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Is There Still Room for Laserdisc in a 4k Home Theater?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:00:58 +0000

For obvious reasons, my home theater has primarily focused on Blu-ray and Ultra HD content, plus cable TV and streaming at a minimum of high definition quality. Even so, I still like to keep older formats around. Recently, I dusted off my old Laserdisc player and hooked it up again. Laserdisc was the format that...

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mCable Review: The HDMI Cable That’s Actually Different from the Rest

Josh Zyber — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 12:00:36 +0000

All HDMI cables are the same… aren’t they? Any reputable home theater tech guru will tell you that expensive HDMI cables promising improved picture fidelity are almost entirely snake oil scams. While that’s usually the case, the Marseille Inc. mCable delivers a real, noticeable and measurable difference to the picture quality on an HDTV or...

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The DarbeeVision Darblet – Home Theater’s Magic Bullet?

Josh Zyber — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:00:23 +0000

We home theater enthusiasts have a tendency to be obsessive tinkerers, constantly upgrading our equipment, recalibrating and adding new devices to eke just a smidge better performance out of our audio and video gear. Over the years, many companies have attempted to capitalize on this by marketing (typically expensive) gizmos and doodads that claim almost...

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HDMI Handshaking Woes

Josh Zyber — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:00:32 +0000

The introduction of HDMI greatly simplified a lot of connectivity issues for home theater users. By combining the transmission of high-definition video and high-resolution audio all into just one cable per component, HDMI cuts down greatly on the cable clutter behind our equipment racks. This is a very welcome development. Unfortunately, at the same time,...

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Disappointment: SRS Volume Control Fails to Control Volume

Josh Zyber — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:00:04 +0000

The SRS Labs MyVolume Advanced HDMI Volume Leveling Adaptor promises to be a simple solution to one of the more vexing problems of the HDTV era – namely, the wild volume swings that plague broadcast television. I had high hopes when I recently connected one to my living room TV. Unfortunately, I found the device...

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Why Do Hollywood and the CE Industry Fear Component Video?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:00:26 +0000

For years now, movie studios and the consumer electronics industry have been pushing to close the so-called “analog hole” – i.e. the ability of DVD and Blu-ray players to output unencrypted high-def video over analog connections. Last week saw a major push in that direction when it was announced that new Blu-ray players will cripple...

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Do We Already Need a New Replacement for HDMI?

Josh Zyber — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:00:17 +0000

Remember when all home theater hook-up consisted of was the need to screw the pointy RF coax cable from the VCR into the TV? Sure, the picture and sound quality were crap, but we didn’t know any better at the time. We’ve come a long way since then, haven’t we? (Well, at least some of...

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