Start with a Panasonic 27" flat picture tube stereo TV, add a 4-head HiFi stereo VCR, and a DVD/CD player (with DVD-R/DVD-RAM/CD-R/RW/MP3 Playback), Virtual surround sound, put it all in ... Read More

The Blu-ray/HD-DVD war continues to get curiouser and curiouser as Microsoft and Intel line-up with Tohsiba and friends on the HD-DVD side and the Dell and Hewlett Packard dig in ... Read More

Once upon-a-time, a company from Korea, whose name started with "S", burst on the scene with inexpensive TVs. From this modest beginning, Samsung is now a world leader in television ... Read More

Taking notice of the success of the iPOD, EchoStar (Dish Network) has decided to market a new portable video player, called Pocket Dish. Dish Network subscribers will be able to ... Read More

NBC's Saturday Night Live was an unknown quantity in TV back on October 11, 1975, when George Carlin hosted the first episode. However, the show soon became a ground breaking ... Read More

In home theater these days, "digital" rules. However, despite the dominance of digital technology, the trusty vacuum tube is not only still with us, but is enjoying a new popularity, ... Read More

Check out Panasonic's new 30-inch TAU series flat-tube 16x9 HD-ready widescreen television. Featuring two component video inputs and an HDMI-HDCP input, this unit has the ability to accept any external ... Read More

The third demension comes to primetime television as NBC is scheduled to show an episode of its popular dramatic series, "Medium" in 3-D on Monday, November 21st, at 10PM Eastern ... Read More

Although Plasma is still the flat panel TV of choice in screen sizes above 42-inches, LCD has been coming on strong this past year with larger screen offerings and performance ... Read More

Canon, a leader in photography and both digital still and video imaging, has come up with unique twist in flat panel television technology. Canon's SED ( Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display) sounds ... Read More

IFA Berlin is one of the World's major trade shows, spotlighting the latest trends in consumer electronics and information technology . This year's show, which was held on Sept ... Read More

We all know how to buy a television. Just open the newspaper, find the best price and go get one. In my days as a salesperson, I have seen this ... Read More

The DVD-S1500 plays DVD-Video, DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW Video Mode, CDs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, VCDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, and MP3-CDs. On the video side, this unit includes progressive scan with Faroudja DCDi processing, as well ... Read More

Following the lead of Yamaha, Onkyo has also announced a new generation of home theater receivers that include built-in XM satellite radio tuners. All the consumer has to do is ... Read More

How could the tragic disaster in New Orleans accelerate the date of the U.S. transition to DTV and HDTV-only broadcasting? According to Senator John McCain (R- Arizona), some of ... Read More

With the recent announcement by Toshiba that it is delaying its launch of HD-DVD, Sony is pouring on the rhetoric that its Blu-ray format will dominate the market within 12 ... Read More

One of the drawbacks of video projectors is that you must view the images in a very dark room, much like the environment in a movie theater. However, Screen Innovations ... Read More

The OPPO OPDV971H is a feature-packed DVD player that delivers what it promises. DVI connectivity and upscaling enables the 971 to deliver an excellent picture on an HDTV. In addition, ... Read More

On the heals of its introduction of the HDMI-Equipped RX-V4600 Home Theater Receiver, Yamaha has announced two more HDMI-compatible receivers, the RX-V2600 and RX-V1600. Both units feature two HDMI inputs ... Read More

Equipped with Sony's popular WEGA flat picture tube, the KV-13FS100 is a small 13-inch TV with a 3-line digital comb filter, rear AV inputs (including both standard and interlaced component ... Read More

Although high definition DVD recording won't be available until Blu-ray and HD-DVD arrive sometime in 2006, you can currently record HDTV broadcasts onto hard drive recording devices, such as HD-DVRs ... Read More

Although rear-projection television is a good value for consumers, delivering very large screen sizes at lower prices than flat panel televisions, with the increasing popularity of both LCD and Plasma ... Read More

DVD recorders have come down in price and matured in performance over the past year. One DVD Recorder leader is Pioneer. Starting with a foundation in Laserdisc, and jumping into ... Read More

In advance of the IFA Consumer ElectronicsTrade Show in Berlin, Epson is showing off their new palm-sized video projector prototype. Unlike similar prototypes utilizing DLP technology announced previously by Mitsubishi ... Read More

Hurricane Katrina and its effect on New Orleans really brings home that we should all be prepared for emergency situations. One way to be prepared is to have a ... Read More

In the latest chapter of the high definition DVD war, Toshiba has announced that it may delay the introduction of its HD-DVD format well into 2006. Previously, it was anticipated ... Read More