All Articles Tagged Home Theater

Arlen Schweiger | 02/03 09:11 AM, 0 Comments

We have already detailed the dream home theater system for watching Super Bowl XLVI between the New England Patriots and New York Giants. Now it's time for our favorite home theaters for the Big Game. We’ve highlighted numerous theaters and media rooms that incorporate multiple displays over the years. These are almost always the brainchild of sports fans, of course. We thought the timing was perfect, with Super Bowl XLVI right around the corner, to take a look back at some of our favorites in this little subcategory of home… View this story

Robert Archer | 02/03 04:44 AM, 0 Comments

Runco has established its top level, 73d projector as arguably one best performing 3D projectors in the entire residential market. The company's latest projector, the newly announced LS-12d maintains many of the 73d's performance characteristics, but at price levels that are considerably lower than its flagship product. The LS-12d is an active-shutter, three-chip DLP projector that Runco says can be used situations in which homeowners want a high-performance projector that aesthetically doesn't detract from their home's interior design. To ensure the projector's visual compatibility with today's modern home designs, Runco… View this story

Jason Knott | 02/02 09:46 AM, 15 Comments

2012 could someday be remembered as a year of tremendous technological advancements. Today, it's just another year gone by without the Super Bowl in 3D. How can the world's biggest television event not be a showcase for 3D, which is still trying to gain acceptance among the public? Here is my analysis. Broadcasters have given up on 3D: Fox, NBC, CBS and even Disney-owned ABC and ESPN have concluded that 3D is for watching Blu-ray movies in home theaters, not television programming. No demand for 3D: There isn't even an… View this story

Robert Archer | 02/02 08:47 AM, 4 Comments

Like many Boston area residents, Sunday can’t come fast enough for me. The New England Patriots have their eyes on another Lombardi Trophy as they take on the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. The Super Bowl is often the most-watched TV program every year, with millions of people watching across the world on different TVs, projection screens and home theater setups. We thought it would be fun to compile the ideal home theater system, and a few other toys, to take the Super Bowl experience to the next… View this story

Lisa Montgomery | 02/01 09:18 AM, 14 Comments

Former New York Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer will be watching his team take on the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl from prime seats at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Had the Giants not made it to the Super Bowl, Toomer still would have enjoyed the action, albeit from the seats in his newly renovated man cave. Designed and installed by Todd Anthony Puma of The Source Home Theater Installation & Design, the system features top-notch equipment from Paradigm, Anthem, Wolf and Screen Innovations. Toomer wanted the… View this story

Robert Archer | 02/01 04:45 AM, 0 Comments

In the world of networking it's not too often that a custom installer can say that there's a networking component specifically for the custom electronics industry. In the case of the newly released Pakedge S8W 8-port gigabit switch however, electronics professionals will find a networking device with home theater, security and traditional networking in its DNA. Pakedge says the switch is equipped with eight auto-sensing 10/100/1000Mbps ports and it can be implemented without any preconfiguration. The Foster City, California-based company also says the high-speed, compact switch is compliant with all… View this story

Robert Archer | 01/27 06:17 AM, 0 Comments

Mark Levinson is one of the most famous names in high performance residential audio and recently at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the respected American manufacturer announced several new products. Arguably the most interesting of these products is the No.585 integrated amplifier. The No.585 marks a return to the integrated amplifier category, and according to Levinson, the new integrated amp is part of the company's 40th Anniversary Collection of products, which also includes the No.52 Reference Dual-Monaural Preamplifier, the No.519 SACD and the No.560 Digital Audio Processor. The No.585… View this story

Robert Archer | 01/26 09:46 AM, 0 Comments

Over the past decade, the audio manufacturing community has had an increasingly difficult time communicating its message in the ever-diverging world of home entertainment. The ongoing shift away from traditional home audio and new focus on personal audio, gaming and Internet-based products has affected the way consumers purchase electronics. Adding to the current dilemma that many of these companies find themselves in is the fact that a lot of them don’t have the marketing budget to embrace new media to help to remain relevant in the public eye. Thiel Audio,… View this story

Robert Archer | 01/26 07:43 AM, 0 Comments

It doesn't matter if you are a die-hard two-channel enthusiast or a home theater lover when it comes to owning McIntosh gear. The company makes products that satisfies the demands of both markets without compromise. Adding to its home theater legacy, the Binghampton, N.Y.-based company introduced its latest product to the home theater category: the MC8207 home theater amplifier. McIntosh says the new amplifier is engineered to provide the luxury, high-performance with a product that performs to the highest levels. McIntosh says the seven-channel amplifier incorporates its proprietary Dynamic Power… View this story

Robert Archer | 01/24 04:16 AM, 0 Comments

A couple of years ago the suburban Boston-based company Atlantic Technology played a trick on the assembled press corp during its CEDIA news conference by playing its then new set of speakers next to a subwoofer. Later during the press conference company president Peter Tribeman revealed that the sub was never on and the bass output from the system was reproduced by the small footprint floorstanding speakers that were on display. Using the same technology from its small footprint floorstanding AT-1 speakers Atlantic Technology recently launched its AT-2 bookshelf loudspeakers.… View this story