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Boxee Box Review

B.Greenway — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:53:27 +0000

It’s been quite a while since our original Boxee (software) review and while a lot has changed much of what made Boxee compelling has only gotten better with the introduction of the Boxee Box by D-Link. Now with Boxee Box there’s a small, self-contained device specifically built for the Boxee platform, no HTPC required. For [...]

Boxee Box Review

iPhone: The Ultimate Home Theater Interface

B.Greenway — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:06:43 +0000

I was careful not to use the word remote, or controller because I think those words pigeonhole the iPhone into an unfair category. Love it or hate it, Apple’s little color, touch-screen remote, er iPhone/iPod Touch has shaken up consumer electronics world

iPhone: The Ultimate Home Theater Interface

Flat Panel Mounts with Free Shipping

B.Greenway — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:24:29 +0000

Undoubtedly, some of you guys and gals are going to be giving or receiving flat panel televisions as gifts this holiday season; and I wanted to pass along a deal on the most overlooked accessory for Plasma and LCD televisions (well for those of you planning on mounting them on the wall), the wall-mount itself. [...]

Flat Panel Mounts with Free Shipping

CompUSA (Slowly) Closing Stores

B.Greenway — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:45:33 +0000

Bit of a departure here today, nothing earth-shattering but I wanted to share some of what I learned about the fire-sale CompUSA is currently running. You’ve no doubt heard by now that the electronics retailer is closing financial troubles to begin with. This “everything must go” clearance sale in its current state, doesn’t amount to [...]

CompUSA (Slowly) Closing Stores

Home Theater Buying Tips: Qualifying Reviews

B.Greenway — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:42:58 +0000

Home Theater Buying Tips: Qualifying Reviews

HDMI 1.3 Not as Close as You Might Think

B.Greenway — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:33:34 +0000

I noticed with (minor amusement) several recent announcements stating “HDMI 1.3 chips ship to manufacturers” while others reported “HDMI 1.3 in production” while true on both accounts the full story paints a slightly different picture. Unfortunately many of these articles emphasized “in production” and “shipping” but downplayed or outright omitted some rather important details from [...]

HDMI 1.3 Not as Close as You Might Think

The Slippery Slope of Convergence

B.Greenway — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:25:01 +0000

As the line between consumer electronics and PC’s continues to blur, so does our tolerance of what is and isn’t acceptable with CE devices. We think nothing about a firmware upgrade to our iPod’s, projectors have long been subject to firmware updates and even Denon occasionally releases firmware upgrades for their DVD players. We’ve even [...]

The Slippery Slope of Convergence

Do cables make a difference?

B.Greenway — Mon, 15 May 2006 20:29:18 +0000

This should be a fun post as I know the issue of high-quality A/V cables is capable of turning everyday citizens into venomous anti-cable evangelists, bent on proving to the world that a piece of cable is a piece of cable. I assure you these disbelievers couldn’t be more incorrect if they tried. That’s not [...]

Do cables make a difference?

Home theater for the holidays

B.Greenway — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:27:27 +0000

Its hard to believe yet another year has flown by, but the calendar doesn’t lie and 2006 is just around the corner. 2005 was somewhat of a transitional year for home theater and more specifically HDTV. In years past we saw 480p based displays replaced by 720p, and now the end-game high definition resolution is [...]

Home theater for the holidays

Home theater equipment for the rest of us

B.Greenway — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:01:54 +0000

Home theater equipment for the rest of us

Surge protection

B.Greenway — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:29:19 +0000

Alright I’ll try not to make this some long boring spiel about how important surge protection is, but I’m sitting here in the middle of my “collection” of A/V gear and it dawned on me, 90% of this stuff hasn’t had a warranty since Bush Senior was in office, what would I do if lightning [...]

Surge protection

Year end recommended home theater gear

B.Greenway — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:02:19 +0000

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, I wanted to recap what I felt were some of the better equipment buys for 2004/05. It’s been a big year for home theater, with the refinement of surround receivers, and the continuing expansion of HDTV. I expect 2005 will be the biggest year for HDTV thus [...]

Year end recommended home theater gear