Heron Fidelity

I recently wrote a short column for Popular Science where I speculated about when we can expect to see HDTVs and content that deliver more than the 2,073,600 pixels of the 1080p format. For future consumer display designs, the need to go ‘beyond 1080p’ is being driven primarily by passive-glasses 3D technology that enables the use of [...]

Every time I walk into a super store’s electronics section, I inevitably find myself stopping to chuckle at the ridiculously expensive AV (audio/video) cables awaiting uninformed shoppers.  Rule of thumb: if you are paying more than USD$10 for an HDMI cable, you are wasting your money.  I’m not saying that all $10 HDMI cables are created equal, but [...]

This exciting installment of my project to build an efficient home theater PC features (arguably) sexy shots of the component assembly process, and then I’ll discuss the selection of software I’ve installed…so far.  If you are interested in (re)reading part one of this epic project, then please click this link. At the heart of every [...]

(Updated 10/13/2010 – see end of article) More than a dozen years have passed since TiVo introduced its first digital video recorder (DVR) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In that time, the company has provided mostly incremental updates with each new hardware series. Within the last few years, the TiVo platform [...]

The Internet is an unlimited source of personal entertainment, and a fast growing portion of this online content includes popular television shows, radio stations, and feature films.  The personal computer (PC) is an ideal platform for accessing online multimedia as its compatibility with the wide variety of content streaming technologies and downloaded file types is [...]

Recently an HD Nation viewer asked for HDTV recommendations in the USD $800 range that would be suitable for console gaming – this person’s nephew was apparently hogging the household’s primary TV with their extended gaming sessions and it was time for a second set. After researching the 2010 lineup, I ended up with a [...]