Home Theater Gear

Home Theater Gear Blog Redesigned and Moved

Published on 2010-10-16 13:25:43

The Home Theater Gear Blog has been redesigned and moved to a new location. You'll get even more tech articles, industry news and info about the latest home theater gear, from projectors and speakers, to TVs, gadgets and remote controls....

NuVision Ventures Into Projectors with the New ProVu® P2 Cinema Projectors

Published on 2010-05-28 10:57:18

NuVision heretofore known for their premium quality LCD TVs, has introduced their first foray into the projector market, the LED powered ProVu P2 cinema projector. The latest of the LED light engined home theater projectors, the P2 boasts a 20,000...

Storied Custom Install Brands Escient and Snell Put out to Pasture by D&M

Published on 2010-04-13 09:05:54

D&M Holdings, the parent company to Denon and Marantz, among others, has killed two of the most storied companies in the custom installation industry; Escient and Snell.Escient was formed back in the 1990's by industry veteran Tom Doherty to make...

Onkyo Releases the TX-SR608 A/V Receiver with HDMI 1.4 for 3D support

Published on 2010-04-01 10:10:34

Onkyo releases the $599MSRP TX-SR608 A/V receiver with HDMI 1.4 for 3D support. The TX-SR608 supports two of the features found in the HDMI 1.4 feature set, those being the aforementioned 3D support, and the audio return channel. The audio...

What Can the New TiVo Premier Series Do?

Published on 2010-03-31 16:35:41

I posted a few weeks ago on the new TiVO premier series DVR. For those of you wondering what this new generation of TiVO will do, here's you answer. It won't wash your dishes or project an image, but just...

Deal of The Weekend - Polk Tower Speaker Almost Half Off!

Published on 2010-03-26 10:16:16

Deal of the Day for Friday March 26, 2010. - Ends on the 28th.GREAT DEALS ON HDTVsAND - Save 43% on this Polk Audio 2-Way Tower Speaker.Dual, bi-ampable gold-plated binding postsAdjustable leveling feet for stabilityPatented PowerPort® bass venting1-inch silk dome...

Blockbuster Destined for Bankruptcy?

Published on 2010-03-25 09:53:13

According to several sources Blockbuster Video, a staple of home theater content for decades, may soon be going the way of the Dodo. Their recent statements about the questionable future of the company sent both stock and bond prices...

Computer Video in HDMI with Altona Technologies new ATI-HDVieW

Published on 2010-03-16 09:34:11

 What to do if you want to see your media center PC in HD on your TV, but the TV has no computer input, and the computer, just a VGA output? In years gone by that would have required an...

Tiger Woods in 3D on Comcast?

Published on 2010-03-16 09:08:53

Comcast scooped DirecTV with yesterday's announcement that they would be the first to show a major sporting event in 3D, in this case, the Master's Golf Champion at Augusta. Does that mean you'll be able to watch Tiger Woods strut...

DirecTV Shows Movie "Pirate Radio" a Month Ahead of it's DVD Release Date

Published on 2010-03-11 09:32:09

DirecTV today released the movie Pirate Radio on it's DirecTV Cinema pay per view service. The movie doesn't get released on DVD until April 13th, so DirecTV customers will get more than a month head start on everyone else.  According...