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How Would You Start a New AV Company?

One thing the specialty AV business is missing these days is a meaningful level of new growth and new... Continue Reading

Why You Need To Know About Gamma on Your HDTV

If you've read a lot of TV reviews (or even just few, actually), you've likely seen mention of a TV's... Continue Reading

Tips For Building a Great Portable Home Theater

There are few things that a home theater enthusiast enjoys more than sitting down in front of his or her... Continue Reading

Nine Questions to Consider Before You Hire a Custom AV Installer

We just celebrated our son's second birthday, and I can't believe how time flies and how life has changed. Gone... Continue Reading

Great New AV Demos From All Formats Designed To Light Up Your System

When was the last time you spent some quality time with your home theater or high-end music system? We're... Continue Reading

How to Choose the Right LCD TV

With plasma on its way out and OLED taking its time coming to the fore, that leaves trusty old LCD panel televisions for most of those in the market right now. Adrienne Maxwell is here to walk you through the process of getting the LCD television that's right for you. Continue Reading

The Five Best Ways to Upgrade Your AV System for Under $500

Audiophiles and home theater buffs are always looking to eke out the nth degree of performance from their AV investments,... Continue Reading

The Color's the Thing That Will Make 4K So Amazing

By this point, you probably already know that 4K/Ultra HD is the future of HDTV and that it offers four... Continue Reading

11 Great AV Products Under $100

We don't have an inexpensive hobby. I don't need to tell you that; I'm sure many of you can... Continue Reading

Eight Reasons Why Home Theater Isn't Dead (and Won't Die Any Time Soon)

I don't think I was the only person who was shocked to see Source Interlink close Home Theater Magazine in... Continue Reading

Finally, Hope for a 4K Broadcast Standard in ATSC 3.0

There were a lot of things that I would have liked to see at CES 2014 that I didn't see.... Continue Reading

Will the Tablet Kill the Small-Screen HDTV?

In the lead-up to the International CES, several of the big-name TV manufacturers - including Samsung, LG, and Toshiba -... Continue Reading

Will the Wireless Home Theater System Ever Become a Reality?

It was the year 2005 that I sat down to review my first "wireless" home theater system, which actually required... Continue Reading

Are You Binging on TV Shows?

"Same time next week" is getting harder and harder to stick to, no matter how good the show. But with DVRs, DVDs, Blu-Rays and streaming content providers making anything we want available 24/7, thankfully (?) we don't have to. Continue Reading

Why Are All of the New HDTVs Curved?

I just returned from the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, and it was hard to miss in the Central Hall the... Continue Reading

2014 CES Show Report and Photo Slideshow

The 2014 International CES is in the rearview mirror, and now it's time to process all the information that... Continue Reading

Should Audiophiles Lease Gear?

I've been working a lot with my mother in Philadelphia lately. Her husband, an audiophile of sorts, died in 2011.... Continue Reading

The Roadmap To Boom Times In The AV Business

From the time in the early 1980s, when VHS won out over Betamax in a nasty format war, until the... Continue Reading

Three Trends We Hope to See at CES

The 2014 International CES is just one week away. New product announcements are starting to roll in, and I'm putting... Continue Reading

The Best Music in High Resolution From 2013

The record labels finally figured out that we, the music-buying public, want music in high-resolution formats. Well good for them and VERY good for us. Mark Smotroff recaps a big year for music in HD with a list of the best music in high resolution. Continue Reading