HDTV and Home Theater Podcast

Highlights from NAB 2016 Faithful listener and long time contributor to the show Ed Stouffer graciously agreed to be our "man on the street" - or "man on the convention show floor" if you prefer, at t...

29 Apr 201646min

DirecTV 4K Review DirecTV has added 4K to some of it’s Genie HD DVR and we are fortunate enough to have a listener who has upgraded to the new service. Ralph Smithers, good friend of the show, was kin...

22 Apr 201636min

THX tune-up to the Rescue We had a friend recently who was complaining about their HDTV experience at home. They weren’t seeing the quality they were hoping to see after upgrading their TV, and were c...

15 Apr 201639min

What is HDR? For more than a year now we have been talking about 4K TVs and how they are supposed to be the next big thing. But in actuality the increased resolution is only mildly better than equally...

8 Apr 201636min

OpenHAB and OpenRemote There is this dream we have to be able to automate everything in our homes, but do it ourselves, without hiring an installer, and do it for cheap without breaking the bank. So f...

31 Mars 201634min

Audioengine HD6 Powered Speaker Review We have been reviewing Audioengine speakers since just about the beginning of the company’s existence. We started with the A5 and have more or less used every pr...

25 Mars 201639min

DTS Play-Fi We had a chance to check out the WiSA standard in our review of the Axiim Q Wireless Home Theater System on Podcast 728 a couple weeks ago. On top of that, Ara is a big AirPlay fan for who...

18 Mars 201633min

Interview - Will Price CEO Simple Control Ara has been using Simple Control as his home remote for many years. It is the one piece of gear that he can’t live without. His setup includes three rooms, l...

11 Mars 20161h 1min