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Published by admin on 8th February 2009
You’ve got a mind-blowing picture, surround sound, and streaming content set up, but it wasn’t cheap. Heal your wallet with ten upgrades, fixes, and setup tips that take your system to 11 on the cheap.
10. Hide away your discs in style
Not everybody wants their CD or DVD collection to be a proud, visible part of their living room. And a lot of people have had old-school, giant-box speakers shoved in their garages, or offered up constantly by parents, aunts, uncles, or anyone else with a formerly hi-fi system. One Instructables user put some old gear to good use by converting it to media cabinets made from broken speakers. If you’re still feeling like you’ve got too many DVDs to fit into any sized container, consider clearing out your DVD clutter.
9. Make your own speaker mounts
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Published by admin on 16th December 2008
Buying DVD home theater equipment can be just as daunting as buying audio gear. First off, most people don’t even know that there’s a new generation of DVD players out there. Ever here of theBlu-Ray 3D DVD Player by Sony!
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Published by admin on 10th October 2008
I’d like to know if wireless speakers are a good option for a surround sound system. Based on other articles I’ve read, I suspect the technology isn’t there yet, but I thought I’d ask. We currently have a four-speaker system with two speakers “stacked” on each side of the entertainment system, but obviously this isn’t ideal.
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Published by admin on 9th October 2008
Cords and wires are the bane of any
technophile’s existence. They are a pain to set up and inevitably form
an unruly tangle that’s just plain messy. The introduction of HDMI went
a long way to reducing the unsightly clutter running from behind the
lounge room AV set up by combining high definition sound and video in
one convenient cable. But now connectivity solutions company Gefen has
gone one step further with their Wireless for HDMI Extender, which
comprises a local sender unit which is paired to a receiver unit at a
remote location.
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Published by admin on 2nd October 2008
The system iDect Z10i Wireless Conferencing System is remarkable not so much the adaptability to manufacture, how much possibility to work till ten o’clock in a conversation mode, polyphonic melodies and the integrated answering machine. Cost of this device for a multiport conference makes about $140.
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Published by admin on 2nd October 2008
SEATTLE
Part of the appeal of watching sports is the varying
degrees of contact between participants on the field (or track). And
behind the scenes, in the televised coverage of sports, there’s another
collision setting itself up to happen—it’s a supply and demand problem.
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Published by admin on 29th September 2008
If you’re installing up a home theater you should seriously consider installing surround sound - otherwise you’ll be missing out on a vital part of the home theater experience! Although ordinary speakers will mimic the sounds of the movie, the surround sound speakers will provide greater quality and make you feel as if you’re sitting right in the center of the action on the screen.
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Published by admin on 29th September 2008
A wireless speaker home theater system allows you the freedom to
place your speakers anywhere in a room without having to figure out how
to hide the speaker wires.
There are two types of wireless speaker home theater systems - add-on systems and integrated systems.
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Published by admin on 29th September 2008
If you like to enjoy the thundering bass and
wraparound sound that you often experience at the movie theater, then
building your own home theater with surround sound may be just what you
need. The technology has been steadily progressing in recent years and
now it appears that the equipment and formats needed for true surround
sound are in place. And as always, improvements are constantly being
made.
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Published by admin on 29th September 2008
PIONEER LX01 £1,300
Despite having no centre speaker and just four tiny satellites plus the sub,
the LX01 sounds impressive. Two drivers in each front speaker emulate the
centre speaker, providing clear movie dialogue. The upscaling DVD drive
gives a crisp image and records and plays almost all disc formats. There’s a
250GB hard-disk and a Freeview tuner, and HD audio is handled when you run a
Blu-ray player through one of three HDMI sockets.
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