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Have Your Home Theater Profiled On Electronic House
Dec 31, 2007 - 9:18 AM - by Chuck McKenney
Have Your Home Theater Profiled On Electronic House

Electronic House is reaching out to AVS Forum readers who display photos of their DIY home theaters in the AVS HT gallery. We want to hear all about your home theater project. We hope to display several theaters each month on Electronichouse.com and one theater a month will be featured in Electronic House... [Read More]
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Paradigm Pumps Out New DSP Series Subwoofers
Jan 17, 2008 - 12:25 PM - by Chuck McKenney
Paradigm Pumps Out New DSP Series Subwoofers

Paradigm Electronics has introduced its DSP Series Subwoofers in 10-, 12- and 14-inch driver models.

We get plenty of tasty products from Canada—maple syrup, Canadian bacon, Molson Golden. Canadian loudspeaker manufacturer Paradigm is serving up its new DSP Series Subwoofers. Mmmmmm ... bassy, as Homer might say.

... [Read More]
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Breathing New Life into Old Equipment
Jan 17, 2008 - 7:47 AM - by Chuck McKenney
Breathing New Life into Old Equipment

A tech-savvy couple marries existing A/V equipment with new systems for an economical entertainment upgrade.

Most people own at least one piece of decent audio and video equipment, be it a beefy stereo system or big, bright, flat-screen TV. The owners of this recently remodeled 5,000-square-foot home were no exception. They had already been using several... [Read More]
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Transport Pod Waterbed Features Integrated Audio System, LED Lighting
Jan 16, 2008 - 4:23 PM - by Jason Unger
Transport Pod Waterbed Features Integrated Audio System, LED Lighting
Move over Orgasmatron, the Transport Perceptual Pod waterbed has full audio and LED lighting.

Captain James T. Kirk would look natural with a green alien chick in one of these.

It’s a new waterbed designed for “meditation and relaxation” called the Transport from Alberto Frias LLC, a Las Vegas-based art and furniture... [Read More]
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Retail Giants Offer Big Discounts on Blu-ray, HD DVD Discs
Jan 16, 2008 - 11:51 AM - by Chuck McKenney
Retail Giants Offer Big Discounts on Blu-ray, HD DVD Discs

The usual retailers such as Amazon, Target and Wal-Mart are offering great prices on both high-def disc formats right now.

Whether you’re Blu-ray haters or fans, or HD DVD haters or fans, one thing that can make us all happy is lower prices for the discs themselves. I’m guessing by holiday shopping season 2008, we’ll see prices that... [Read More]
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Enough with the CES Bashing: Exciting Technologies Abound!
Jan 16, 2008 - 10:05 AM - by Jason Unger
Enough with the CES Bashing: Exciting Technologies Abound!
Newsweek recently slammed CES, saying there were no game-changing technologies at the show. What about wireless A/V, super-slim TVs, IPTV, green solutions....

The latest issue of Newsweek deals a blow to the Consumer Electronics Show in its weekly “Conventional Wisdom Watch.”

Magazine editors gave a thumbs down to “CES Buzz,” with... [Read More]
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10 Awesome Gaming Accessories
Jan 16, 2008 - 9:33 AM - by Chuck McKenney
10 Awesome Gaming Accessories

The coolest gadgets and accessories when it comes to pimping out your playroom, from tricked out chrome Wiis to stunning surround sound speaker systems.

Already loaded up on essential (read: should’ve been in the @#$! box to begin with) next-generation gaming peripherals like $50 controllers, wireless network adapters, HDMI cables and the odd removable hard drive?... [Read More]
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How UEI NevoS70 Compares to NevoSL
Jan 15, 2008 - 3:36 PM - by Julie Jacobson
How UEI NevoS70 Compares to NevoSL

The original NevoSL from Universal Electronics is a nice touchscreen remote with WiFi connectivity, but WiFi is hardly the way to control A/V gear. It takes too long to wake up, and consumes too much power.

Thankfully, there's the new NevoS70 with two-way Z-Wave communications for controlling A/V. The remote communicates with a new Z-Wave base station, the NC-50, with 6... [Read More]
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Apple TV Dials into HD Movie Rental Desires
Jan 15, 2008 - 3:09 PM - by Chuck McKenney
Apple TV Dials into HD Movie Rental Desires

The latest edition of Apple TV will allow you to rent HD movie titles from Apple to view directly on your TVs.

While we’re on the subject of online video rentals today, here’s a new wrinkle Apple is tossing out at Macworld: HD rentals you can enjoy from your Apple TV.

... [Read More]
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January 15th - Impressions from our second day at CES 2008
Jan 15, 2008 - 9:04 AM - by arad
Today's show

On the second day we walked the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center for CES 2008, scouring the thousands of booths to find stuff you'd want to hear about. Listen to the show for all the details, but we've got highlights from a bunch of great companies. Links and press releases can be found on the show page at the HT Guys site.

... [Read More]
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Cool Home: "Small" Townhouse Loaded With Big Tech
Jan 15, 2008 - 8:04 AM - by Chuck McKenney
Cool Home: "Small" Townhouse Loaded With Big Tech

This no compromise 4,800-square foot townhouse gets packed with 50 speakers, 9 flat-panel TVs, 17 surveillance cameras, and 14 interactive home control touchpads.

Gabriel Karlis is accustomed to working in some very large homes. His Fort Lee, NJ–based home systems design and installation company, JD Audio and Video Design, specializes... [Read More]
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Skunkworks New Robotic Mount And Lift
Jan 15, 2008 - 7:59 AM - by Chuck McKenney
Skunkworks New Robotic Mount And Lift

You can raise, lower, hide and extend your flat-panel display and other components with the Fenice system from Skunkworks.

The name of the company might be Skunkworks, but their products will leave your home entertainment room smelling sweet as a rose.

... [Read More]
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Toshiba Throws a Hail Mary to Save HD DVD
Jan 14, 2008 - 3:33 PM - by Jason Unger
Toshiba Throws a Hail Mary to Save HD DVD
Newly rolled out price cuts are designed to attract consumers to a format that's taken more hits than the star quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.

With losses piling up faster than Wade Phillips’ playoff record, Toshiba is rolling out every trick in its playbook to counter the growing momentum that the Blu-ray format is building.

Faster than you can... [Read More]
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Runco Moves in with Planar, Leaves Union City
Jan 14, 2008 - 2:41 PM - by Julie Jacobson
Runco Moves in with Planar

Runco International is moving its operations from Union City, Calif. to more tightly ally itself with Planar Systems, the organization that acquired Runco in May 2007.

In a prepared statement, Scott Hix, vice president and general manager of Planar’s Home Theater Business Unit, said, “This integration of resources will create increased efficiencies in operations and... [Read More]
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Photos From The CES Show Floor
Jan 14, 2008 - 2:19 PM - by Chuck McKenney
Photos From The CES Show Floor

CES 2008 has come and gone in a blur. Now that all the dust has settled from the product announcements, here's a look at some photos from the show floor.



Editor's Note:... [Read More]
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