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Sony HT-SS360

Photo gallery:Sony HT-SS360Home-theater-in-a-box systems have been around forever, but the latest marketing angle is the "Blu-ray ready HTIB." The new phrase simply means that the system consists of a surround-sound-speaker system and an AV receiver, so you only need to add a Blu-ray player to complete your home theater. The...

Tags: subwoofer, Sony HT-SS360, speaker, HTIB, Sony Corp., center channel

Product reviews 2009-05-21

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Zvox Z-Base 575

Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 575Sound bars feel like they've been around forever now, but they're still a relatively new product; consider that the groundbreaking Yamaha YSP-1 debuted back at CES 2005. Since then, the exterior design of the units hasn't changed much, with the vast majority still consisting of a long...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zvox Z-Base 575, HDTV, TV

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Best Buy Black Friday ad leaks online. Here are the HDTV and Blu-ray deals.

For electronics fans, the Holy Grail of Black Friday ads is the one from Best Buy, which can list more deals on laptops and home theater stuff than general retailers like Wal-mart and Target can squeeze into their circulars. Unfortunately, those deals are never as good as you hope—is this...

Tags: Sony Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc., Advertisement, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Blu-ray, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Managed Hosting, TVs, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-14

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Blu-ray Players/Home Theater Systems

With prices for both players and discs plunging, this may be the holiday season for Blu-ray. Already online movie streaming is making inroads—even on Blu-ray players themselves. Some of these picks are integrating on-demand video services into their feature sets, hoping to keep themselves relevant in...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Disc, Blu-ray, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Onkyo HT-RC160

Photo gallery:Onkyo HT-RC160Comparing the features of competing AV receivers is already a difficult chore, but many manufacturers, such as Denon and Yamaha, invite more complexity by offering two lines of nearly identical AV receivers: a custom-install-friendly line and a more-consumer-based line. For better or worse, Onkyo has followed suit with...

Tags: Onkyo HT-RC160, receiver, Onkyo

Product reviews 2009-09-30

LG LHB953

Photo gallery:LG LHB953When Blu-ray HTIBs first hit the market, they really didn't make sense as a product type. They were slow, and the value just wasn't there, as it was easy to put together superior systems from separate components. One year later, everything has changed; there are several excellent HTIBs...

Tags: subwoofer, speaker, LG LHB953, LG Electronics Inc., center channel

Product reviews 2009-08-14

Panasonic SC-BT300

Photo gallery:Panasonic SC-BT300Panasonic released one of the first Blu-ray home-theater-in-a-box HTIB systems in 2008, the SC-BT100, but we didn't bother to review it. The reason: it was still a Profile 1.1 disc player and its high price tag made it easier to put together a great system of separate components...

Tags: sub, speaker, Panasonic SC-BT300, Panasonic, tall-boy speaker, Blu-ray HTIB, SC-BT200, center channel

Product reviews 2009-08-03

Panasonic SC-BT200

Photo gallery:Panasonic SC-BT200Although the technology debuted in 2006, for many consumers Blu-ray still feels like brand-new tech. That's why a home-theater-in-a-box HTIB system like the Panasonic SC-BT200 feels like such an incredible deal--with a street price as low as $450, you get a 7.1 speaker system plus a slimline AV...

Tags: center channel, sub, Panasonic SC-BT200, speaker, Panasonic

Product reviews 2009-07-31

Top 10 affordable gadgets for Father's Day [gift guide]

That time of year is almost here. That's right: it's almost Father's Day, and the time to has come to show your appreciation for Dad. Why not get him a gizmo he'll really like? ("But haven't I been showing him...

Tags: Monitor, Camcorder, Dad, Soundbar, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Sony DAV-HDX589W

The big upgrade in home-in-a-box systems for 2009 is a built-in Blu-ray player. But those models start at $500. If you don't want to spend that much--and you're not ready for Blu-ray--there are still plenty of home theater systems with "just" DVD. Sony has three such models, each of which...

Tags: surround speaker, speaker, subwoofer, satellite, DCAC, Digital Cinema Auto Calibration, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-05-29

Vizio VSB210WS Sound Bar

Vizio bills itself as "America's HDTV Company," but the company has begun dipping its toe into the home audio side of the electronics pool with the VSB210WS. Billed as a "High Definition Sound Bar," the $349 package is comprised of a sleek-looking single speaker paired with a full-size 2.4GHz wireless...

Tags: Engineering, System Setup, cloth grille, VSB210WS, light-emitting diode, sound bar, speaker, Vizio

Product reviews 2009-03-26

Onkyo HT-S9100THX

Most of the home-theater-in-a-box HTIB systems that we review provide the convenience of an all-in-one package, but come up short on features and flexibility. Leave it to Onkyo to offer up the HT-S9100THX--a highly customizable HTIB that offers countless features and the kind of sound quality that is usually...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Onkyo HT-S9100THX, receiver, Onkyo

Product reviews 2009-03-23

Tax Refund Special: Home theater

If you wind up with the average household tax refund this year, you can set up a nice little home theater for around $2,500. Here's how I would configure it with that budget. HDTV ...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Home Theater, Blu-ray, Kuro PDP-5020FD, Home Entertainment, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Financial Planning, Finance, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Soundbar speaker systems

Some enthusiasts want the accuracy of a full surround-sound speaker setup handling their home theater audio output, but judging from the number of soundbar solutions that have been hitting the marketplace, many people are willing to trade fidelity for a single speaker and often a subwoofer...

Tags: Audio, Home Theater, Speaker, Zvox, Polk, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-12-16

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Budget home theater setups

This is the first of a series of buying guides for those looking forward to this holiday season as a time to assemble a home theater system. First up: budget setups. Whether you need to create a home theater...

Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, DVD Player, Home Theater, LCD, 1080p, Prestigo SRU8010, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, DVD, Media Players, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-19

First Black Friday ads show up online: 50-inch Samsung plasma for $899.99

Try as they might, big retailers can't stop their ads for Black Friday otherwise known as the day after Thanksgiving and unofficial start of the holiday shopping season from leaking online often weeks in advance. This year, Sears has the dubious distinction of being the first major retailer of HDTV...

Tags: Plasma, Home Theater, Advertisement, Sears Roebuck & Co., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Retail Company, Home Entertainment, Retail, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Sony HT-CT100

It's a familiar story in consumer electronics: start with a luxurious, expensive, and exclusive product category, and within just a few years, you'll see a sea of imitators delivering the same basic item with more features, less money, and--ideally--better performance. Take single-speaker audio. Once the exclusive domain of Yamaha Digital...

Tags: Sony HT-CT100, speaker, HDMI, subwoofer, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2008-06-05

Xbox 360 HDMI Conversion Kit

Unlike every version of the PlayStation 3, the first batch of Xbox 360 consoles didn't include an HDMI-out port. Yes, firmware updates eventually added 1080p output via the console's component cables--despite the fact that the matching inputs on most TVs didn't support that resolution. HDMI eventually came to the Xbox...

Tags: Game players, HDMI, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, adapter, cable

Product reviews 2008-06-02

Sony Bravia DAV-X10 2.1 Channel Audio System

The home-theater-in-a-box HTIB market is about as commoditized a category as you'll find when shopping for consumer electronics, but Sony's stayed in the game by offering a line of all-in-ones at a wide array of price points. For the 2007 line, the company retained its generally sexy design schemes and...

Tags: Network technology, redesign, Sony Corp., DAV-X10, speaker, satellite, head unit

Product reviews 2008-02-19

Philips HTS6500

By combining a DVD player, a receiver, and speakers into a single product, home-theater-in-a-box systems HTIBs simplify the process of purchasing and installing a home theater. Although a full-blown home-theater system is often the best solution for optimal sound quality, setting up five speakers and a subwoofer--let alone a full-scale...

Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, DVD, Network technology, TVs, Philips HTS6500, speaker, Philips Electronics N.V., video

Product reviews 2006-07-20