by Jeff Kleist on Apr 19, 2011 Click here to view the full article http://www.hometechtell.com/hometechnologytell/comment/powerdvd-11-coming-soon-includes-smartphone-remote/ In several videos, since made private on the official Cyberlink Youtube channel, Cyberlink has demonstrated some of the new capabilities of PowerDVD 11. A new remote control application, confirmed for Android and presumably coming to iOS as well, will let you control every aspect of playback right from your tablet or smartphone, or even use a touchpad area to control…

Click here to view the full article http://www.customretailer.net/article/autonomic-servers-support-amazon-cloud/1?sponsor=newsletter/global-news-wrap-up&b=2008#utm_source=global-news-wrap-up&utm_me Autonomic Controls said this week that all models of Autonomic Mirage Media Servers will support Amazon’s new cloud music service, due to a firmware upgrade that will arrive soon. The upgrade will apply to Mirage Media Servers (MMS-2 and MMS-5), making music downloaded from Amazon available on all Mirage Media Servers. It is set to arrive within 60 days. “From the start, we made support for cloud…

By Richard Hart Click here to view the full article http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/drive_to_discover&id=8065430&rss=rss-kgo-article-8065430 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In a conference call, or in a videogame, all the voices seem to come from one place. That is changing, with a new kind of surround sound. Richard Hart reports on the Drive to Discover “spatial sound” for videogames. In videogames, 3D has made tremendous progress on the screen — but not in the headphones. Gamers like to chat with…

The company’s latest keeps you from disturbing the neighbors by keeping sound contained. April 08, 2011 by Rachel Cericola Click here to view the full article https://www.electronichouse.com/article/audyssey_debuts_low_frequency_containment_technology/ Sometimes sharing is not a good thing. For instance, you may love booming bass, but your neighbors probably don’t. Audyssey just announced its Low Frequency Containment (LFC) technology, which is designed to contain some of those low frequencies and keep them from traveling through walls. High frequencies are…

By Dana Wollman We knew Panasonic was going to unleash a slew of new apps for its Viera Connect televisions, and now it looks like they’re finally ready to hit the ground running — for its 2011 models, anyway. Back in January the company released its Viera SDK to developers, and now it has a smattering of games and sports apps to show for it, including the long-promised NBA Game Time, which includes standings and…

by Rachel Cericola Click here to view the full article https://www.electronichouse.com/article/9_ways_to_enhance_your_home_theater When it comes to home theater, there are a few standards. We expect a big HDTV or a projector and screen, speakers and a receiver as the bare minimum. Then, there are the items that are just the icing on the cake. D-BOX Motion Technology Years ago, we went on a pretty wild ride. It didn’t involve a theme park or lines; instead, we…

By Ian White Click here to view the full article http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/MartinLogan-Motion-12-7-1-Loudspeaker-System.shtml MartinLogan’s loudspeakers are all about transparency and detail; see-through clarity with airy extension that extends beyond the capabilities of most loudspeakers. Their ability to reproduce the human voice is quite frightening; as close as you can get to having a real breathing person in the room with you (you can put away your RealDoll now). You can hear everything through an electrostatic loudspeaker; which…

By Rachel Cericola Click here to view the full article http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Yamaha-Makes-Networking-a-Priority-for-RX-V671-Receiver.shtml With so many of today’s A/V products tapping into the web, it would make sense that you’d want the brains behind your system to play nice, and be able to connect as well. Yamaha is making the web a major focus of one of its new receivers, the RX-V671. The newly announced 7.1 channel RX-V671 includes both DLNA 1.5 and Windows 7 certification. That…

By Rachel Cericola Click here to view the full article http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Next3D-Turner-Broadcasting-Partner-to-Deliver-3D-Broadcasts-in-Full-HD-1080p.shtml People love to complain about 3D. Some don’t like the glasses, and others scoff at equipment prices. However, one of the most common complaints about adopting 3D into the home is, “Where’s all of the content?” People are willing to pay — if they can actually enjoy the technology. We know that more Blu-ray 3D releases should hit shelves this year. However, when you’ve…

By Chris Boylan Click here to view the full article http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/3D-TV-Passive-3D-vs-Active-3D-The-Format-War-of-2011.shtml At the year’s Consumer Electronics Show and in the weeks that have followed, a line in the sand has been drawn around two different approaches to 3D TV. In one camp, we have Panasonic, Samsung and Sony, touting the benefits of Full HD 3D TV with their active 3D glasses that deliver full high definition (1080p) images to each eye. In the other we…