Robert's Home Theater Blog

Panasonic has introduced an innovative line of large screen Projection televisions ultilizing LCD technology. The PT-60LC14 offers a large 60-inch 16x9 aspect ratio screen. Additional features include HDTV upgradability, progressive ... Read More

Although it is a promising technology for use in video display applications, such as video projectors and projection televisions, LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) continues to lose favor, as Intel ... Read More

While music downloading is still having an effect on the CD market, actual sales of CDs, as reported by the Recording Industry Association of America, increased about 10% in the ... Read More

A couple of years ago I saw an interesting demo at the annual CES in Las Vegas of Plasma Displays that could display 3-D images that could be viewed without ... Read More

One of most successful home entertainment business models is the renting of DVDs by mail and online via services such as Netflix. Basically, the consumer rents a DVD that is ... Read More

If you are a sports fan and still don't have an HDTV, perhaps TNT's announcement that it will be broadcasting its entire 52 game NBA schedule in full 1080i and ... Read More

The Kiss Technology DP-470 DVD Receiver is an innovative home theater component that incorporates a standard DVD/CD player with some additional, practical, features, such as a built-in 5-channel surround sound ... Read More

Consumer eletrconics manufacturers and retailers are gearing up for this year's holiday shopping rush with a strategy to get more consumers to buy LCD and Plasma flat panel televisions. Expect ... Read More

While porn on DVD is big business in the U.S., with little legal restriction or censorship, in China, where the free expression freedoms we take for granted are much more ... Read More

The Toshiba SD4960 DVD Player is one of the latest in the current trend of moderately-priced DVD players that also play SACDs and DVD-Audio discs. In addition, this unit also ... Read More

Although high definition DVD recorders aren't expected to be on store shelves until late in 2005 or early 2006, that does not mean that consumers won't be able record television ... Read More

In the "Is this something we really need?" category, it seems that cell phone service providers are "feverishly" working to enable cell phones to receive over-the-air HDTV signals. I have ... Read More

The DTV/HDTV switch over date, may be delayed again as the FCC and Congress is considering delaying the end of analog television transmission until 2009. The rationale is to ... Read More

The battle between the coming high definition DVD formats keeps getting hotter as Toshiba annonces that it will introduce Laptop PCs with HD-DVD format compatibility in the Fall of 2005 ... Read More

Mostly well-known for its computer products, DELL has been making a brand name push into general consumer electronics with its successful small screen LCD TV lineup. However, this holiday season, ... Read More

Despite uncertainty in Iraq, oil prices, and the U.S. elections, the economy just keeps rolling along. Let's face it folks, despite all the doom and gloom on the part of ... Read More

The wish of just about every DVD fan is to get their hands on a DVD version of a movie that is still in its movie theater run. Ordinarily, this ... Read More

Surround sound continues to make inroads into television broadcasting as Dolby announces a new list of seventeen prime-time network and cable programs now processed in Dolby Pro-Logic II. Television is ... Read More

JVC combines the best it has to offer in a DVD Player/VHS VCR combination that combines both a great performing DVD player in the same chassis with a 4 head ... Read More

DVD recorders are definitely becoming more afforadable. Humax announces its new DVD recorder that also includes 80 hour capacity TIVO recording for only $399. This unit will be sold through ... Read More

Westinghouse, one the newer players in the LCD market, is making drastic price cuts on its 27-inch and 30-inch LCD flat panel sets. At $1,299 for the 27-inch model, and ... Read More

Sony has just announced its new DVdirect DVD burner that can be used both as an external PC-DVD burner that records in the DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW/CD-R/CD-RW formats, or as a standalone DVD ... Read More

DVRs (Digital Video Recorders), such as TIVO and similar products available through cable and satellite providers, are now in about 4% of households across the country. Although this does not ... Read More

Plasma television is finally becoming a viable alternative to those bulky tube and projection sets as prices are coming down and a variety of screen sizes are available. In fact, ... Read More

JVC (Japan Victor Corporation) adds its support to the coming high definition DVD BluRay disc format. JVC joins a growing list of BluRay advocates including; Dell, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi, LG ... Read More

What could possibly be better than a DVD player combined with a great home theater system? How about a complete portable audio/video center that holds all of your favorite video ... Read More

The PT-53X54 continues Panasonic's commitment to HDTV at a budget price with a 53-inch 16x9 HD-Ready projection television with a host of features, including: progressive scan line-doubler, 3:2 pulldown function, ... Read More

A source in the UK has posted a report on what may be either overkill-to-the-max or possibly the most flexible AV receiver you could possibly hope for. The newly-announced Denon ... Read More

According to a new coalition of childrens' advocates and other consumer and health activists, the FCC's promotion of digital and HDTV may bring untold mental and physical health problems to ... Read More

After promoting rear projection television technology based on LCOS (Liquid Crystal On Silicon) technology for the past couple of years, Philips has announced that it is now dropping its rear ... Read More

With standard DVD camcorders just beginning to gain acceptance with consumers, Matsushita (parent of Panasonic) and Sony are hinting at the possible introduction of BluRay high definition DVD camcorders, possibly ... Read More

CE retail giant, Best Buy, introduces a new product house brand. The new brand name, "Insignia", adorns a line of LCD televisions currently being sold in Best Buy stores, competing ... Read More

Flat panel televisions are quickly becoming quite commonplace on store shelves and in consumers' homes. Although Plasma TVs seem to be be getting all the attention in this area, the ... Read More

The promise of high definition DVD keeps getting closer as FOX announces that it is adding its support to the Blu-Ray founders. Although FOX didn't make a specific announcement with ... Read More

There have been a lot of advances in DVD technology since its introduction in the mid-1990's, including the new HD-DVD and BluRay formats. However, in what could end up being ... Read More

Wireless audio/video transmission products are experiencing increased demand by consumers, but many products are lacking in performance and features. Now, Belkin has stepped up to the plate with its newly ... Read More

This Toshiba features an FST Pure Flat picture tube, cinema mode (3:2 pull down progressive scan), 16x9 mode, and is HD-upgradable. Also included are all the needed A/V inputs/outputs, as ... Read More

While Mitsubishi announced earlier that it is leaving the large screen LCD market, Toshiba and Matsushita (parent of Panasonic), along with Hitachi, have announced a new joint venture to produce ... Read More

Employing a new combination of lenses and circuitry, Runco has stretched the limit of its DLP video projectors to allow the display of 2.35:1 aspect ratio cinemascope and widescreen films ... Read More