Audio Video News

Thinking of buying some outdoor speakers? Then look at the Boston Acoustics Voyager and Voyager Rock, which will be sold for 20 percent off through July 31, 2010. You can buy from a participating dealer or from the Boston Acoustics website.

You've probably seen those TV ads from cable operators claiming that their systems are fiber optic. The National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau has noticed that too--and the watchdog group is demanding that cable ops stop making such claims.

This is another one of those bad news, good news stories. The bad news is that the Federal Communications Commission has caved in to the movie industry's demand to disable the component video interface on high-def devices. The good news is that the studios can use this so-called selectable output control only under very specific circumstances, to protect fresh video on demand titles.

Talk about lost in space. Intelsat, a communications company, says it has lost control of one of its satellites. The rogue satellite is likely to drift into the path of another satellite, possibly interfering with the latter's ability to transmit cable and satellite TV programming to the United States.

Alfred Hitchcock fans will get a special treat this fall: Psycho is going to be released on Blu-ray in a new 5.1-channel DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.

Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola divides his time these days between making wine at his Rubicon vineyard in Napa Valley, California and making movies. He acquired the large vineyard, formerly owned by the Inglenook brand, over several decades as the land became available. It was at this facility that SIM2 Multimedia conducted the recent launch of a new advertising campaign featuring Coppola's endorsement of SIM2 DLP projectors.