If you’re anything like me, it’s impossible to memorize everything you need to know to properly setup and maintain a great home theater experience in your home.  It used to be easy.  Hook up a good 5.1 receiver with some good sounding speakers and a DVD player and you were set.  Well things have changed.
Now you damn near need a Ph.D. to understand what’s going on behind the scenes.  I highly doubt there’s anyone out there who knows everything and if they tell you they do, they’re lying.  Nope.  …

We all want quiet and good looking HTPCs for the living room.  Well what about one that you never see and that is so well hidden no one will even know it’s there?
The Piixl EdgeCenter 3770 hooks straight to the back of your TV using the VESA mounting interface.  At only 30mm deep, it won’t do much to change the look of how your TV hangs and if you have your set on a stand, no one will ever know.  The PC can fit devices 37 to 70 inches.
The …

The shopping season will soon be upon us.  If you look in my local stores, they think Christmas started right before Halloween but we all know the truth.  Most of us will wait until the last minute to get our shopping done.
If you’re in the market for some new tech gear or gadgets for that special someone, you have a ton of options and sometimes that can make life difficult when you’re at the store on December 24th.  Luckily a few sites out there are ready for you and …

Acting as if it had not been paying attention for the past several months, JVC today officially introduced what it called an “entry-level” Blu-ray player, the XV-BP11, at a “popularly-priced” amount of $199.

I’ve talked to Geek Squad people.  When I walk in and ask “Yeah, I’m looking for a half-height, PCIx video card” and the “geek” in question stares at me in a way that I’m expecting him to drool anytime, it doesn’t build my confidence in your service, ya know what I mean?  I don’t want that to be a reflection of all the Geek Squads but you won’t see them in my home any time soon.
Now word has come out that Walmart intends to offer similar services.  The company …

Rovi Corporation (Formerly known as Macrovision) today announced that consumers using devices built with the latest edition of Rovi’s Connected Platform media networking software will be able to find, play and share content (such as movies, TV shows, music and photos) stored on Windows 7-based Media Center PCs.
This really could be something interesting, as news and info is still scarce, Onkyo did however, announce two new AV Receivers, the TX-NAB807 and TX-NR807, that both will be integrated with the Rovi Connected Platform which are also Windows 7 Play-to certified.
As …

We’ve heard some of the rumors and predictions.  Now we want to know what you want to see come out of CEDIA this year.  I think most Media Center enthusiasts like myself will be waiting to hear what Microsoft has to say Wednesday night, but there’s a lot more to CEDIA than just HTPC announcements.
Between home theater, home automation and custom installations, CEDIA is getting to be as big as CES and it looks like this year may be the biggest.  The news we’re seeing is showing a lot …

While I have surround sound in my home, it seems that lately, there’s been a lot of talk about running two subwoofers to get the best bass possible from your setup. 
That being said, CEPro today reported that Audyssey is providing the perfect solution.  On July 1st you’ll be able to pick up the Sub Equalizer.  Not only does the little box provide dual subwoofer inputs, but it’ll help you calibrate your subs as well. 
From CEPro:
The Sub Equalizer uses MultEQ XT technology to correct the bass, fixing acoustic problems …

A technologically advanced 8×8 HDMI matrix switcher will become available on June 15, according to executives at WyreStorm, a company created by home entertainment professionals to provide installation professionals and consumers high-quality products, service and support.
While I”m not sure how useful this would be to the home theater or HTPC enthusiast, for the custom install market, this could be a very useful product.  This new WyreStorm component allows up to eight HDMI audio/video devices to be independently switched to eight HDMI monitors, HDTVs, or projectors. The eight outputs show …