- 7 Ways to Save on Home Theater
- Digital Trends Guides - February 12, 2009
- Want it all when it comes to the ultimate home theater, but don’t have the spare funds to afford splurging? Behold a few simple ways to build the ultimate A/V center without breaking the bank, or shortchanging the kids’ college fund.1. Sh...
- Dream Theaters: Five Stunning Home Setups
- Digital Trends Features - February 10, 2009
- Some home theater enthusiasts dream of kitting out their pad with 50-inch plasma HDTVs and surround sound audio in every room. Others refuse to settle, instead shooting for the moon with the type of custom cinemas guaranteed to shame the local Cinepl...
- 10 Best Blu-ray Movies for Home Theaters
- Digital Trends Guides - February 5, 2009
- There is nothing quite like popping a Blu-ray disc or DVD into your new system, hearing that first explosion or the swelling score, and witnessing the opening scenes of a truly great film. No doubt you’ve read many articles about the best discs...
- How To: Setup an HDMI Home Theater
- Digital Trends Guides - January 29, 2009
- Although today’s high-definition televisions (HDTVs) are more technically advanced than ever, the good news for everyday users is that connecting home theater components keeps getting simpler. Thank the advent of HDMI, an all-in-one digital cab...
- Technology Dictionary: Common Terms Defined
- Digital Trends Guides - January 20, 2009
- Listen to two tech-savvy people chat away and your head will spin: It’s all gigahertz this and megapixel that. Thankfully for those who can’t tell the difference between Blu-ray and Bluetooth, HDMI and HDTV, we’re happy to provide a...
- Do Expensive Home Audio/Video Cables Matter?
- Digital Trends Guides - January 14, 2009
- The question is as old as the audio-video industry itself: Do high-quality cables really matter? In fact, it may not surprise you to note that it’s even one of the most common questions that custom installers are asked by clients building high-...
- 10 Best Home Projectors
- Digital Trends Guides - December 4, 2008
- Flat panel HDTVs are certainly popular, but to get a really big picture, you’re talking really big money. At sizes over 100 inches, expect to pay five or six figures – and that’s before considering the cost of the hassles associated...
- How to Stream Audio & Video in your Home
- Digital Trends Guides - November 25, 2008
- Who could’ve guessed even a few years ago that our beloved PCs – machines once reserved strictly for productivity, web surfing and email – would one day be a hub for all things entertainment-related, including music, TV shows, featu...
- Holiday Preview: Home Video Buying Guide
- Digital Trends Guides - November 14, 2008
- While the weather outside is indeed frightful, gathering around the fireplace has never been more delightful thanks to cutting-edge advancements in home video hardware. Don’t have access to the Yule Log DVD, let alone in high-definition (HD)? E...
- Home Theater Basics
- Digital Trends Guides - November 6, 2008
- So you’ve already got the perfect design in mind and picked out one or two essential pieces of audiovisual hardware? Congratulations: The goal of enjoying a great home theater is almost in sight. Following are just a few crucial tips that can h...
- Home Theater Design Tips
- Digital Trends Guides - November 3, 2008
- The lights go down, the curtains part, the Blu-ray player starts to spin, and the speakers fire. Thus begins the total suspension of disbelief that results from a great home theater. To really pull it off, however, you must consider the entire experi...
- LCD or Plasma HDTVs: Which to Choose?
- Digital Trends Guides - October 30, 2008
- The war between plasma and LCD flat-panel TVs rages on, and no doubt you’ve heard the propaganda from both camps. While LCD has traditionally been more expensive than plasma at the larger sizes, that gap is diminishing—making other factor...
- HDTV Tune-up Guide: Improving Picture Quality
- Digital Trends Guides - October 28, 2008
- You’ve made the investment in a new HDTV, but ask yourself: Are you really getting the most for your money? Something many new HDTV owners might not realize is that they likely aren’t enjoying the best possible picture quality right out o...
- Verizon FiOS: Issues, Problems and Trouble
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - October 27, 2008
- When Verizon first announced their FiOS service, I was naturally convinced that it would be the next evolutionary step in Internet and home connectivity. Being the early adopter that I am, I quickly signed up for the service, expecting faster speeds ...
- Digital TV Transition Survival Guide
- Digital Trends Guides - October 17, 2008
- For most of today’s primetime audience, the questions are simple. For example: Which HDTV to buy? Whether to catch tonight’s episodes of The Office and Grey’s Anatomy or record them to DVR instead? And, of course, our personal favor...