Sound Advice
By Don Lindich
Distributed By McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
Q: I’m confused as to what gauge of speaker wire to use. From my limited knowledge, the different gauge has to do with the distance and size of speaker. Is this true? I’m planning to purchase the Insignia NS-B2111 speakers for my surround sound system and want to […]
The Bourne Trilogy
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge
If you like spy mystery thrillers with plenty of chases and heavy doses of pulse pounding action, this Blu-ray Disc™ set of three movies belongs in your collection. Each Bourne Disc comes with U-Control features (additional picture-in-picture content that can be activated as the movie […]
Today only, Amazon.com has the 10 hour, 6-disc Blu-ray edition of the critically acclaimed Band of Brothers on sale for only $34.99. That’s a huge 65% savings over the retail price and about $40 less than I usually see it selling for in stores.
Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company and their role in the […]
The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge
The Next Avengers is an animated superhero movie. I recommend it for the teen and preteen crowd, although there is plenty to please comic book fans in general. In The Next Avengers, we learn the original Avengers have vanquished evil from the world […]
Toshiba 52RV530U 52-inch 1080p LCD HDTV
Tiger Direct has a stunning deal on a stunning 52-inch TV. Not much to say about this, other than this is a truly big and beautiful set and at $1100 off (almost 50%) I would hop on this if you are even mildly interested!
Toshiba 52RV530U 52-inch 1080p LCD HDTV for […]
The Speaker Company ACHT200 Home Theater Speaker System
Many of you lamented missing out on The Speaker Company’s holiday sale. If you are looking for a budget-priced home theater, they are closing out the ACHT200 Home Theater System for only $74.99. It’s normally $196.48. That’s a including a powered subwoofer!
I have not heard these so […]
I’m getting lots of Blu-ray player questions every day, so today I finished the Blu-ray Player Buying Guide I have been working on and will resume CES 2009 posts tomorrow.
See my Blu-ray Player Buying Guide here. I’ve tried to make it practical and have included information you won’t find anywhere else.
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Sharp Booth: LOTS of LCD TVs
I just got in from my flight home from Vegas so won’t be posting any more today. Soon I will have more coming about my second day at CES, including some neat stuff from the High Performance Audio exhibits.
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Cocoon Innovations Grid Organizer
Cocoon Innovations had an impressive dispay showing their innovative organizers with their Grid system. The Grid uses interlocking elastic bands of varying lengths to allow you to secure most anything you have to take with you, holding it in place firmly and keeping you organized. Perfect for type A types, and anyone […]
Echostar/Dish Network VIP 922
A few days ago I discussed the Echostar/Dish Network VIP 922’s. Here are some pictures showing some of its capabilities.
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I’ll have more from CES 2009 tomorrow, so be sure to check back!
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Toshiba Cell TV
After losing the HD DVD / Blu-ray format war Toshiba hasn’t had a lot of new stuff to talk about. They still make some nice LCD TVs, but when you see other manufacturers coming out with interesting new Blu-ray players, camcorders, digital cameras, etc. Toshiba is running the risk of becoming marginalized with their […]
iFrogz Booth
Thanks to Ashley, an incredibly nice, incredibly persistent and pleasant PR rep I had an appointment at the iFrogz booth. They have a wide range of iPod and portable audio accessories, and Ashley called to tell me about their EarPollution Headphones, which are made to order to your own design. I was encouraged to […]
Dish Network started my day off with a press conference. They announced their new Sling-loaded 922 HD DVR receiver, and it is one truly impressive piece of equipment… the first thing I saw at the show that was truly revolutionary.
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LG had a table at The Digital Experience where they were showing their new BD390 Blu-ray player. LG has made some Blu-ray waves lately with their BD300, which is the first player to ever beat Sony’s PlayStation 3 in a speed test. Unless you follow the format closely you have no idea how big of […]
Pentax K2000 in white and black.
Pentax had their K2000 digital SLR at The Digital Experience, and it is a sweet little camera! It’s nice and compact, as are the lenses that are designed to go with it. It’s well made and feels great in the hand, as opposed to the entry level Canon models, which […]
Mitsubishi LaserVue TV… consuming only 98 w of power.
I was excited to see Mitsubishi display their new LaserVue TV at The Digital Experience. I’ve always loved projection TVs for the big, filmlike image, and supposedly Mitsubishi’s new LaserVue is a game changer. It uses red, green, and blue lasers rather than a lamp or LEDs and can […]
Pepcom hosts a mini-CES of their own called “The Digital Experience” which is invitation-only to members of the media. It’s extremely well done and a lot of fun, and I make sure I get here in time to attend every year. It was held at The Mirage Wednesday night, the evening before the show. A […]
Greetings from Las Vegas and the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show! The big news this year is… there isn’t any really big news, there have been hardly any products that make you go “wow” and the show itself is noticeably smaller and less busy than usual. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a big show but […]
In a few hours I will be flying out to Las Vegas for the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. Despite the gloomy economic news, the press releases have been coming in and it looks like there will be some truly great stuff there this year.
I plan on posting regularly throughout the week to tell you about […]
