HDTV Zine

It is not only the top teams and superstar players that will be in the spotlight at the upcoming Super Bowl, ABC’s HDTV broadcast of this annual cultural phenomenon will be the biggest live HD test so far. One of…

Continuous Power refers to the ability of a receiver or amplifier to output its full power continuously. In other words, just because your receiver/amplifier may be listed as being able to output 100WPC, doesn’t mean it can do so for…

Time Warner and CBS, owners of the WB and UPN television networks, have announced they will discontinue the WB and UPN television networks and combine them into a single network, with the initials “CW”. Stations in the new network will…

With HD-DVD players arriving on store shelves soon, the availability and cost of software to play on them is an important issue. To help ease the cost impact of HD-DVD, Netflix, the popular online DVD rental service, has announced that…

The Home Theater Receiver, also referred to as an AV Receiver or Surround Sound Receiver, is the heart of a home theater system and provides most, if not all, the inputs and outputs that you connect everything, including your television,…

Flat panel televisions are quickly becoming quite commonplace on store shelves and in consumers’ homes. Although Plasma TVs seem to be getting all the attention in this area, the LCD television is also making an impact. On this page, I…

Up until now, the Blu-ray/HD-DVD war has been waged by the manufacturers and movie studios. However, this year, the high-definition DVD war finally moves onto store shelves as retailers find themselves in the middle, trying to please the demands of…

Subwoofers come in many sizes, but, with the trend towards more compact audio and home theater systems, the traditional big-box subwoofer can be aesthetically undesirable. However, new technologies are shrinking the physical size of subwoofers. This has enabled a new…

…Say it isn’t so! With all the controversy and complaints about DVD Region Coding, why has the Blu-ray Disc Association announced its own region coding scheme? On the positive side, instead of dividing the World into eight regions that often…

A turf-war over high definition TV is brewing in Greensboro, North Carolina. Sinclair Broadcasting, owners of the ABC affiliate in Greensboro, WXLV, is demanding that Time Warner Cable pay for the use of its HD signal feed to its subscribers,…