Audio Video News

Wireless TVs may be on the market as soon as the second half of 2010.

Is it against copyright law to host a Super Bowl party in your home? The law does indeed kick in for screens above 55 inches and more than six loudspeakers. But further clauses may give party-loving homeowners some wiggle room.

I realize that, for movie fans, the presentation of the Oscars is the most anticipated awards show of the year. But I've always preferred the Grammys, primarily because it includes so much live music. This year's 52nd annual extravaganza will be no different, airing on CBS a week or so earlier than usual—Sunday, January 31, 2010, starting live at 8:00 PM ET and rebroadcast at 8:00 PM in each time zone across the country.

The originator of the MP3 audio file format is backing a new version that would embed extra features into the file.

When Oppo introduced the BDP-83 universal Blu-ray player for $500 (<A href="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/hddiscplayers/oppo_bdp-83_universal_disc_pl... <I>UAV</I>'s review here</A>), it set the price/performance standard&#151;in fact, many consider it to be the benchmark against which all other Blu-ray players should be judged. After upgrading the BDP-83's analog-audio outputs late last year, resulting in the BDP-83SE for $900 (<A href="http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/ultimate-gear/audiophile_oppo/">profiled here</A>), the company today adds a third model to its lineup, the BDP-80, which will carry a retail price tag of only $289.

Up to now admission to most TV-on-internet websites has been free. But one of the category's major sites, Hulu, may soon start charging for online viewing of some shows.

Rafe Needleman of c|net has a problem with 3D. He's a self-described "flat viewer" and thus can't see 3D effects even if they work fine for most other people. And he's not alone. Four to ten percent of the population has the same problem, "depending on which expert you ask."