Poll: Did You Ever Own an HD DVD Player?
Continuing our recent theme of polls about home theater hardware, this week we’d like to know if you ever bought into Toshiba’s short-lived HD DVD format.
Category Archives: Home Theater
Has Dolby Already Snuck Atmos Surround onto Blu-ray?
A few weeks ago, Dolby Labs announced that the revolutionary Atmos surround sound format will make its way to Blu-ray and home theater hardware later this year, but left details about the timeframe or exactly which movies will off...
Poll: Did You Ever Own a Laserdisc Player?
Long before Blu-ray, before even DVD, the Laserdisc was king of the home theater world. Yet despite surviving for over twenty years, the venerable videodisc format never caught on with the mainstream, and most kids today have prob...
Poll: Do You Still Have a VCR?
Once the centerpiece of any home entertainment system, the antiquated Video Cassette Recorder is now a relic of times past, if not a laughingstock. Do you still have or use a VCR?
Poll: Will You Upgrade Your Home Theater to Dolby Atmos?
Already a sensation in cinemas, Dolby’s immersive Atmos surround sound format will come to the home theater realm later this year. Are you willing or able to upgrade your equipment?
Turn on the Magic of Colored Lights…
Recently, I was sent a press release for a home theater gizmo called Lightpack. Honestly, I’m not sure how to feel about it. My first instinct is to say that it’s totally useless. However, I can see some applications (notably play...
Poll: Would You Buy a Curved TV?
In addition to the bump up from 1080p resolution to nearly 4k, the newly-emerging wave of Ultra High Definition (UHD) televisions also sport a very distinctive design feature: curved screens. Do you like the idea of a curved TV sc...
A Valuable Home Theater and Life Lesson Learned
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.
Poll: Do You Have a Dedicated Home Theater Room?
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...
The Battle for Ks Continues
Your 1080p HDTV is a piece of crap. So says the consumer electronics industry, which wants very badly to get you to upgrade to higher resolution screens, whether you really need them or not. As many manufacturers begin the push fo...
Poll: Is Your HDTV or Projector Calibrated?
If we home theater fans demand that every Blu-ray release be the best quality it possibly can, we should also put in the effort to make sure that our high-definition displays are fine-tuned to their optimal performance. Is your HD...
Weekend Roundtable: Universal Remotes
One of the drawbacks of owning a lot of varied home theater equipment (HDTVs, Blu-ray players, A/V receivers, cable boxes and more) is that you wind up with a clutter of remote controls that manage separate functions on separate d...