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Tuesday, Jun 2
Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
Anthem Audio Quality: As I mentioned earlier, this is the first time I sat down and listened to a complete album in years, and the first time ever since adding an Anthem Statement D2 to my home theater. I can't believe how awesome the room sounded playing from a "low quality" 44.1 kHz 2-channel...
Wednesday, May 13
The Best Home Theater Demo Scenes
I've created stand-alone clips for demos in my home theater. Instead of switching discs and skipping chapters, I've created/edited video files that are stored on my media server and played-back using a Home Theater Personal Computer.
Thursday, Feb 5
Windows 7 - Not Ready for Daily Home Theater Use Yet
Drivers. The drivers for the motherboard (Nvidia 9400) wouldn't install from Windows Update and were over a month old. (At least I was able to install the latest drivers on the Nvidia website.)Lockups. The PC locked up twice during the install and once afterwards, requiring a power-off reb...
Friday, Nov 7
The State of 24p Playback on a Home Theater Computer
To get the best video quality playback possible for movies in a home theater, it's necessary for the refresh rate of the source component to match the refresh rate of the display. One of the most common problems stems from the fact that most movies are 24 frames per second while most televisi...
