AmateurHomeTheater.com
(since 1999)

• New DIY review: I posted a full, non technical, review of the installation process, programming and image results of Runco's QuantumColor Q-750i front projector and a Q-750i Review Update.
• New DIY page: Images with explanations on how to CREATE YOUR OWN HOME THEATER and how to make PROFESSIONAL ACOUSTIC PANELS. I placed a permanent "DIY" link at the bottom of this page.

• Submitted Home Theater Photos If you would like your personal Home Theater posted on this site, email me your link and I'll post it.

• UPDATE - I posted an update to the January 2010 posting of the Runco QuantumColor Q-750i review. You can read the update at: Q-750i Review Update
• Samsung Out, Runco In: CRT to DLP to LED (DLP) I had a long talk with my Runco CRT (just kidding). My Runco's (DTV-933 with point-to-point conversion) retirement party is near. I bought it new in May of 1999. I've been eye-balling several replacement models. I absolutely love Runco products. They always put quaity first. The Samsung SP-A900B Front Projector was on the top of my short list of two projectors. Not exactly inexpensive ( $10,000 introductory price and later retail $13,000) but, it produces an amazing image. The other model was a LCOS projector (I'm not a big fan of LCD's). After almost going with the DLP, I went with an LED. Runco's QuantumColor Q-750i was the winner. It jumped into the race at the last moment. No moving parts, pure colors, better than CRT blacks and whites, off the scale contrast, sharp beyond sharp, very bright (Light dedicated room necessary), thousands of hours on the LED's, quiet and downright awesome specs across the board. Downside? Painfully pricey. I'll live with the pain. Available at the end of October.
• Some LED Advantages:
  No lamps to change
  No dimming of image with time
  Can project onto a BIG screen
  No problems with motion blur
  No burn in to worry about, or even 'image retention'
  Refresh rates in the microsecond range

• There's At The Movies and there's At The Movies Siskel & Ebert to Ebert and Roeper to Lyons and Mankiewicz to Scott and Phillips (Rants page)

• The Rotten Tomatoes Show (Currentv.com) This was a lucky find while surfing through the "Podcasts" pages in iTunes. I watched one episode. It was so good that I downloaded every episode into my iPod Touch. I mostly watch the show at the gym, while on the treadmill. As a result, I now spend more time on the treadmill. Any distractions from aerobics was welcomed. The hosts, Ellen Fox and Brett Erlich, are a hoot. Movies are reviewed by the hosts, some on-line comedians and on-line viewers. The content includes movie reviews, trailers, funny skits, guest reviewers and a bunch of other great unexplainable stuff. Sound and video quality is excellent. And, no commercials!

• I upgraded my side and rear surround sound sound speakers (select images below)
  Rear: Legacy Harmony
  Side: Legacy Phantom
  
• Select Photo 1 / Select Photo 2

• CurtPalme.com They are a sales, calibration, service, and discussion forum for solutions with today's digital equipment.
  

• HDMI 1.3c
• Rev 1.3c pertains to:
  1) changes in testing active cable products
  2) an introduction to a new signal generator
  3) some editorial corrections
  4) some connector overhold issues

• FCC Rules and Home Owner Rights - Condo Commandos...look out! Read the actual FCC rules for installing Consumer-Owned Antennas and Satellite Dishes. You have more rights than you think.

• The American Widescreen Museum - (One of my favorite sites) All Widescreen systems, Color history and sound development

• Standard DVD Release for March

• Blu-ray Releases for March

• Link to Documentary Favorites Page - Updated regularly

• The Criterion Collection

• National Film Preservation Foundation

• The Home Film Preservation Guide

• Independent Media Arts Preservation

• The National Television and Video Preservation Foundation

• Bose Quiet Comfort 3 vs. the Sennheiser PXC 450 Review by Bob Brown