Mitsubishi HC5000 – 1080p Projector Review
April 3, 2007
As I mentioned in a previous update it took me nearly six months to get my hands on a Mitsubishi HC5000 but the wait was absolutely worth it. Several months ago I got my first glimpse of the HC5000, that glimpse turned into 5 or 6 full length movies, a dozen or so favorite chapters [...]
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Review: Carada Precision Series Projection Screen
February 12, 2007
A few months ago we moved to a new house which brought on several changes in our home theater system. First off, we were once again able to have a subwoofer without worry that our cranky neighbors would complain. The second change the move afforded us was the chance to pair our projector up to [...]
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Toshiba HD-A2 Review
January 15, 2007
Toshiba’s second generation HD DVD players have arrived. The entry level HD-A2 ($499) has been available for several weeks now and by the time you read this the HD-XA2 (HDMI 1.3 & 1080p) should be should be on store shelves as well. After having spent about four weeks with the HD-A2, I’m ready to give [...]
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Review: Sony PlayStation 3 (BD Playback)
January 1, 2007
I’ll bet that’s a post title some of you are a bit surprised to see here but as the months have progressed since HD DVD’s launch, it has become increasingly apparent we’re no closer to deciding on the next-generation optical disc format than the day(s) they were originally announced. Just after Christmas I found myself [...]
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Sony VPL-VW50 (Pearl) Review
October 12, 2006
The front projection price to performance ratio mimics the personal computer market in many ways, while processors and memory do indeed fall in price from quarter to quarter, what was adequate last quarter may not satisfy our ever growing desire for bigger, better, faster and more. Back when 200 MHz processors were first introduced 1 [...]
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Sony VPL-VW50 (Pearl) Review – Continued
Image Quality: Continued from Sony VPL-VW50 (Pearl) Review – Part 1. I had a bag full of SD and HD DVD’s on hand for the review but this being a Sony projector it just felt appropriate to pull out the Superbit version of ‘The Fifth Element’. Yes this disc has many a mile on it [...]
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OPPO DV-970HD DVD Player Review
September 5, 2006
For the last year or so the majority of the conversations I’ve had about budget DVD players, inevitably end up with “have you seen the OPPO?” to which I would reply, “Not yet, no”. Well thankfully those days are over and I don’t have to be a conversation killer when OPPO comes up. OPPO’s first [...]
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InFocus IN76 Video Projector Review
August 14, 2006
It’s odd to think that video projectors with 720 lines of vertical resolution and 800 lumens are available for less than $3000, considering that when I got into the business a comparable projector would have sold for nearly five times that, not that we even had 720p then but that’s a different story altogether.. For [...]
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Denon DVD-2930CI Review
August 8, 2006
Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending some time with the new Denon DVD-2930CI which uses the Silicon Optix Reon HQV chipset. The review took place at my good friend Raj Birbal’s ‘Home Cinema Entertainment’ in Alpharetta Georgia. I have to say it was quite a home theater geek-fest, as we not only tested the [...]
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Arcam AVR350 7.1 Receiver, Review
June 26, 2006
Last week (after getting the Dwin shipped off) I had the pleasure of reviewing Arcam’s latest 7.1 surround receiver, the AVR350. To the un-initiated Arcam’s products might appear a bit different, perhaps even nondescript versus the likes of Denon, Pioneer and Harmon Kardon. With further examination however you just may discover what scores of other [...]
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