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Home Toys
April 2006
Minsoo Park |
When it Comes to HDMI/DVI Connectivity, You Have Two Choices: Copper or Fiber Optics. Which is Right for You? Connectivity products such as cables are one investment you will need to live with for at least 10 years. Consider it an investment as cable quality does make a difference and it will stay with your system for a very long time.   |
Home Toys
August 2005
Stan Palguyev |
HDMI / DVI Connectivity Before you order a set of cables for yourself or your company, make sure which type fits your application the best. Fiber optic vs. copper. Which is right for you? |
Home Toys
April 2004
Michael Weizer |
Connectivity Keeping Up - High-Definition Multimedia Interface The HDMI interface is an all-digital interface, eliminating the signal degradation that occurs in the signal conversion process. It combines both audio and video into a single, compact interface. |
PC World
September 2005
Sean Captain |
The Cable Game Salespeople may tell you that exotic video cables deliver a better picture. But the results of our exclusive lab tests could save you money. |
Home Toys
February 2005 |
HDMI -- Smaller Connector, Bigger Options While HDMI clearly has the more robust feature set, whether you invest in either HDMI or DVI connectivity, you will have made a sure step into the future. |
Home Theater
April 17, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
HDMI Mechanically Improved The HDMI interface is great for video and audio signal transfer, at least now that it's grown up a bit. But in a mechanical sense, it's no better today than it was at the outset. That's about to change. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Brent McCall |
The Hi-Fi Guy -- News, Views & Hyperbole For the first time in A/V history, we have a true one-plug solution: HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) incorporates all the cables that you need to hook up your A/V equipment into a single plug. |
Home Toys
December 2004 |
An Introduction to DVI and Digital Connectivity In the evolving world of high-tech displays, new connector types abound, and most are of great significance and value to consumers. This is especially true with the latest wave of digital video connections found on everything from today's newest flat panel monitors to HDTV sets. |
Home Theater
August 18, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
HDMI Gets a Boost Tributaries Cable is bringing out the new HX100 HDMI Restorer that aims to maintain the full performance of high-definition video over HDMI cable. |
Home Toys
April 2006
Hagai Gefen |
Home Theaters: Going All-Digital Is the Only Way All-digital systems connected by all-digital cabling, even up to hundreds of feet, allows consumers to immerse themselves in a richer, higher quality, more multi-dimensional viewing and listening experience. |
Home Theater
May 29, 2009 |
HDMI 1.4 Spec Unveiled HDMI 1.4 is here, with the release of a new specification by HDMI Licensing LLC, the consortium led by Silicon Image. Should you care? Here are some highlights of the new standard. |
Home Theater
August 30, 2007
Mark Fleischmann |
Monster Brings HDMI Up to Speed The thicket of confusion surrounding HDMI and the marketing magic of the premium-cable industry come together in a glorious new set of assertions by MonsterCable, with products to match. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Losers and Winners of the Next Standard War The high-def revolution has been very, very good to Silicon Image, but the salad days are coming to an end. |
Home Toys
December 2004 |
A Guide to Digital Video HDMI, as of today, is much less complicated than DVI, although this new technology is backwards compatible. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Wes Black |
Balanced Signal Delivery for a Unbalanced World Contrary to popular belief, advances in twisted pair and balun technology have resulted in audio-video performance that is virtually as good as any coaxial cable and in some instances surpass coax in terms of distance. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
High-Definition (HDTV) and Digital (DTV) Television Connection and Cabling DVI is currently the format of choice for professional installers, favored for its ability to carry and deliver uncompressed digital video resolutions up to 1080i. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2010
Glenn Derene |
The Cable Guide: Know Your Computer and TV Wires The different wires that are needed for your home entertainment equipment are listed here. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2008
Seth Porges |
Brand-Name HDMI Cables: Are They Worth It? Do brand-name cables really deliver a better picture? To find out, we pit two of them against a cheap generic cord in a blind test. |
Home Toys
August 2005 |
An Overview of Consumer Connectivity Familiarity with the options available on contemporary components will allow you to make an informed decision and end up with a home theater or music system that provides the level of performance and convenience envisioned: HDMI... DVI... etc. |
Home Theater
June 21, 2004
Scott Messler |
20 Questions for. . .Don Bouchard The vice president of sales and marketing for Ultralink/XLO, a manufacturer of high-performance A/V cables and connectors, discusses the cable terms and technologies you need to know and offers his insight on the benefits of high-end cable. |
Home Toys
June 2005
John E. Johnson |
Speaker Cables and Interconnects for Your Home Theater Out of all audio and video components we buy, perhaps the most misunderstood and underestimated are the cables we connect them all together with. Selecting cables for your home theater system is an important task. |
Home Theater
July 7, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
HDMI Competitor Beckons HDBaseT would surmount switching delays and length limits. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Adam Blake |
A Technical Introduction to Audio Cables As audio systems continue to improve in accuracy, listening to a "live" performance in your living room gets closer to reality. Cables are an enabling factor for advancements in audio reproduction and can play a remarkably important role in your system. |
Home Theater
April 30, 2004 |
HDTV Extender Gefen, Inc. works around DVI/HDMI cable length limitation with clever use of data networking technology. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007
Wayne Ma |
DisplayPort Is Next Big Video Cable Standard, but Will It Hold Up? Now that you've traded in all your analog cords for expensive digital cables to work with your new equipment, you'll be less than thrilled to learn that another video standard is coming next year. Can it succeed, glitch-free? |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
Connectivity Basics: Quick Guide to TV Video Inputs Here is a quick rundown of the basic inputs available, from lowest in image output quality to the best of the bunch. |
Home Toys
February 2004
Frank Koditek |
Selecting a Structured Cabling System for Home Networking, Automation and Entertainment It makes sound business sense for homeowners to take the time to research the residential cabling system marketplace and apply the same value-based thinking to selecting a cabling system as they do in selecting their home. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Stefan Willmert |
Home Wiring: What Should You Do? As you may realize, preparing your home for technology requires some thought and planning. Take a little time now to layout your plans according to your needs and lifestyle, and you will save yourself headaches as technology changes. |
Home Theater
March 2002
Mike McGann |
Get Plugged In The ins and outs of A/V connections... |
Home Toys
April 2005
Steve Faber |
How to Wire Your Home for Modern Entertainment and Control Systems As content delivery over broadband increases, especially with the advent of HDTV, bandwidth demands will skyrocket. Using a wired network will help ensure uninterrupted delivery of your favorite programming. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Prasanna M. Shah |
Structured Wiring For Whole House Music Distribution This article describes ways of taking advantage of structured wiring for whole-house music distribution. |
Home Theater
July 24, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Chips Ahoy: HDMI 1.4 Guts Almost Here Semiconductors supporting new standard due late 2009, products likely 2010. |
Home Toys
December 2005 |
Setting up Your Plasma Plasmas offer a wide viewing angle (160 ) allowing for a greater viewing audience with no degradation of picture quality. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Amazon's Cheap Thrill Amazon.com now has its own store brand. |
Home Theater
October 16, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
Run, HD Video, Run Audio Control introduces the new Maestro M2e, an enhanced version of its earlier kick-butt theater processor. |
PC Magazine
August 3, 2005
Bill Howard |
Your Hi-Def PC PCs are capable of delivering higher-resolution video than cable, satellite, or DVD can offer. So you should think about the just-arriving HDTVs that can display a 1080p signal. |
Home Theater
February 2, 2007
Darryl Wilkinson |
Simplify Your HDMI Four new devices from TV One are designed to make life with HDMI a bit easier. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2007
Dan Bloom |
Hear More With Silicon Image The new HDMI 1.3 specification should improve both video and audio for movie lovers. Investors, Silicon Image is in the right place at the right time. |
Home Toys
August 2003
Steve Rochman |
The Truth About Whole-House Cabling Open or unused connectors and wall plates are un-terminated, and un-terminated cable or transmission lines reflect energy. Such signal reflections feed back into the main cable/satellite system, reducing both signal quality and signal to noise ratio throughout the entire home. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Terry Rossen |
Quality Cables Using the best wiring, cabling is very important in one's stereo or home theater system. Quality control and quality of the cable components, will affect the long term musicality in ones system. |
Home Theater
March 28, 2005 |
Coming Attractions Soundations's new F Series support furniture technology... WireWorld's new Rainbow 5.1 analog cable package... |
Home Toys
February 2005
Jack Andresen |
Running 10BaseT Ethernet Over Existing but Unused Coax Cable Cable companies have, over the years, installed a lot of coaxial cable that is no longer in use, such as households that have installed or plan to install some version of DSL to bring video over the telephone line. Along with the video they get data, typically 10BaseT Ethernet. |
Home Theater
November 2, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
1080p on the Cheap NeoDigits says the company is now shipping the only DVD player on the market with built-in upscaling that's capable of providing output resolutions up to 1080p through HDMI and component connections. |
Home Theater
February 22, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Sony Unveils First 3D AVR Modestly priced receiver is HDMI 1.4 compatible with 3D pass-through and ARC. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Pete Putman |
Top 10 HDTV Myths: Fact vs. Fiction, Hi-Def Style HDTV remains a widely misunderstood technology, muddled with misconceptions and half-truths born of marketing mumbo jumbo and senseless jargon. This article clears the air of confusion. |
PC Magazine
November 30, 2010
Lynn & Jacobowitz |
How To Make Ethernet Cables Need a 5-inch straight-through Ethernet cable? A 37-foot crossover cable? Tired of miles of extra cable coiled around your desk? Sure, you could probably buy custom cables online, but with a spool of Cat5 and a $10 crimper you can make your own, for less. |
Home Theater
June 19, 2009 |
Down-Res to Plug BD's Analog Hole In a few years, new Blu-ray players will be required to down-res high-def images fed via component video, effectively turning older high-definition TVs into standard-definition TVs. |
Home Toys
June 2003
Prasanna M. Shah |
Easy retrofit Easy retrofit for multi-source multi-zone audio/video and control on existing coaxial cables in the home |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2006
Eric S. Fellen |
Wire It Yourself Carving holes in walls may seem like a no-no, but it's the only way to run (and hide) Ethernet, television cables, and even extra power jacks. Here's how. |
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