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Top 10 CDs of 2007
 |  Feb 03, 2008

Billy Altman's Top 10 CDs of 2007

1. Radiohead: In Rainbows (radiohead.com). You get what you pay for - and whatever you decide will be worth every cent, as Thom Yorke and crew continue in their ever-surprising, ever-expansive way. As they say: no static at all. 2.

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2007 Editors' Choice Awards Video
 |  Feb 03, 2008

PIONEER

Elite Kuro PRO-110FD 50-inch plasma HDTV February/March '08

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2007 Editors' Choice Awards Audio
 |  Feb 03, 2008

PSB

Synchrony Speaker system November '07

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2007 Editors' Choice Awards Custom Installation
 |  Feb 03, 2008

REQUST

iQ Multiroom Audio Distribution System October '07

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2007 Editors' Choice Awards Portable
 |  Feb 03, 2008

APPLE

iPhone October '07, Web

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2007 Editors' Choice: The Event
Rob Medich  |  Feb 03, 2008

We really wanted to invite all of you to our 2007 Editors' Choice Awards, 64 stories above Vegas. But then somebody said something about "fire codes," and that was that.

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S1Digital FX Edition Media Center
John Sciacca  |  Feb 05, 2008

A computer in the living room? Madness! Computers are big and noisy. They aren't reliable, they aren't remote-controllable, and they can't even handle high-def. Keep them the hell away from my media room!

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1080i vs. 1080p
Michael Riggs  |  Feb 05, 2008

TV is rooted in the same concept as movies: Capture and display a sequence of still images fast enough, and the eye perceives smooth motion rather than a succession of individual pictures. Historically, however, TV has handled this process somewhat differently from movies. A TV image, or frame, is a grid of individual picture elements (pixels), arranged in rows and columns.

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Sony Gets the OLED Out
Al Griffin  |  Feb 06, 2008

At last year's CES, Sony previewed an 11-inch, 3mm-deep OLED TV prototype that made other flat-panel sets at the show look positively obese. That same model showed up in finished form at the company's press conference Sunday, rising up Vegas showbiz-style from beneath the stage in a maneuver reminiscent of the Stonehenge scene from Spinal Tap.

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CES: A Day in the Life
John Sciacca  |  Feb 06, 2008

Day 4

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Inner Workings: Inside a Media Server
James K. Willcox  |  Feb 07, 2008

In the beginning - well, at least 5 or 6 years ago - music stored on a PC generally either stayed there or was downloaded to a portable player. But as more and more audio and video content has become available online, people want to hear and see it on home entertainment rigs.

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Laser-Visionaries
John Sciacca  |  Feb 07, 2008

What is cooler than Dr. Evil's sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads? Nothing. Stupid question. But what's the second coolest thing to use laser beams? That would be Mitsubishi's new Laser TV, which had its worldwide unveiling last night at the 53rd floor of the Palms hotel in the Moon Nightclub.

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The Skinny on the New Skinny
Rob Medich  |  Feb 07, 2008

How thin are the displays on display at this year's CES?

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Photo Finish
 |  Feb 07, 2008

Want to show your photos on your new HDTV? Great idea, but it's not as easy as it sounds - your digital camera doesn't store files the way HDTVs display them. Here's advice and tools to help you streamline the HD slide show process.

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It Streamed From Outer Space
Rob Medich  |  Feb 08, 2008

Could this be the Blockbuster-buster? The Netflix-kiss-of-death? The gear that will make Blu-ray blue?

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