President Delays Digital TV Switch

by ryw | Feb 12, 2009 | Blog, Home Entertainment, Innovative Technology

Yesterday President Obama made it official: The digital TV switch will be delayed until June 12th, giving unprepared analog TV viewers four more months to upgrade their equipment so they won’t be looking at a blank screen. Credit: Business Week

Digital TV Switch Postponed to June

by ryw | Feb 5, 2009 | Blog, Home Entertainment, Innovative Technology

The House voted yesterday to postpone the shutdown of analog TV signals to June 12, giving consumers four additional months to get ready for the transition from analog to digital broadcasting. The original date for the switch was to take place on February 17, which...

If You Want Something Done Right…

by ryw | Apr 17, 2007 | Blog, Home Entertainment, Innovative Technology

When Ray Coronado wanted to put a home theater system in his home, he didn’t mess around. Although he needed a little help from a contractor and an electrician, Coronado got himself deep into the nuts-and-bolts of the installation. At one point, Coronado took on...

Would You Like to Supersize that TV?

by ryw | Sep 15, 2006 | Blog, Home Entertainment, Innovative Technology

One thing the world knows about Americans is that we love enormous things. From supersized meals and drinks to houses that can double as airplane hangars, we like all things big. And now, shipping in time for Christmas 2006, Panasonic brings us to the logical...

Mirror, Mirror

by ryw | Apr 16, 2006 | Blog, Home Entertainment, Innovative Technology

I’ve always thought of the moments spent in front of the mirror as Me Time. Just me and, well, me. Seura is looking to change all that with their Television Mirror—a television within a mirror. Seura’s patented mirror technology plays Jekyll and Hyde with your...

Cool Spool

by ryw | Mar 15, 2006 | Blog, Home Entertainment, Innovative Technology

Speaker wire is the bane of the audiophile’s existence. And until wireless home audio systems can boast comparable sound and price points, we’re left with an ugly tangle of wire that can mar the best of rooms. Sure, you can cut into the drywall to hide the mess, but...