Archive for June, 2009

Windows 7 Media Center for your Home Theater

June 24th, 2009 By: Lauren

Many of us have a wired or wireless connection to a PC in our home theaters. What’s better than watching a slideshow of your latest trip abroad or videos of your nephew’s first steps on the big screen? Microsoft hopes you find these things, and many other PC media interactions, to be much easier with the upcoming release of Windows 7 Media Center. (more…)

Spotlight on HD Envy: Padstyle’s HD Envy Plasma TV Frames Review

June 24th, 2009 By: Lauren

The modern furniture review blog Padstyle has recently come across the fashionable plasma TV frames from HD Envy. Their post makes it clear that they love the unifying aspect of any HD Envy plasma TV frame, with its ability to take a wood stain or leather color right from your home theater and incorporate it into its design. This creates a TV frame that will polish off your home theater’s look.

The customization that HD Envy offers is something that Padstyle believes makes the HD Envy plasma TV frames the favorite choice for any interior design enthusiast. Because customers can choose from any number of materials, colors, and designs, they can create a plasma TV frame that reflects their home décor and brings a unique and personal element into their home theater.

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LED TV Technology

June 22nd, 2009 By: Lauren

It seems like just yesterday the battle between LCD and plasma technology was in full swing. And not long before that, TV display manufacturers were still pumping out CRT TVs and wavering on the edge of diving into the newest display technologies. Well, LCDs and plasmas did indeed take over CRTs, with most of the big names in display technologies not producing this older technology any longer. And although a winner has yet to be declared, LCDs are out-selling plasmas even in the large screen market, traditionally dominated by the ailing PDP technology. So as the industry moves at its typically lightning-fast pace, what’s on the horizon for home theater enthusiasts, videophiles and families looking to make a little entertainment investment? (more…)