October 2005 - Posts

• Shameful Specs on JVC's RX-D401S

  I’ve been researching new features in receivers lately and I found some interesting stuff on JVC’s website . I was at JVC’s site to read more about these new digital receivers that can do HDMI upconversion using Faroudja processors. Read More... Posted Friday, October 28, 2005 11:04 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• October; One Big Month for DVD

  This is an expensive month for DVD purchases for a Sci-Fi comics movie geek and a month of heavy viewing in front of my HT system. I have given lengthy reviews to the AVforums on two films, an Australian spoof horror called Undead and The Interpreter Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:02 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: DVD Review

• DOOM

  Doom staring the ROCK and Karl Urban who was Eomer from Return of the King. Of course I didn’t recognize him I only read later who he was, all those white guys look like Tom Hanks to me. Doom gives you exactly what you wanted out of a Doom movie, Read More... Posted Monday, October 24, 2005 10:00 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• HP gets all uppity about Blu-Ray

  HP (Hewlett-Packard Co.) has said they’ll be backing Blu-Ray in the high stakes war for the next generation optical storage medium . Even though Microsoft came out on the side of HD DVD, which I can see as an obvious move if it were relevant for Read More... Posted Friday, October 21, 2005 10:12 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Xbox 360 Shortages Guaranteed As Price Gouging Commences

  Microsoft executives have predicted that shortages of the first next gen console by Microsoft will outstrip supply. It was initially announced they’d make 2 million units to be shipped worldwide. Estimates by industry analysts like P.J. McNealy Read More... Posted Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:12 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• No HD DVD this Christmas

  Toshiba has just reneged on their promise to release HD DVD this year . Senior Vice President Yoshihide Fujii said today. "We have been discussing with content holders the most effective way to launch in the U.S. market, and it will probably be in February Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 3:51 PM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Batman! Batman! Batman!

  Batman! Batman! Batman! It’s officially the DAY of Batman! Oh, it’s not just one of those lame Batman days where we get a rerun of that campy old show on basic cable. This is the day the best Batman movie ever made hits DVD format, so you Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:23 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Epson - Sanyo imrpoves mini-LCD

  Epson and Sanyo formed a joint venture back in Oct. ‘04 with the formation of the Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corp . This new company is made up of their parent companies respective LCD display businesses. It seems the Liquid Crystal Display conglomerate Read More... Posted Monday, October 17, 2005 9:09 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Undead: Only for a specialized audience

  It’s Halloween season again, the perfect time for some frightful horror movies. I viewed and reviewed for another website the DVD release of Undead which came out last Tuesday and will be sitting on the shelves of the local video rental super-markets Read More... Posted Friday, October 14, 2005 9:26 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: DVD Review

• Polk's speakers with an IP

  Polk Audio has released in-wall speakers with an IP address in your household network. You can connect these speakers to an Ethernet cable and they can receive audio signals from any network or internet source. The speakers are self amplified using the Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:08 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• What Sucks About HDTV: Future Proof buying; when will we ever learn?

  People are obsessed with so called future proof purchases when they go to the electronics super-mart. Marketers and sales people alike try to sell the idea of future proofing by pushing features that will supposedly allow you to upgrade or will be compatible Read More... Posted Friday, October 07, 2005 10:32 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: What sucks about HDTV!

• Harmony 880 Universal Remote; it's a better toilet

  For me, universal remote controls are like toilets. Basically you deal with the hand you’re dealt, sure there are probably ways to improve them, cushions, maybe a built in monitor and keyboard with wi-fi access to the router so you can surf while Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:21 AM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Mobile Theater

  JVC’s Mobile Theater Home Theater isn’t just for the home anymore, car stereo manufacturer’s are adding more and more Home-Theater-like options for your car. Hopefully these are being used just to entertain passengers on long trips. Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:09 PM by | 0 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors