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It’s Full of Stars! – Laser Stars Projector Review

Josh Zyber — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:00:43 +0000

Thanks to a recent Amazon Lightning Deal, I (perhaps foolishly) made an impulse buy on an item I’d pondered for a while. The Laser Twilight laser stars projector claims to “Bring the Night Sky into Your Home.” That’s a fun idea for a home theater. Given that most home theaters are typically dark – or...

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Weekend Roundtable: Latest Addition to Your Home Theater

Josh Zyber — Fri, 29 May 2015 19:00:21 +0000

Every home theater is a perpetual work-in-progress. No matter how much time or money you spend making the perfect movie (or TV, or videogame) den, there’s always some new piece of equipment to buy or some other improvement to make. What have you recently added to your theater room? M. Enois Duarte Other than upgrading...

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A Finishing Touch for the Home Theater – WeMo Remote Light Switches

Josh Zyber — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:00:29 +0000

Barring an audio equipment upgrade that I have planned for the future, my home theater construction project was completed last year. However, I never really felt that it was finished, and small but lingering issues have continued to annoy me. I finally resolved one of those over the weekend with the long overdue installation of...

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A Valuable Home Theater and Life Lesson Learned

Josh Zyber — Wed, 28 May 2014 16:00:15 +0000

The other night, I had a major mishap in my home theater room that could have (but thankfully didn’t) result in disastrous consequences. Learn from my stupid mistake so that you can avoid something like it yourself. Late Monday (or technically early Tuesday), around 1:00 AM, I ended a session of DVR watching and began...

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Poll: Do You Have a Dedicated Home Theater Room?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:00:00 +0000

I think it’s probably fair to assume that most people reading a web site like High-Def Digest have some interest in home theater, at least as a concept. But do you actually watch movies in a dedicated home theater room, or is your high-def display set up in a multi-purpose family room? Recently, I was...

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Cinerama v2.0

Josh Zyber — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:00:55 +0000

Back in the 1950s, in a ploy to lure audiences away from their televisions and back to movie theaters, a filmmaking pioneer named Fred Waller developed a unique theatrical format called Cinerama that involved photographing a movie with three cameras simultaneously and projecting it back (via three synchronized projectors) onto a huge curved screen. Sadly,...

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Building a Home Theater, Step 8: The Official Reveal

Josh Zyber — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:00:53 +0000

This post has been a long time coming, and frankly, I shouldn’t have delayed it this long. I haven’t updated followers on the progress of my home theater construction project in three months. As I last left off, the room was still mostly in disrepair. Some readers may have gathered based on other blog posts...

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Building a Home Theater, Step 7: Picking Up the Pieces

Josh Zyber — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:00:21 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve provided an update on my home theater construction project. Quite a lot has happened since I last documented my progress, but I haven’t had the time to write about it. I don’t think that I’m ready to reveal the finished theater just yet, but I can show you some...

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Building a Home Theater, Step 6: The Heartbreak

Josh Zyber — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:00:34 +0000

I’m currently in a war with my house, and the house is winning. My beautiful home theater is in ruins. All the work I’ve put into this project has been set back untold weeks and considerable sums of money. Being a homeowner is an exercise in frustration, and honestly, it’s hard to see any light...

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Building a Home Theater, Step 5: The “When Will This Ever Be Done?” Phase

Josh Zyber — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:00:28 +0000

I’ve been renovating the basement in my new house into a home theater for a couple months now, and the room has seen a remarkable transformation in that time. Even so, with as much work as I’ve put into this and as far as we’ve come, I’ve lately hit the point where it seems like...

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Building a Home Theater, Step 4: Construction Begins

Josh Zyber — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:00:22 +0000

I bought the house, I tore down and stripped everything out of the old basement, and I’ve dealt with the plumbing issues. Now, finally, it’s time to start building something. Construction has begun in earnest on my new home theater. For perhaps the first time, I actually feel like this thing is coming together. Here...

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Building a Home Theater, Step 3: The Money Drain

Josh Zyber — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:00:33 +0000

Anyone who’s ever lived through a home renovation or construction project can undoubtedly tell you that unexpected problems and cost overruns are pretty much par for the course. As a first-time homeowner trying to build a home theater in the basement, I’m learning the reality of this the hard way. The thing that’s currently sucking...

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