Author: Staff Writer
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HD set-top boxes to account for nearly one third of 2010 STB shipments
Shipments of set-top boxes are expected to peak this year, at least in mature markets, and then commence a gradual decline. -
What is multi-room audio and why is it better than a Hi-Fi?
Thanks to modern technology, your audio system is no longer confined to the one room in your house where your CD player and speakers are located. ... -
What do you look for in a distributed audio system?
The advantage of having a distributed audio system is that it gives you the ability to have music, and more recently video, streamed into multiple rooms ... -
What is an AV receiver?
An audio-video receiver lies at the heart of a home theatre system. It acts similarly to an amplifier, where it streamlines the audio and video inputs ... -
How to connect banana plugs
There are many ways to connect you speakers to your receiver. Aperion Audio explains how to terminate the preferred method of banana plugs. -
Turntable integration
Vinyl records may be a thing of the past to some, but to others they are a vital part of any home theatre system. Len Wallis ... -
Evok-ative speaker designer
Jesse Costelloe is not a designer by profession but he has firm ideas about what makes a speaker look good. This led to him starting up ... -
How a sound bar works
Soundbars are the perfect solution for the transient crowd who value aesthetics. -
Audiophile-friendly MP3
MPEG Surround, or MP3D, is a brand new, feature-rich open standard compression technique for multi-channel audio signals. -
Audyssey DSX breaks the surround barrier
Audyssey Laboratories has announced Dynamic Surround Expansion (DSX) - a scalable system that adds new speakers to overcome the spatial sound rendering limitations faced by 5.1 ...