We're not going to miss you

Seriously? You're surprised that your TV stopped working?

Where have you been?

Even if you've been getting your HD over the air for years, there's a few tips here you may want to check out.

Click through for some links and tips.

More Free Music

A few months ago I did a blog on Pandora, the free online radio station.

I was immediately deluged with emails about Slacker Radio, a similar service. So I gave it a try. As an inveterate music junky, the more places I can find new music, the better.

Mini-review after the jump.

Blu-ray. Now with YouTube!

Already, Blu-ray players are separating into two camps: the uber-expensive, and the commodity. It’s easy to see what you get with the step-up players.

But what about the high end of the low end? What do you get at a step or so above the bargain players? Something like this $400 Panasonic, say. Well, turns out quite a lot.

Everything you ever wanted to know about video processing, but figured the answers would bore you to tears.

Scaling, upscaling, upconverting, deinterlacing, jaggies, 3:2 pulldown. Chances are you’ve never been able to figure out at least one of these words. No problem. Everyone has to learn somewhere. I’ll admit it: I was not, in fact, born with this knowledge. I know there are those that claim they were, but I suspect some of them are lying.

What I aim to do with this guide is to distill down the heady jargon and explain what all these words mean and why you should care (or not).

At an event yesterday in Beverly Hills, Bang & Olufsen unveiled (on the west coast, anyway) the BeoVision 4, a 103-inch plasma.

Not content to just re-badge the Panasonic that it's based on, the BeoVision 4 has a host of additional features for the discerning buyer.

And at $111,805, I'd hope you'd be discerning.

Ultimate Hybrid

One of the fastest-growing product categories is high-end audio devices that decode digital audio from a computer or iPod.

This amuses me, as for years many in the high-end audio realm thought of the iPod somewhere above the Anti-Christ but just below one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Not sure which, maybe the green one.

Myths, Facts, and Self Doubt

Our friends over at Gizmodo recently did an "Audio Week" where they talked about all aspects of audio, from music to the high-end.

Results were mixed, at least in reading the comments. It seems most people think high-end, or even "decent" audio is some kind of myth.

The problem, as I see it, is all in the head.

A friend of mine sent me a link to this video with nothing more than "The most mezmorizing thing I've seen in a very long time."

I have to agree.

Video after the jump.