Cable Non-believers Are Missing Out On a Religious AV Experience
Its popular for people to bash cables and AC power products these days as "black magic" or "audiophile voodoo". Most of the hatred is based around many users being pinched for money. The ones who are willing to invest $100 per cable can find crisp, clean audio. Read More
California Passes Anti-Flat-HDTV Legislation To Try To Save Energy
Is California's current attempt to regulate the sale of power-hungry TVs really the best approach to achieving a greener A/V industry? Does it spell demise for plasma technology? Jerry del Colliano makes his opinion pretty clear. Read on for more details. Read More
Warner Brothers To Buy Back DVDs For Blu-ray Discs
For those seeking more shelve space and a little extra wallet cash, Warner Brothers is offering a deal - they'll buy back your old DVDs and sell you the titles on Blu-ray instead. This is similar to another deal in 2007, when the company bought back HD-DVDs as that format died out. Read More
HD Video Games Are The Gateway Drug For Generation Y To High End Home Theater and Surround Sound
Video games are as additive to kids as a nice glowing rock of crack. With HD video and surround sound - many including Dr. Ken Taraszka, argue that the way to get Generation Y into audiophile topics is to speak their language... Read More
Too Big To Fail: AV Manufacturers Look To Big Distributor AVAD For Their Future
HomeTheaterReview.com's publisher/editor Jerry Del Colliano talks about how many of America's audio/video manufacturers feel about the electronics distribution company AVAD, which has been acquiring something of a monopoly in the trade. Read More
AV's Next and Biggest Generation of Clients Deeply Affected By Unemployment and Under-employment
Historically, consumers in their twenties and thirties are the most avid purchasers of new audio/video technology. Unfortunately, because of the problematic economy, many of today's twenty-and thirty-year-olds are unemployed or at least under-employed. Read More
Hulu To Start Charging Users In 2010
Was Hulu and its free access to TV programming too good to be true? It appears so, as the company has announced that it will start charging a fee sometime in 2010. Hulu currently allows users to view streamed versions of popular TV shows, with commercials, via a Web browser. Read More
Consolidation Is Taking the "Special" Out of Specialty Audio-Video
HomeTheaterReview.com's publisher/editor Jerry Del Colliano talks about the downsides of what can happen when one specialty audio-video company absorbs another, sometimes jettisoning some or all of what made the acquisition special in the first place. Read More
What if HDMI Actually Worked?
HomeTheaterReview.com's Jerry Del Colliano takes a look at some of the problems associated with HDMI and why this new technology often frustrates audiophiles... Read More
Is 99 Cents the New Free For Movie Downloads?
With so much free video available on the Internet, some people are unwilling to pay anything whatsoever. However, more and more companies are looking to cash in on the marriage of immediacy and affordability with downloads for 99 cents each. Read More
