Audio and Video News

If you read yesterday's post , you already know about a few of Wal-Mart's Black Friday home theater deals, including a $78 Blu-ray player.

Sales of plasma HDTVs have been on the decline for some time now. Although plasmas are generally cheaper than comparably-sized LCD models, their picture isn't as bright; as a result, their images often appear dark and washed out under the bright, fluorescent glare of the local big box store.

For electronics fans, the Holy Grail of Black Friday ads is the one from Best Buy, which can list more deals on laptops and home theater stuff than general retailers like Wal-mart and Target can squeeze into their circulars.

The most important component of any system is by a clear head the receiver/processor. The receiver is literally the hub that everything funnels into, from audio/video signals, camcorders plugged into front panel jacks, iPod docks; the list goes on.

Telstra's new T-Box digital set-top box. In what signifies a hotting up in the home entertainment market, Telstra has announced the release of a new digital set-top box it has christened the 'T-Box'. Holly Kramer, Telstra's director of product management, said the unit gives users the ability to view and record free-to-air TV, pause and rewind live ...

In the underground club scene, it's important that a promoter fit in. Delovely does his research, choosing a club name that resonates and carries history, and checks out vintage clothing stores once a week! Dufus just wears old jeans and talks about nothing but Aerosmith and Billy Idol.

Getting crystal clear sound never comes cheap, but Perfect8 Technologies' ultimate Perfect8 5.1 system shatters the price ceiling for glass-speaker systems.

Here is a great gift idea for the home theater fanatic in your family. The Home Theater Receiver is the heart of a home theater system.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A cousin of Tom Petters testified in the Minnesota businessman's fraud trial Monday that they worked on a multitude of real deals involving real merchandise such as home entertainment systems, other electronics and clothing.

Sometimes "good" isn't good enough. If it was, a certain A/V receiver would have been on many a home theater enthusiast's wish list for Christmas 2008.

Critically-acclaimed writer, director and producer Judd Apatow takes audiences on a hilarious and revealing look at the world of stand-up comedy with the story of George Simmons, a famous comedian who is given a second chance at life in Funny People, coming to two-disc Blu-Raya Hi-Def, two-disc Collector's Edition DVD, single-disc DVD and digital ...

The Panasonic MW-10 was announced last month and was available in Japan only, but here's some good news for those of you who have been lusting after it.

Yamaha seems to be pushing its newly unveiled yAired technology pretty hard, with the second system to sport it unveiled just weeks after the first.

I am a big fan of digital photo frames. Anyone with kids, dogs, or a really hot girl friend/wife that they take lots of pictures of should have one.

Forty years after making the radio that Neil Armstrong used to speak the first words from the moon, Motorola Inc.

A friend of mine likes to tell the story of someone who has too much money. It seems he had an acquaintance who was planning on upgrading a home theater system and wanted to jettison his old gear quickly.

Rich Ross is putting his mark on Walt Disney Studios, bringing over a technology guru from Pixar and promoting the home entertainment chief to a newly created job.

The Z-Base575 is a speaker and a TV base. Sound bar speakers vastly simplify home theater setup and installation, but their sound quality always falls short of bona fide 5.1-channel speaker-subwoofer-based systems.

Movie exhibitors are hot over Sony's decision to release the animated feature "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" digitally on Dec.

Mimix Broadband, Inc. introduces recently a 27 to 34 GHz QFN packaged receiver with a noise figure of 2.5 dB and 13 dB conversion gain.