Archive for January, 2009

Sound Advice Column: Using a digital converter box with a VCR

Sound Advice By Don Lindich Distributed By McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Q: I hope you can answer my many questions about the new digital TV converter boxes. Probably a lot of your readers will soon be interested in this. My first problem: The VCR won’t work. I hooked up the antenna into the box and white [...]

Blu-ray Review: The Invincible Iron Man

  The Invincible Iron Man Lionsgate Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge The Invincible Iron Man is an animated retelling or the superhero’s origin story; however, unlike the live action movie with Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger as the villain, the principal villain here is the Mandarin.  It makes a great gift for [...]

Blu-ray Review: Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye Paramount Home Entertainment (Dreamworks) Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Eagle Eye is a cyber thriller combined with top notch action with plenty of well done chase scenes.  It exceeds other movies in its genre for pure adrenaline such as The Net, War Games and Colossus – The Forbin Project.  A rental for [...]

Sound Advice Column: Digital SLRs need high-speed memory cards, image stabilization, zoom range and tripods

Sound Advice By Don Lindich Distributed By McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Q: I am looking to buy a digital camera and want to learn more about memory cards. In practical situations, what is the difference between using a regular card and a “high-speed” card? -Karen DeJeet, Murrysville, PA A: High-speed memory cards read and write data [...]

Blu-ray Audio Explained

I have a new page explaining Blu-ray high-def audio.  See it here: Blu-ray Audio Explained It includes some player recommendations.  A more detailed page on players is coming soon, so keep checking back! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2Fblu-ray%2Fblu-ray-audio-explained%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Blu-ray+Audio+Explained’; addthis_pub = ”;