Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Yet Another Video Connector?

Apparently Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, and Silicon Image are working on a new 1080p connector for mobile phones- their "Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group" claims they're coming up with an open standard.

And I thought they'd go with a 4k picture on my mobile phone...

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Intel's New Superfast Light Peak Connector



Is Intel\'s super-fast Light Peak connector Apple\'s idea?

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/09/is-intels-super.php

Monday, September 28, 2009

Radio Shack to Change Their Name

To "The Shack".

Must have been decided by "The Stupid".

http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=72711656&gid=164320&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fhometheaterreview%2Ecom%2Fav-manufacturers-need-to-floor-high-end-av-gear-for-dealers-as-part-of-an-av-stimulus-plan-%2F&urlhash=nvD_&trk=news_discuss

Legendary Speaker Designer Jim Thiel Dies

http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=72711656&gid=164320&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fhometheaterreview%2Ecom%2Fav-manufacturers-need-to-floor-high-end-av-gear-for-dealers-as-part-of-an-av-stimulus-plan-%2F&urlhash=nvD_&trk=news_discuss

More Bankruptcies

Nortek, the parent company of brands such as Sunfire, Panamax, Speakercraft, Xantec, Furman, Litetouch, Omnimount, Niles, Elan and other AV marks, announced yesterday at the CEDIA tradeshow in Atlanta that they would be filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.


http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=72711656&gid=164320&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fhometheaterreview%2Ecom%2Fav-manufacturers-need-to-floor-high-end-av-gear-for-dealers-as-part-of-an-av-stimulus-plan-%2F&urlhash=nvD_&trk=news_discuss

Friday, September 25, 2009

Wilma Fine Dies

If you've ever heard a Mercury Living Presence record, you'll understand the loss...

Great lady.

Monday, September 21, 2009

LCD with True Black?

Has the biggest flaw in LCD displays been addressed?

Stay tuned...

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Cell Phone Radiation List

Some are better than others....

Samsung does well...

http://www.ewg.org/cellphone-radiation/