Podcast #496: ZyXEL AeroBeam Wireless HD Video Kit

Through the years we’ve had the opportunity to check out several wireless audio, video and wireless HDMI systems. This week we’re adding one more option to your list of choices for wireless HDMI. If you’ve always wanted to use a front projector for huge home theater, but never wanted to cut up the ceiling to run cables, you’ll want to listen to this review. It’s the ZyXEL AeroBeam Wireless HD Video Kit (WHD6215).

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Podcast #495: JVC 47-inch BlackCrystal 120Hz LCD HDTV

The HT Guys have been JVC fans for quite some time, dating back to CRT tube TVs in years gone by.  Braden has a JVC rear projection TV still in use in his home and Ara has a JVC projector in his theater.  When we got the chance to talk to Tom Paterniti, VP of Sales for JVC BlackCrystal TVs and also check out a brand new 47” BlackCrystal LCD for ourselves, we jumped at the opportunity.

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Podcast #494: Reflections, Streaming Movies and IFA

IFA is essentially the Consumer Electronics Show of Europe. It is held in Berlin Germany and is attended by most of the same companies that attend CES. Although we couldn’t attend this year. We have been eagerly eyeing press releases coming over from Germany. Here are a few that caught our attention.

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Podcast #493: Step by Step DIY Home Automation

Many of our listeners have lights on timers so that their homes look lived in when they are away or so they don’t come into a dark home. With the end of Summer and day light savings quickly approaching, we thought it would be a good idea to give you some step by step tips for home automation so you never have to reset your timers again!

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Podcast #492: Projectors and Mistakes

Have you ever wondered what the biggest mistakes are that people make when buying a new HDTV?  Or perhaps you're looking for ideas for projectors to use in your home theater.  Forget that, you want to know how to get NFL Sunday Ticket on your PS3.  We've got all that and more on an action packed episode of the HDTV and Home Theater Podcast.  And for your reference, the answer is 22 minutes.

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Podcast #491: Portable Media Streamers

A trend that we have been following for a while now is portability of your media. In the future many believe that the cloud will house all our media and make it available to us everywhere we go. But until we have universal high speed access at low costs we will remain dependent on physical storage. The current crop of portable devices have at most 64GB of storage so often you have to compromise on what media you take with you.

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