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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.   |
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. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Jeffrey Herman |
Component Video and Twisted Pair in the Home Market Component video transmission via copper twisted pair and passive balun technology is a viable option for residential AV installations and consumers can expect to see innovative products that support this environment in the coming years. |
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
October 2001
Kevin Miller |
Switching Hits How do you get both the 480p signal from the progressive-scan DVD player and the component video HD signal from your set-top box into your TV at the same time? A component video switcher is the answer... |
Home Theater
March 2002
Mike McGann |
Get Plugged In The ins and outs of A/V connections... |
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. |
Home Theater
August 2007
Darryl Wilkinson |
Onkyo TX-SR605 A/V Receiver Behind its average-looking facade lies a feature and performance package that should put the Onkyo TX-SR605 on the short list of anyone who's currently in the market for a mid-priced AV receiver. |
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 Theater
October 2007
Kim Wilson |
Pioneer Elite VSX-91TXH AV Receiver The Pioneer Elite VSX-91TXH AV receiver is a a worthy choice for any small to moderate sized home theater. |
Home Theater
May 2005
Adrienne Maxwell |
Sony DVP-NS975V DVD/SACD Player Sony's DVP-NS975V is very easy to set up and use, and provides good performance through both the component and HDMI outputs. |
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 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. |
PC Magazine
January 1, 2008
Loyd Case |
PC to HDTV the Right Way The typical home PC is no longer just for homework and accounting. It's now the entertainment hub of the household. |
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. |
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
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. |
Home Theater
July 2002
Ron Williams |
Sony KZ-42TS1 42-Inch Plasma TV The KZ-42TS1 is a self-contained unit with a built-in NTSC tuner and two stereo speakers incorporated into the bottom of the frame. |
Home Toys
February 2006 |
ViewSonic N4050w 40" LCD Display The display offers good daylight brightness and angled viewing does not degrade the experience at all. ViewSonic has been in the display business for many years and this unit reflects the quality of their business. |
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. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2007 |
Crane Electronics Offers Digital Switch Matrix Family The Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics is offering a digital switch matrix family providing switching for high data rate emitter coupled logic signals as fast as 300 megabytes per second, or for the low data rate of RS-422 signals. |
Home Theater
July 11, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
Analog Video Be Gone Gefen's new analog-to-digital video scaler takes the VGA output from a single analog video source, such as a computer's analog video output or a DVD player's component video output, and scales it to 1280 x 1024 or 1080i. |
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
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
September 28, 2002 |
Accurate Imaging Technologies Accurate Imaging Technologies' Digital Pathway Series offers a variety of high-performance video projectors, digital video image processors and advanced DVD players that work together to keep the video signal in the digital domain. |
Home Theater
February 22, 2007
Darryl Wilkinson |
High Def for the Analog Set For those who can't sleep at night worrying about the impending analog TV cutoff on February 17th, 2009, the AV Tool ATSC-100 HDTV Off-Air Receiver might be better than an Ambien or a Lunesta. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2009 |
How to Use Less Energy in Your Home Theater Good suggestions for ways to minimize power use in components such as sound systems and HDTV's. |
Home Toys
February 2006
Bob Hetherington |
CannonPC LX Series Media Center PC There are connections for almost everything you can dream up on this unit and you need to have some knowledge of PC's to get the most out of this equipment. Be prepared for some setup challenges. |
PC Magazine
July 1, 2003
Bill Howard |
Build a Home Entertainment PC You don't have to spend a fortune to create a home entertainment PC. A few basic enhancements are all you need. |
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. |
Food Processing
June 2011
Bob Sperber |
Modular Automation Allows for Food Manufacturing Flexibility From the PC to the Internet revolution, standard, modular software objects are the key to easier manufacturing agility and integration. |
PC Magazine
May 17, 2006 |
Laptop Output to HDTV Get your laptop screen to display on your HDTV with HDMI input. |
Home Toys
October 2002 |
What is Digital? An Exploration of Terms and Usage So many things come with the digital designation the true concept of what digital actually is has become diluted over time. |
Home Theater
March 26, 2002 |
PS Audio's New Power Director The Power Director performs AC conditioning, surge and spike protection, non-current limiting, and communication and switching interfaces for a custom home audio/video system or rack-mount environment... |
Home Toys
December 2005
Michael Weizer |
Going the Distance With HDMI New products break the barriers If you're looking to setup an audio/video system in a home or business, HDMI connectivity is certainly worth considering. |
Home Theater
February 3, 2003 |
Sonic Bargain: Outlaw Model 200 A buck per watt is a bargain in anybody's book today. It's an especially good value when those watts feature audiophile specifications, and plenty of dynamic headroom. Sound too good to be true? Not if we're talking about Outlaw Audio's new Model 200 "M-Block" single channel amp. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Samuel K. Moore |
New Class of Digital Signal Processor Wipes Out Wasted Power Hearing aids, power converters, medical implants, and telecommunications could benefit from continuous-time digital signal processing |
PC Magazine
November 1, 2006 |
Laptop-to-HDTV Image Quality The image quality on your TV after when connecting to your PC is dependent on your TV resolution and the cable you use to connect the two. |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2006 |
Converting Audio in Audiovisual Files Conversion of analog videotape to digital format to be stored as a file in on a computer using analog 8mm video camera and a capture device to the PC. Video converts, but audio does not. |
Home Toys
June 2005
Salvatore Carrabba |
Modular Entertainment Furniture: The Flexible, Economic Solution Not all that long ago, the only way you could find suitable shelving for home entertainment components was to design and fabricate your own. These days, such furniture is more readily available in electronics stores. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
Christie Bows New "WAVE" Wireless AV Wireless XGA in full motion is a powerful development and goes a long way toward eliminating the need for costly and unsightly data cables. Now all we need is support for DVD wireless projection. |
Home Toys
June 2003 |
Frequency vs. Signal Loss for RG-59 and RG-6 Coaxial Cable If you want to have the best possible pictures delivered by your distribution system, you will need to determine the signal losses that will occur through your cable system. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2007
John McHale |
New communications for Navy ships based on software-defined radio Software-defined-radio technology is being used on various U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines, as well as fixed land sites, to replace several legacy radios with one system. |
