Sony Launches It’s 3D Blu Ray Player But Can It Really Work For Home Theater?
Sony claims it's 3D Blu ray players and soon to be released 3D Blu ray disks are set to revolutionize how we watch home movies but can movies costing multi millions of dollars to produce like Avatar really work on all but the very best and biggest home theater set ups?
Categories: News Tags: 3-D film, Blu-ray Disc, film, High-definition television, home-cinema, Sony Bravia, Streaming media, television
Lord Of The Rings Blu Ray Out Next April 2010
Much to the chagrin of many the much awaited Lord Of The Rings on Blu Ray is due to be released next year on April 6th 2010 in the US. But you'd imagine such news would be well recieved but it seems that the intention is only to release the theatrical version first with a later release of the extended version.
Categories: DVD Reviews and Blu Ray Reviews, News Tags: Arts, DVD, film, Hobbit, Lord Of The Rings, Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Warner Bros
JVC Sound Bars The TH-BA3 and TH-BS7 Released This Month
A sound bar is a relatively new audio/video component designed to be an all-in-one speaker system that compliments the audio needs of today's flat HDTVs. Sound bars are normally placed below or directly in front of an HDTV. They are also frequently mounted on a wall, often using included mounting hardware.
Categories: Equipment Reviews, News Tags: audio, Business, Consumer Goods and Services, Dolby Pro Logic, dolby-digital, DTS, electronics, home-cinema, JVC, JVC Direct Drive, soundbars, surround-sound
LG BD 300 Blu ray Player First To Stream Netflix Launches This Fall
The anticipated launch of the LG BD 300 Blu-ray Player will see another first for the increasingly popular format as it will be the first to be able to stream the Netflix on line Watch Now range of movies. The latest LG Blu-ray was first shown at a New York Press event in August but was then shown to the rest of the industry at the CEDIA Expo 2008 in Denver, Colorado.
Categories: News Tags: Blu--Ray, CEDIA, ethernet, lg bd 300 blu-ray, netflix, netflix player, PS3, streaming movies, wi-fi
Does Home Theater Need Yet Another High Definition Format?
With Blu-Ray finally starting to become finally become the accepted format for high defintion recordings amongst the majority. It comes as some what of a suprise to many that Sim2 (a high end projector company) have decided to partner with digital media producer Entertainment Experience who produce products for the professional theatres, universities and commercial display markets.
Categories: News, Systems Tags: beyond hd, Blu--Ray, DCI color format, Entertainment Experience, HD, HDTV, large screen projection, Sim2
Digital Switch Over Leaves Residents Up In Arms
The first town in the US to receive exclusively digital only broadcasting was met with mixed reactions by it's residents as many jammed phone lines wondering what on earth was going on when their TV's suddenly stopped working. Many residents of Wilmington, North Carolina were either unprepared for the analogue switch off or were experiencing problems with their digital set top boxes designed to convert older non digital ready TV's.
Categories: News Tags: , broadcasting, digital tv, over air tv, set top box, wilmington
