's media servers.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Kaleidescape Denied Stay In Court Appeal
Kaleidescape was just dealt a huge blow by the California courts in their continued battle over the company's DVD media server systems. This time the news may not only be bad for the company, but the dealers and consumers as well.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Five Cool Features You May Not Be Using on Your Networkable HDTV
There are so many features on today's HDTVs that it is easy to overlook some. Here is a list of five features that you may have missed that are worth knowing about and using with your television.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Axpona 2012 Audiophile Show Report
Ken Taraszka went to the Axpona 2012 show in the first ever coverage of the event for HomeTheaterReview.com. Check out the companies he encountered and what he thought of their offerings.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Kaleidescape Dealt Big Blow By Court Injunction
Kaleidescape was just handed some bad news by the court system that will radically affect the company's future. But why did this happen and what does it mean for the consumers that have supported Keleidescape?... Click Here To Read The Full Review
How To Get The Most Out of The Projector You Already Own
Front projectors are still the best and most cost-effective way to achieve a large picture, and the market is evolving so that that is even more true. But before you pick up a new projector, try these tips to more performance and life out of the one you already have.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
What Features Do You Want In Your Next A/V Receiver?
AV components, especially AV receivers, come packed with all kinds of features. But there are always new advancements to be made. Adrienne Maxwell presents her ideas as well as those of several other respected AV writers.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
What New Features Should You Expect From 2012 HDTVs?
4K and OLED and 3D have all been talked about as the next big technology for HDTVs, but what about the technologies that are already available on nearly every HDTV? The apps, the networking, and control technologies are all getting a makeover in 2012.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Is It Time to Say Goodbye to Unencrypted Cable Channels?
The Federal Communications Commission has a very important question before them: do they abolish unencrypted cable channels? In other words, do they change the way millions of consumers watch television?... Click Here To Read The Full Review
What Technology Will Save HDTV: OLED or 4K And At What Price?
HDTVs have a vacancy at the top, where the high end lives. Now their are two technologies that could be vying for that top spot: OLED and 4K. But which one has the better chance to make it happen?... Click Here To Read The Full Review
24-Tech: Ideas On How To Get Your Home Theater Working Like It's Installed At CTU
24 was a great show that had some ridiculously impressive technology. So impressive, it defied the reality of the actual technology used. However, the ideas are great. Jerry Del Colliano thinks about how those ideas could be translated to home theaters.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
The Evolution of the Two-Channel Preamp
The two-channel preamp has been due for an overhaul for a while now and it seems that the process is beginning with several of the new products hitting the market from several of the major manufacturers. But why is it happening now?... Click Here To Read The Full Review
2012 CES Show Report
HomeTheaterReview.com's staff, including Adrienne Maxwell, Andrew Robinson, and Jerry Del Colliano, headed to the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Here's a report of what they found while they were there.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Many New Audiophile Companies Target "One Percenter" Clients At CES 2012
New companies emerge at CES and bring their products with them. However, these new companies are embracing old methods that will cause them to have a hard time breaking into the marketplace.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Is a Narrower Focus the Key to Survival for Some TV Manufacturers?
It's hard to be in the television business right now. The market has seen a lot of new variables enter and had a few setbacks, which is definitely affecting the manufacturers - even the big ones.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Digital Music Sales Overtake Physical Sales
Well, it has finally happened. Digital distribution of music, encompassing both downloads and streaming, have overtaken physical sales of music for the first time in history. But this may not be all bad.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
What Drives The Consumer Electronics Business Beyond 4K Video and 24 Bit Audio?
Blu-ray and 3D may be the present, and 4K may be the near future, but what is beyond that? The list contained in this article gives several possible places the future of home theater could be heading to.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
What's The Best Streaming Media Player For You?
So you are happy with the Blu-ray player and HDTV you bought a few years ago but want the network features of modern devices. There are streaming media devices that can add network features to your system. But which one is right for you? Find out here.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
10 Cool Audio-Video Christmas Gifts Under $500
If you are searching for a gift for the audiophile or videophile in your life (or for yourself), look no further. Adrienne Maxwell lists ten great gifts that all cost less than $500, but will be sure to impress.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
How To Avoid Being Torched By Eco-Mode On Your New HDTV
Consumers are being shafted in a way they may not even be aware of when it comes to their HDTV's picture quality. These simple steps will help ensure that you get the best picture you can out of your HDTV.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Why Faux-K Is Going To Win Out Over Full 4K
There is a new technology on the horizon, but consumers are in danger of getting cheated out of it. Why? Because it is easier to do it half-way than to have to figure out how to do it the right way. Andrew Robinson explains.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Streaming Media Needs A Killer App To Beat Physical Discs
Streaming is a mainstay of modern media, but what will it's next evolution? How will this new way of delivering content help preserve the fidelity of the media? Well the answer is both simple and complicated.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
What Happens When Audiophiles Die?
What happens to audiophile systems when they die? Find helpful tips to protect your high end audio system for your heirs as well as suggestions on how to have your gear and music live on after you are gone.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Why You Should Care About 4K Video (Hint, it's our future)
The future is 4K, but what does that mean? That's exactly the problem. HomeTheaterReview.com editor Andrew Robinson explains the format to get you ready for what is on the horizon.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Calibrating Your HDTV is a Problem You Shouldn't Have
Our modern HDTVs can do so much. Why then do they have so many picture settings and need calibration to perform at their peak performance. Andrew Robinson makes the case that they shouldn't have to.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
The Next Video Format War Coming To a Home Theater Near You: 4K vs FauxK
It's been said many times over that when companies battle over a format, the consumers are the losers. It's true, and a new format war is brewing. However, it isn't too late to prevent a full-fledged format war.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
The Man Who Could Save HD Music Is Gone - A List of Who Could Be Next
The music industry has been struggling for some time. And it will need innovative thinking and powerful individuals to turn it around. Jerry Del Colliano offers a few ideas of who those people could be.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Featured Audio-Video News
Are AV Retailers To Blame For Lofty High End AV Prices? -
The audio video has been in a state of flux or some time, splitting sales up between specialty dealers, big box stores, and online sellers. However, the dealers may have had more to do with this than they think.
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