John Sciacca

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CES 2014
The High-Tech Solution to Remote Control Lost and Found
John Sciacca  |  Jan 09, 2014
Admit it: At some point you’ve wandered around your house looking for the remote control. Or maybe it was your car keys. Or your wallet. Whatever. You’ve spent long, panicked minutes hunting through pants' pockets, couch cushions and looking under furniture trying to find some small device before. Now Stick N Find has an affordable 21st Century way to help you find your stuff!

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The In-Ear Headphone Face-Off
John Sciacca  |  Dec 03, 2008

Whether it is an iPod, a Zune, a Zen, a cell phone or something else, more people are satisfying their music Jones via portables than anything else. You can debate the merits of different codecs and bitrates or the need to go lossless, but one thing links all listeners on-the-go: Headphones.

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The Connected Life
The Internet of Things Is Upon Us
John Sciacca  |  Apr 22, 2015
While video manufacturers were busy demonstrating their takes on the technologies best suited for UHDTV, espousing the relative merits of High Dynamic Range and wider color gamuts, and discussing the all-important question of 4K content delivery methods at the International Consumer Electronics Show back in January, everyone else seemed concerned with making sure practically every device imaginable will be connected to the Internet in some form or fashion.
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The Connected Life
The Last Big Bite
John Sciacca  |  Jun 21, 2012

This is the tale of two companies whose products you likely interact with on a daily basis. Two companies that aim to capture the Holy Grail of the consumer electronics world: your living room. One company has had great success with its mission, while the other one has repeatedly failed.

The companies are Apple and Microsoft.

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Other Tech
The Return of The Gear Guy
John Sciacca  |  Jul 05, 2005

While it's relatively easy to find good components, it's a lot harder to find ways to get them to play nice with each other. And that challenge has only gotten greater as components have become more complex and setups more elaborate.

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Other TechThe Connected Life
The State of Control
John Sciacca  |  Aug 14, 2012

My family recently visited the Magic Kingdom park at Disney World in Orlando. One attraction we checked out was “Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress,” a revolving theater that follows a “typical” family through the decades, starting around the 1920s and winding forward to the future.

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The Connected Life
The State of Immersive Audio
John Sciacca  |  Dec 23, 2015
As we get ready to head into the new year, 3D "immersive audio" is the driving force behind home theater. A rundown of where things stand with the three competing formats: Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and Auro-3D.
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CEDIA 2019
The Transformer T10 Patio Theater Is a Sight to Behold
John Sciacca  |  Sep 12, 2019  |  Published: Sep 13, 2019
The new Transformer outdoor theater system from Stealth Acoustics goes from nothing to something awesome in less than a minute.
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CES 2014
The Ultimate Home Theater Demo
John Sciacca  |  Jan 07, 2014
A consortium of flagship audio/video companies have once again teamed up to provide the most immersive, over-the-top home theater demo at CES 2014.

Using detailed engineering schematics from Antony Grimani’s firm, Performance Media Industries (PMI) they rebuilt a meeting room in the Venetian into the ultimate movie listening and viewing space. Grimani told me that his company reengineered the room omitting all of the “wrong” hotel dimensions, and coming up with the layout and design for the room’s seating, riser heath, screen size, acoustic treatments and more.

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CES 2016
The Ultimate Projection Screen Transformer
John Sciacca  |  Jan 07, 2016
Design Screen's incredibly innovative projection screen folds into a piece of art when not in use.
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