Home Theater

What do NAB and E3, two seemingly diverse shows, have in common?

Acoustics play a vital role in the quality of a home theater.

One thing is for certain: bass sells.

Video calibration is a relatively easy service to perform, and the payback for both your client and yourself is substantial.

Have you ever noticed that lip sync seems a little funky on today's plasma or fixed-pixel projection display systems? You are right; lip sync...

Even though it may look like HD technology is getting more comprehensive, the plethora of choices and configuration options still make it too complex...

The similarities between coaching a Super Bowl winner and managing a successful home theater project are striking

New plasma and flat-panel display products just don't jump on the wall and secure themselves. To take care of that, you will need a...

Have you ever watched the pros at the Amp Toss during the annual Installer Olympics at CEDIA EXPO? They grab a 78-pound metal box...

As business gets more and more complex, doing "seat of the pants" calculations of everything from room acoustics to project pricing is less likely...

As we look at the events surrounding this year's CEDIA EXPO, I am reminded of an interesting comment made by a participant in one...

As a prelude to the selling season, it is appropriate to describe what is becoming a red-hot product category on a number of fronts:...

You have designed, installed, debugged, and verified proper function of all components of a full-blown high-end multichannel audio system, and you are ready to...

In the more than a decade since the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Assocation (CEDIA) was founded, the industry has successfully convinced tens of...

Last month's E3 Expo in Los Angeles provided some interesting news for the world of video same consoles, and for once that news pertained...

Despite the doldrums in the consumer electronics retail market recently, one category produces standout--if not record--sales each month: DVD. At the same time, however,...

Early last month, Klipsch Audio Technologies announced a bold new distribution strategy that includes ending relationships with two key dealers and adding a major...

If last year's post-CES sentiment was for the industry to proceed with caution, this year could be summarized by saying it is time to...

Continuing a trend from last year, the widespread adoption of DVI/HDCP (Digital Visual Interface with High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) on DTVs and high-definition set-top...

While a percentage of the country's more affluent homeowners prefer to simultaneously stay at home while going to the movies in a purpose-built space,...

Home Theater Sorting Out the Final Details of Your Theater Tuning Process In this final installment of the...

Every now and then, custom installers are lucky enough to work with what you might call a "dream client." Technologically savvy, organized and boasting...

In the prehistoric days of home theater, mammoth three-gun CRT projectors stood solidly at the center of the residential A/V universe. Everything revolved around...

More than likely you have been to one of those loudspeaker demonstrations where the system is being played so loud that it's actually painful....

With Don Stewart, everything is black and white.

You clean the place up to magazine-cover standards. You asked all of your employees to wear clean company shirts and made sure that everything...

You finished installing the latest multichannel audio system, you have configured it all and have even checked that all the signals are going where...

Once upon a time, life was simple and all signals were analog. Pre-recorded music sources had, at most, two channels. Remember the analog LP...

After the unsettling events of last September and the obvious effect they have had on many segments of our economy, it is not unfair...

In taking our annual look at Comdex and the Western Cable Show, it is important to look beyond the difficult challenges facing the technology...

It's easy to wow clients with today's home theater equipment. The fact that most customers are able to see, hear and touch gear prior...

Chili Davis was part of three World Series winning teams over his 19-year Major League Baseball career with the Giants, Angels, Twins, Royals and...

They are playing more than the Yellow Rose of Texas in San Antonio these days. What some call the future of home audio is...

After planning and designing your client's home theater and assembling your tools, it's time to delve into the first steps of the calibration process:...

Britain's B&W Loudspeakers' celebrated its 35th anniversary. In honor of the event, the company has debuted an upgraded product line. B&W has unveiled the...

According to Dolby Laboratories, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft will feature the new Dolby Interactive Content Encoder, technology that dynamically encodes multi-channel...

DVD Entertainment 2001 Conference & Technology Showcase, produced by the International Recording Media Association (IRMA) and United Entertainment Media's Medialine magazine returns to Universal...

San Francisco, CA--According to Dolby Laboratories, the first PlayStation 2 game to be released with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is "The Bouncer," developed by...

New york, NY--CBS Sports and DirecTV Inc. have agreed to a one-year extension of the agreement allowing DirecTV to offer out-of-market broadcasts, supplemental to...