- What is Dolby Digital?
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- Dolby Laboratories, founded in 1965, has been arguably the most influential company in the sound industry since its inception. Most people are familiar with the Dolby Logo, stemming back to when analog cassette tapes were the standard for music liste...
- What is DTS?
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- You may have looked at the front of a home theater receiver or at the back of a DVD box and wondered what "DTS" stood for. DTS is the acronynm for Digital Theater Systems. This company develops standards for compressing multi-channel audio informatio...
- Hide Your A/V Components By Using an IR Repeater System
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- One of the challenges when designing a home theater system is determining the location of the home theater components, such as a DVD player and stereo receiver. It is often incorrectly assumed that these components must be out in the open in a direct...
- Tech Myth: 'Universal' Remote Controls
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- It's no doubt that many people own aftermarket universal remote controls purchased from grocery stores, gas stations, and hardware stores. In a pinch, these $10 wonders can perform many functions of hundreds of devices, but can also be a little decei...
- Navigating the Device Menu on Your Components
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- Have you ever purchased a consumer electronic device, plugged it in and used it without ever adjusting any of the factory settings? Or do you even realize that your device has settings that can be adjusted? Configuring basic settings on your componen...
- Music Throughout My House - Four Options
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- I have been struggling for many months to organize my large music library and make it accessible thoughout my house. Perhaps I should have bitten the bullet and went for a custom installed...
- How To Improve A/V Performance By Using the Best Connections
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- In the world of today's consumer electronics, you have a wide variety of connection choices. If you're somewhat with the times, you abandoned the screw-type RF connection years ago, and went to a line level "composite video connection." Composite vid...
- Picking The Right Cables
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- Why better cables?In 1979, a man named Noel Lee made a discovery. He determined that different cable materials impacted the sound when used to connect speakers to amplifiers. Noel used his discovery and crafted a special speaker wire using the name M...
- What To Do If You Run Out of Inputs On Your TV
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- Limited, or Out of Inputs?All TVs have a limited number of inputs, but some are much more limiting than others, especially if your set only allows for one external device. Whatever the situation, limitations surface in every home theater setup. Maybe...
- What is HAVi?
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- "HAVi" is the acronym for home audio/video interoperability. HAVi is an advanced layer of communication protocols for devices using the IEEE 1394 (a.k.a. FireWire or i.Link) standard. IEEE-1394 allows home theater components to be networked using a h...
- How to Play MP3 Files on Your Home Stereo Without a Computer
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- If you are like many music listeners, you have ripped all of your CDs into digital music files, which are probably sitting on your computer and/or a portable MP3 player. Wouldn't it be convenient to play all of those files on your home stereo unit, e...
- How To Calibrate Your Surround Sytem Using an SPL Meter
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- In movie theaters and professional studios, audio systems are calibrated using sophisticated measuring equipment to make sure the sound is being replicated in a precise manner. One of the calibrations they do involves balancing the volume output of e...
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