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HDMI's HDCP Hacked
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 15, 2010
The digital rights management scheme that protects HDMI inputs has been undermined with the recent revelation of a master key that unlocks HDCP.
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Ears On
HDTV Expert Parties
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 14, 2007
There are ordinary mortals who throw Super Bowl parties. And then there is Pete Putman, occasional Home Theater contributor and the HDTV expert of hdtvexpert.com. He put the big game on nine different screens scattered throughout the house (and one outside it). So whose display chugged away in sub-freezing weather? Which had pride of place in Pete's workshop theater? How did the portable pocket projector do? And whose screen was featured in the bathroom, "positioned at an angle to viewers at the door, the sink, and on the throne"? Check out the fully illustrated story for yourself.
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Audio Video News
HDTV Takes Over
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 06, 2009
HDTV now dominates the American livingroom, with 52 percent of households owning a high-definition display. This is a big percent improvement over 2008, when HDTV was in just 35 percent of households. We've gone from a third to more than half in just a year. You go, American households!
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Audio Video News
HDTVs Abundant, HDTV Not
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 28, 2009
First the good news: More than 39 million U.S. households have HDTVs. Now the bad news: Only 22 million of them have a source of high-def programming, leaving the other 17 million out in the standard-def cold.
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Audio Video News
Heavyweights Form AllVid Alliance
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 23, 2011
Say hello to the AllVid Tech Company Alliance, which intends to promote a next-generation interface that would seamlessly combine distribution of traditional and internet video. This puts the members of the alliance on a collision course with Big Cable.

The Alliance's founding members are Best Buy, Google, Mitsubishi, Sony, TiVo, Nagravision, and SafeTV.

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Audio Video News
Height-Enhanced Surround Hits the Street
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 12, 2009
Onkyo's TX-SR607 surround receiver ($599) is the first from any manufacturer to include Dolby Pro Logic IIz, the new height-enhanced surround mode from Dolby Laboratories.
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Hello Flat Kitty
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 11, 2007
Vogue Tech. Co. of Taiwan showed a peak-eared feline-like multimedia speaker system using flat-panel diaphragms licensed from U.K.-based NXT. Safe to say this is a Home Theater Magazine blog exclusive.
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Ears On
Hello, DVR? Record Oprah
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 08, 2007
Are you an AT&T Homezone customer? If so, the set-top box you're using to access video-on-demand has learned a new trick: cellphone-activated DVR programming. There's no charge except for the existing Homezone charge of $9.99/month. AT&T hopes that will keep you happy until U-verse, its fiber/copper hybrid IP-over-TV service, reaches more areas. If you're a Verizon customer, you needn't feel left out. A long promised arrangement with TiVo will come to fruition soon. The charge will be $1.99/month. Sprint is getting into the act too, in association with Comcast and Time Warner. A Jupiter Research survey quoted by Reuters said fewer than 10 percent of respondents were excited about cell-driven DVR recording. Then again, none of them had had a chance to try it.
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Audio Video News
Hello, FCC? My TV Went Dark
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 19, 2009
On Monday night, 36 percent of the nation's TV stations ceased analog broadcasting, leaving only digital signals on those channels. On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission (1-888-CALLFCC) received 28,000 phone calls.
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CES 2014
Here Are CEA Award Winners We've Missed
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 10, 2014
Here's just a smattering of the audio/video products honored in the 2014 CES Innovations Awards, chosen because they might not otherwise appear in this year's CES coverage (mine, at any rate). Clockwise from top left: The Pioneer Elite SC-79 receiver ($3000) serves up nine channels of D3, the company's version of Class D amplification, and every D3 model we've heard so far has lived up to the promise of energy efficiency combined with great sound. This is Pioneer's top-of-the-line model; we've got a review of the less expensive SC-71 in the pipeline. Jamo's Torsten is the brand's first soundbar. The Sharp SD-WH1000U Blu-ray player uses WiSA wireless technology to wirelessly deliver uncompressed 24/96 PCM and 1080p, effectively freeing high-res audio and video from their wired chains. Would'nt it be great if surround receivers could do the same? Bang & Olufsen's BeoLab 18 tower speaker has a tweeter on top firing into a diffuser and four mid-woofers in an extraordinary looking column enclosure; more here. To see more honorees (and we've omitted quite a few good ones!) see the CES website.

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