|
Under the Home Theater topic you can find news and articles about home entertainment electronics, and extensive selection of various home theater devices from the AfterDawn.com hardware section.
|
Most recent news articles related to this topic
|
 |
Today, Sony has launched an all new home media server on the people of Japan that touts some interesting specs. Being called a multimedia server and NAS drive, the VGF-HS1 and VGF-HS1S come ...
Date: 7 May 2008 18:05 | 6 comments
|
| |
 |
At Sun Microsystem's 2008 JavaONE conference, being held this week in San Francisco, one of the topics being discussed is the use of Java in Blu-ray movie (BD-MV) authoring. The keynote speaker ...
Date: 7 May 2008 05:05 | 1 comment
|
| |
 |
Yesterday, Popcorn Hour announced that its only product, the highly anticipated Popcorn Hour A-100 digital media streaming device is now available for pre-order directly from the company's site.
...
Date: 4 May 2008 20:05 | 9 comments
|
| |
 |
Apple has made it clear in recent months that they believe their iTunes online store is capable of taking the lead in online movie downloads in much the same way it practically created the ...
Date: 1 May 2008 17:05 | 2 comments
|
| |
 |
Coming up on their deadline to become a Blu-ray only production house, Universal has unveiled its plans for the audio it intends to use on the format. Ever since their defection from the HD-DVD ...
Date: 1 May 2008 17:05 | 31 comments
|
| |
 |
It appears that online DVD rental giant Netflix, whose streaming video service has become very popular with customers, appears ready to make a major move into the set-top box market. Early this ...
Date: 23 Apr 2008 03:04 | 8 comments
|
| |
 |
It's no secret the as DVR ownership has increased over the last few years, many people now see commercials as a nuisance to be skipped. In their search for a solution to this potentially very ...
Date: 22 Apr 2008 04:04 | 9 comments
|
| |
 |
Over the last month I've been working on a number of MPEG-4 AVC related guides. Devices from mobile phones to Blu-ray players, and numerous others in between the two extremes, are designed with ...
Date: 21 Apr 2008 14:04 | 1 comment
|
| |
 |
Entertainment giant Viacom is partnering with MGM, and Lionsgate to start a new premium cable channel. Less than three years ago Viacom gave up ownership of Showtime to CBS Television when they ...
Date: 21 Apr 2008 13:04 | 2 comments
|
| |
 |
According to Kwon Young-soo, CEO of LG Display, the company has seen growing demand for small-size LCD sets in recent times as more consumers dump bulky old televisions for newer flat-screens. ...
Date: 12 Apr 2008 01:04 | 15 comments
|
| |
Less than 2 months ago
|
 |
Earlier this year I was forced to find a replacement for Windows Media Center in order to use the latest version of Windows Media Player to support the Netflix Streaming service's DRM. After ...
Date: 26 Mar 2008 17:03
|
| |
 |
The popular satellite-television provider DirecTV spent a hefty $1.2 million USD in 2007 lobbying the US's switch from analog to digital TV.
Other broadcasters, cable operators, and satellite ...
Date: 21 Mar 2008 22:03 | 6 comments
|
| |
 |
Today we have another new guide, this time on installing and configuring AC3Filter. Like most of the tools I've been writing about recently, AC3Filter is free and yet full featured and quite ...
Date: 21 Mar 2008 07:03 | 7 comments
|
| |
 |
As promised earlier this week we have a new guide for ffdshow which covers basic installation and configuration of video and audio decoders.
If you're not familiar with ffdshow, it uses ...
Date: 20 Mar 2008 07:03 | 11 comments
|
| |
 |
Texas Instruments DLP Cinema has announced that IMAX will now be using DLP Cinema projectors.
Under the new agreement, beginning in Q2 2008, any IMAX Digital projection system deployed to ...
Date: 19 Mar 2008 22:03 | 3 comments
|
| |
 |
Last week we reported that Panasonic announced two new DivX Certified Blu-ray players, DMP-BD30EG and DMP-BD30EE. Now DivX, Inc. announced in a press release that they have granted DivX Certificates ...
Date: 17 Mar 2008 08:03 | 3 comments
|
| |
|
In its competition with cable companies for subscribers DirecTV has had a number of successes, often due to the geographical size of their customer base, compared to no more than a regional ...
Date: 13 Mar 2008 19:03 | 16 comments
|
| |
 |
While Sony and Toshiba were competing for attention for their one another cheaper high-def players, a company was developing a quality Upscaling DVD player. OPPO Digital has recently announced ...
Date: 12 Mar 2008 10:03 | 50 comments
|
| |
 |
Starting on Friday, March 14, Microsoft will reportedly be cutting the price of the 20GB Xbox 360 in Europe to 270 euros. This represents a drop of 80 euros. Meanwhile, in the UK the price of ...
Date: 10 Mar 2008 17:03 | 5 comments
|
| |
Less than 3 months ago
|
 |
This week has been a little slow for Glossary updates as I've been concentrating on some MPEG-2 editing guides. However there are two notable additions for the VMD (Versatile Multilayer Disc) ...
Date: 7 Mar 2008 18:03
|
| |
 |
According to Greenpeace, consumer electronics are slowing becoming greener but still have a long way to go to eliminate the use of more hazardous and toxic chemicals and to become more energy ...
Date: 6 Mar 2008 23:03 | 10 comments
|
| |
 |
TiVo Inc. has defied the predictions of analysts by making a quarterly loss of $6.4 million. Improved sales of older DVR hardware and reduced expenses influenced the loss, which is about 6 cents ...
Date: 6 Mar 2008 23:03 | 4 comments
|
| |
 |
Circuit City has tripled the period in which a customer can return a HD DVD player from the previous and standard 30 days to 90 days. The move is made at a time when the industry is moving rapidly ...
Date: 6 Mar 2008 21:03 | 8 comments
|
| |
|
Despite speculation by some that we may see a $200 Blu-ray player before year's end, no such product appears to be in sight. In fact, the Chinese companies responsible for the boom in low priced ...
Date: 6 Mar 2008 07:03 | 84 comments
|
| |
 |
The High Definition optical disc format war is over. You've read it here and elsewhere, and while some are upset that Blu-ray won, the overwhelming consensus is that a single format is best ...
Date: 3 Mar 2008 08:03 | 45 comments
|
| |
|
It's time again for my weekly Glossary updates. This week's highlights include some things you may already have on your computer, such as libavcodec and MPEG-4 encoders. If you're not already ...
Date: 29 Feb 2008 19:02 | 1 comment
|
| |
 |
After some market tests which began last year, Redbox has announced that they'll be adding their kiosks to nearly 1,800 Walgreens stores. At present the company expects to have over 11,000 active ...
Date: 28 Feb 2008 05:02 | 6 comments
|
| |
 |
ABC executives have managed to convince themselves that viewers really don't care about fast forwarding, or at least that's the official company line, as voiced by Anne Sweeney, the president ...
Date: 26 Feb 2008 02:02 | 16 comments
|
| |
 |
Acer, the large notebook manufacturer has announced that it will be "pushing" Blu-ray notebooks beginning in the Q2 of this year.
The company, which had been signed to both Blu-ray and HD ...
Date: 25 Feb 2008 18:02 | 18 comments
|
| |
|
With the increase in new content at Afterdawn over the last year, we've had a hard time keeping you informed of the resources we have available in our Guides section. In order to let you know ...
Date: 25 Feb 2008 09:02 | 2 comments
|
| |
 |
As flat panel TV sales continue to increase and LCD continues to grab an increasing amount of market share, some manufacturers have shifted their focus away from plasma HDTVs. One company that ...
Date: 25 Feb 2008 06:02 | 2 comments
|
| |
 |
Industry sources have said that Sony is planning to begin buying LCD TV panels from its rival Sharp, possibly as soon as April of this year.
Sony is currently running an LCD panel joint venture ...
Date: 24 Feb 2008 23:02 | 13 comments
|
| |
 |
Japan may have taken a long time getting into the space race, but they're quickly making up for lost time. Powered by a rocket designed and built in Japan, they've launched a new satellite which ...
Date: 24 Feb 2008 05:02 | 11 comments
|
| |
 |
With new technology and ways to deliver video being introduced at breakneck speed, one thing most entertainment executives will admit to is that nobody knows anything for sure. To date no one ...
Date: 23 Feb 2008 09:02 | 4 comments
|
| |
 |
According to backers of controversial new devices that would make use of the so-called "white spaces" between DTV broadcasts for wireless networking, FCC testing of their latest submission isn't ...
Date: 22 Feb 2008 05:02 | 8 comments
|
| |
 |
the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Association (JEITA) released a forecast on Thursday suggesting that annual sales of LCD TVs will likely reach 155 million units by 2012. In 2007 ...
Date: 22 Feb 2008 04:02 | 4 comments
|
| |
|
Once again it's time for my weekly list of Glossary updates. Since I've spent the majority of the last week working on some guides for processing captured video I haven't been able to spend ...
Date: 21 Feb 2008 12:02 | 1 comment
|
| |
 |
Sales of LCD televisions have hit a milestone, becoming the number one television technology. In the fourth quarter of 2007, for the first time ever, more LCD TVs were sold than CRT models according ...
Date: 21 Feb 2008 11:02 | 16 comments
|
| |
 |
The New Release (TNR), a Houston-based company, plans to add 1,000 of their Moviecube DVD rental kiosks in North America by the end of 2008. Specifically the kiosks are going to Canada, where ...
Date: 20 Feb 2008 04:02 | 11 comments
|
| |
 |
If you live in the U.S. and have a TV with only an old fashioned analog TV you have just a year before your TV will no longer be able to receive OTA (over the air) broadcasts. Although that ...
Date: 18 Feb 2008 02:02 | 3 comments
|
| |
 |
Reuters is reporting that a source within Toshiba is confirming the company is planning to drop HD DVD, and is currently in the final stages of working out their exit strategy, although the ...
Date: 17 Feb 2008 03:02 | 34 comments
|
| |
 |
When analog TV broadcasts are shut off for good in the U.S. in almost exactly 1 year (Februrary 17, 2009) some people with analog televisions will be using their new DTV converters, while others ...
Date: 16 Feb 2008 04:02 | 5 comments
|
| |
|
If you're one of the more than 2 million Americans who have already applied for government vouchers for digital to analog DTV converter boxes you may be getting it as early as next week, which ...
Date: 16 Feb 2008 04:02 | 1 comment
|
| |
|
Another week has gone by, and as I threatened last week I'm continuing to update the Glossary. Here are the highlights of my updates over the last week.
MPEG-4 Part 10 - MPEG-4 Part 10 ...
Date: 15 Feb 2008 02:02 | 1 comment
|
| |
 |
The largest electronics chain the U.S. has announced that it will begin focusing its recommendations to customers toward Sony's Blu-ray technology, according to an article by Reuters.
"Because ...
Date: 12 Feb 2008 17:02 | 61 comments
|
| |
|
Apparently nobody has told companies backing HD DVD that the format war is over. According to sales figures leaked to This Week In Consumer Electronics from The NPD Group, Blu-ray standalone ...
Date: 12 Feb 2008 05:02 | 21 comments
|
| |
 |
With preparations for the DTV (Digital Television) cutover in the U.S. gaining momentum, many people have already questioned the government's preparedness. Now it appears that at least one of ...
Date: 11 Feb 2008 18:02 | 8 comments
|
| |
|
According to the Associated Press, internet DVD rental leader Netflix has decided to jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon, and will be dropping HD DVD rentals completely.
"From the Netflix perspective, ...
Date: 11 Feb 2008 16:02 | 38 comments
|
| |
Less than 6 months ago
|
|
As the U.S. analog TV cut-off date is approaching, the public interest to government-sponsored coupon program is growing. But as our forum users have noticed and we noticed when we did some ...
Date: 8 Feb 2008 12:02 | 10 comments
|
| |
|
As Jamie (Dela) announced last month, the staff here at Afterdawn is working on updating some of our core content in the Glossary. Along with additions like our new Topics feature we're planning ...
Date: 7 Feb 2008 20:02 | 1 comment
|
| |
 |
The large retailer Best Buy has announced that it has stocked up on Digital TV converter boxes that are compatible with the US government's rebate program for the boxes.
Last month, the Telecommunications ...
Date: 7 Feb 2008 19:02 | 12 comments
|
| |
 |
Sony has announced today that they have successfully produced a read/write Blu-ray laser that is only 3mm thick. This new thin laser was developed in cooperation with Nichia and can read dual ...
Date: 25 Jan 2008 21:01 | 28 comments
|
| |
 |
Anybody who witnesses an OLED TV in person will remark on how vibrant the colors are and what a wonder these televisions are to behold, but the organic materials they use within the set degrade ...
Date: 25 Jan 2008 20:01 | 15 comments
|
| |
|
Ever since movie giant Warner Brothers defected and sided with the Blu-ray camp, its been an uphill battle for those involved with rival HD-DVD. Just weeks after the announcement of WB switching ...
Date: 25 Jan 2008 20:01 | 58 comments
|
| |
 |
Folks over at Equinux have given Apple users something more to cheer about with the introduction of their Tubestick hybrid USB digital and analog TV tuner for the Macintosh computer. It comes ...
Date: 25 Jan 2008 17:01 | 3 comments
|
| |
 |
Bolstering three new LCD televisions to its Aquos X line, Sharp has announced its thin 3.44cm (at the thinnest part) architecture. Loaded with many features HDTV lovers want in their sets, these ...
Date: 24 Jan 2008 16:01 | 10 comments
|
| |
 |
In an announcement by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), the company has secured carriage for its MGM HD channel on Verizon's FiOS TV service, bringing feature film hits from the MGM library ...
Date: 24 Jan 2008 16:01 | 5 comments
|
| |
 |
Effective immediately Vudu will drop the price of its video-on-demand Set-Top Box by as much as 25 percent to battle with the recent resurgence of interest in rival AppleTV. Down from its original ...
Date: 24 Jan 2008 15:01 | 3 comments
|
| |
 |
According to Video Business, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has entered into an agreement with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to provide DVDs using their Manufacturing On Demand (MOD) technology. Like ...
Date: 24 Jan 2008 05:01 | 6 comments
|
| |
 |
As part of an initiative to come up with a common standard for connecting portable digital audio and video devices to everything from home stereos to car entertainment systems, the Consumer ...
Date: 23 Jan 2008 19:01 | 8 comments
|
| |
Panasonic DMP-BD30K
Toshiba HD-A3
Philips DVP5960/12
Sony BDP-S550
Sony KDL-40W4000
Sony KDL-32W4000
Sony KDL-40V3000
Samsung HP-S4233