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1080p/24
What it is. What it isn't. In our November 2006 issue, I wrote an article in this space on the difference between 1080p and 1080i. In the same issue, we reported on how many TVs don't deinterlace 1080i...
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An important feature of HDMI is its ability to carry both video and audio. If it passes this information in bitstream form, the receiver or pre-pro, rather than the player, decodes the various versions...
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Motion Blur
The bad, the ugly, and the 120 hertz. I have long been a complainer about motion blur with LCDs. It drives me crazy. I have gotten a lot of flack over the years for this, which I really couldn't care...
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Room Acoustics
You've installed your speakers, but your room still doesn't sound right. In this installment, we show you how to tweak your room's sound with acoustics.
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Local Dimming LED
The greatest thing to happen to LCD, ever. The coolest demo I saw at CEDIA 2007 was a demo I saw at CEDIA 2006. The original demo was at the Planar suite. Dolby now owns the company that was working...
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HDMI CEC
Still lacking simple self-control. The holy grail of home theater simplicity is to have fewer remote controls and one-touch operation without confusing programming. HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics...
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High-Definition Audio
To bitstream or not to bitstream? For all the dramatic improvements they’ve given us in the picture and sound quality of movie playback in our homes, sometimes it feels like the new high-definition...
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Aspect Ratio Oddities
In movies, one size never fits all. By now, most home theater fans have undoubtedly grown used to seeing letterbox bars on many movies they watch. In today’s high-definition era, any content with an...
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Color Points and Kelvins
How does color accuracy measure up? There’s more that goes into making a good display than accurate color, but it’s certainly one of the biggies. Color in a video display may seem like a relatively...
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HDMI 101
How important is HDMI 1.3 anyway? The HDMI standard was developed with noble intentions. Most people in the home theater hobby know the hazards of cable clutter. When you have a lot of equipment...
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Tune In, Turn Down, Turn On!
THX, Dolby, and Audyssey deliver reference-level punch at lower volumes. You know the drill. You’re just getting into the latest action blockbuster on your new home theater rig when a still, small...
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HDMI to Infinity and Beyond
All for 1.4, and 1.4 for All? In 2002, the video world was just getting comfortable with component analog video. HDTV and DVD were only starting to acquire mass-market status. We were using three...
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Ultra High Definition: What’s in a Name?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.”Quick! Name the play! It’s Romeo and Juliet, of course. And it’s certainly one of Bill Shakespeare’s best lines,...
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