Technology, particularly home entertainment technology, should be simple to use. This simplicity of use is especially important for home entertainment technology because it ensures that the device that embodies that technology can be enjoyed rather than ...

If you're interested in putting together a home theater system of your own, there are a lot of things that you need to consider that go beyond a simple HDTV set. Sure, the HDTV set is important because it's central to the entire system, but it is just on...

When people shop around for HDTV equipment, all too often they fall prey to the idea that they need certain types of HDTV sets, while in reality there are a lot of different options that most people consider. Part of this is caused by media hype of certa...

Paramount Drops Blu-ray DVD Technology An unfortunate truth in the area of TV technology is that the best technology is not always the one that triumphs when two competing technologies go into competition with each other. The history of TV technology ...

Video gaming is a use of TV technology that's somewhat on the fringes of what most people lump in with home entertainment (probably because of its obvious computer origins), but it's a very popular use of TV equipment nonetheless. Video games were firs...

One of the most noticed, but least understood aspects of TV technology is aspect ratio. Aspect ratio defines the shape of a picture that appears on a TV, movie, or HDTV screen as well as the shape of the screen itself. The aspect ratio is the ratio be...

Toshiba and Sony have a lot riding on their high def DVD technology, and that's why the two have been in such a fierce battle to dominate the market for this technology. Both of these two electronics giants have their own high def DVD formats. Both of t...

There are a lot of plans on the table to supply the owners of portable devices with video that can be viewed on the go. These schemes range from dedicated over the air digital TV channels that are designed to specifically target users of portable devices...

If you are looking for versatility when it comes to programming with Direct TV and you are looking for something with a little more bulk than the basic packages but you do not want to spend a large amount of money then there are several options available ...

One of the great things about satellite TV is the fact that there are hundreds of channels that are available either in packages or sold as additions to regular programming packages. There are a number of regular programming options that are available wit...

Direct TV is quickly becoming the way to go when it comes to television. For a monthly fee, you get access to not just local stations but a variety of different programs on hundreds of stations. Packages are priced so you can pick something that has a lit...

There are several different things that you can do in order to get the best picture possible when it comes to home entertainment. The first thing that most people will think to do is to get an HDTV set. While this is a positive step in the quest for a b...

If you're tired of having lots of pieces of home entertainment equipment littering your living room you're not alone. This over abundance of home entertainment electronics, or "Set Top Fatigue" as it's called by some industry analysts, is the frustration...

Digital TV has a lot of benefits. So many in fact that TV broadcasters, the consumer electronics industry, and the Federal government have allied to make digital TV the sole mode of over the air TV transmission in the United States starting on February 1...

Video on demand technology is becoming increasingly prominent in a variety of areas. For example, all of the streaming Internet video services that are all the rage are a form of video on demand. These include video sharing sites like YouTube as well as...