Tag: Home Theater

  • Technology Pushing 10,000$ Loudspeaker

    Technology Pushing 10,000$ Loudspeaker

    Just in time for audiophile Christmas~ PS Audio Introduces Its aspen FR10 Loudspeaker, Ideal for a Wide Variety of Listening Rooms and Systems — New FR10 floorstanding speaker delivers the sonic magic of the aspen series in a smaller, more affordable form factor —Boulder, Colorado, December, 2023 – PS Audio today announced the introduction of its aspen FR10 loudspeaker, an elegant, slim 3-way…

  • Combining Bass Loudness & Decay Times To Improve Stereo Quality

    Combining Bass Loudness & Decay Times To Improve Stereo Quality

    Research from acoustics scientist Dr. Floyd Toole indicates that bass quality accounts for about 30% of your system’s sound quality.  So, I’ve experimented with target curves that raise the bass loudness relative to other frequencies and added bass traps to reduce its decay times to improve my system performance and satisfaction.  My experiments are on…

  • The Best Speakers Money Can Buy?

    The Best Speakers Money Can Buy?

    Genelec 8381A point source main monitor delivers unrivaled power and precision NATICK, MA, May 16, 2023 — As part of its 45th anniversary year, Genelec has unveiled the 8381A Smart Active Monitoring system, a flagship floor-standing Adaptive Point Source™ design that fuses exceptional precision and envelopment with unrivalled LF control, huge headroom and high-resolution imaging. Designed for high-end music recording,…

  • Yankee Candle Founder’s Estate: “like having Disneyland in the backyard”

    Yankee Candle Founder’s Estate: “like having Disneyland in the backyard”

    Michael Kittredge started making candles as a teenager and selling them to friends and family. One of his first products was a Christmas candle he made for his mother on the family stove out of his melted crayons and a wick from a shoelace. Within a few years, he had opened his first Yankee Candle…

  • Silicon Valley Mansion May Set New Sales Record

    Silicon Valley Mansion May Set New Sales Record

    California’s San Francisco Bay area is the United States’ most expensive real estate market, with a median home-sale price of USD$1.3 million (CAD$1.7 million). Toronto and the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) is Canada’s most expensive real estate market, with a median home-sale price of CAD$1.3 million (USD just under $1 million). Unlike its southern neighbor…

  • First Affordable True 4K UHD HDR Home Cinema Projector Debuts

    First Affordable True 4K UHD HDR Home Cinema Projector Debuts

    CineHome HT2550 Makes Stunning 4K Picture Quality Available to Any Home With Exclusive CinematicColor™ Technology COSTA MESA, Calif. — November, 2017 — BenQ America Corp., an internationally renowned provider of visual display solutions, today announced the launch of the CineHome HT2550 DLP® projector, offering movie aficionados 4K UHD HDR cinematic quality right at home and at an…

  • Shiny Happy Laserdisc

    Shiny Happy Laserdisc

    In this, our new high tech world, a lot of people may think I’ve gone decidedly crazy. I’ve always wanted the man cave ‘aka’ cinema room to have a nostalgic feel to it. I started collecting videos at the tender aged of 11. All my friends growing up called me videoboy lol because I was…

  • Portable LED Bluetooth Projector Is Game Changer- Has Short Throw Lens

    Portable LED Bluetooth Projector Is Game Changer- Has Short Throw Lens

    BenQ America Corp., the No.1 DLP® projector brand worldwide, today introduced the Colorific™ i500, a completely new way to enjoy immersive entertainment in small spaces. A compact device that combines wireless streaming, short-throw LED projection and rich integrated audio, BenQ’s i500 instantly delivers big-screen entertainment designed for today’s modern, tech-friendly lifestyles. With access to the…

  • BenQ’s Flagship Home Theater Projector Delivers Breathtaking Picture

    BenQ’s Flagship Home Theater Projector Delivers Breathtaking Picture

    COSTA MESA, Calif. — BenQ America Corp., an internationally renowned provider of visual display solutions, today announced its new professional-grade home theater projector, the HT6050. The Colorific™ HT6050 leverages the Rec. 709 HDTV standard to deliver best-in-class color accuracy at native full HD resolution — right out of the box — to give movie enthusiasts and…

  • DreamHack Austin 2016 Featured ZOWIE Official eSports Monitors

    DreamHack Austin 2016 Featured ZOWIE Official eSports Monitors

    COSTA MESA, Calif. — May, 2016 — BenQ America Corp., a globally renowned LED and gaming monitor expert, recently announced that ZOWIE, the company’s eSports brand, would be the official monitor sponsor of DreamHack Austin 2016. Making its first-ever stop in North America as part of the DreamHack ZOWIE Open World Tour, the event took place May…

  • Thirty Five Million Dollar Star Trek Themed Mansion

    Thirty Five Million Dollar Star Trek Themed Mansion

    BOCA RATON, Fla.– May 2014 — The “Star Trek Mansion” in Boca Raton, Florida, is now on the market for a cool $35 million, featuring a much-buzzed-about home theater designed by Acoustic Innovations. Created to model the bridge of the Star Ship Enterprise, the theater is the focal point of the 27,000-square-foot home owned by…

  • McCain Frozen Pizza Movie Pack Is Death Knell For Renting Physical Copies

    McCain Frozen Pizza Movie Pack Is Death Knell For Renting Physical Copies

    It is another death knell. We spoke last year in 2011 about the awesomeness that is Netflix, and now from left field is..McCain foods and what a great fit. For years now, cereal manufacturers (they buy a lot of corn eh>) have wisely chosen to promo their boxes by including free Movie at the Cinema…