Archive for the ‘Audio/Visual (General)’ Category
3D Trickery
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
3D in the Home
The wide acceptance of High Definition Television has brought about changes in 3D technologies with the technology categories of AFS and Auto3D gaining a growing acceptance Merging polarization with interlace and progressive scan technologies has opened up a new set of technologies for 3D imaging through the use of LCD shutter glasses or parallax barriers with lenticular lenses. (more…)
2010 Twelve Step Buying Guide for Purchasing a New TV
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Part One
Resident in my “draft” emails is an ever evolving laundry list of suggested function and features for which one should look when purchasing a new television. Although the electronics industry would like for you to believe this process has become easier over the past few years, this assertion is simply not true. The answer to your best TV selection quest resides in your answers to a series of evaluation steps. Let’s begin… (more…)
Trunk Slammers
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Trunk Slammer's Office
“Are ‘trunk slammers’ stronger than ever?” ask Jason Knott with CE Pro [http://www.cepro.com/article/are_trunkslammers_stronger_than_ever/]. The answer is unclear – but what is apparent is that the “times they are a changing.” As our company evolves to address this new economy, the CE Pro described ‘bottom feeders’ will stop at nothing (including malicious rumors) to attempt to capture work. (more…)
Paying the Piper
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Communication Household Cabling
According to media researcher Knowledge Networks (www.knowledgenetworks.com) viewers have tripled their use of watching TV shows via the Internet since 2006. For those builders (or owners) absent the foresight to have correctly cabled the house or facility, it’s time to pay the piper. (more…)
‘Hurt’ing the 3D Movement
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Job well done, Kathryn Bigelow! What was supposed to be a tight battle between The Hurt Locker and the 3D groundbreaking Avatar turned out to be no contest. The Hurt Locker topped Avatar in the sound mixing and multiple other technical categories en route to collecting six Oscars, not forgetting best picture and best director honors! (more…)
Silver [Ag] or Copper [Cu]
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Trivia for the “philes” out there… By comparisons of conductivity (or the converse, resistivity), silver is the best conductor known and copper second [at 9% lower conductivity or 11% higher resistance]. But in many cases, silver is NOT the element of choice when selecting your audio visual cabling. (more…)
Snapshot Report on 3D Television
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
The CEA forecasts that 1.05 million 3-D TV sets will be sold this year (2010), translating to $2.05 billion in revenue generated by all those sales. This figure is lower than earlier CEA forecasts of 4 million units. (more…)
Is your home network ready for Skype TV?
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Forget all the hype about 3D enabled TV’s, I think the real advancement coming from the new crop of LED Televisions is the ability to connect a web cam and make video calls right from your living room TV set. (Didn’t I see this in “Back to the Future part 2“?) (more…)
CE Practitioners: Low Cost Provider, Differentiator, or Niche Player
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
As electronic companies attempt to bounce back from the recession, new business strategies emerge in the paradigm of the corporate triad of competition. Retailers are looking for new sources of revenue, broadening their product categories while custom electronic practitioners continue to forge into undiscovered markets. (more…)
Is Structured Wiring Enough?
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Structured Wiring (SW), best knows as this box in your closet containing hordes of cables which makes your home a “smart house.” “Smart house,” what marketing ignoramus came up with that one? (more…)
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