DVD-Audio and SACD are two competing formats of high quality audio recordings, both formats are vying to take over the role of the CD in the home but have less than expected take up by consumers. Read more…

Digital Television has been the latest buzz word for a few years now but many people don’t know what it is or what it means for TV in the future.
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TiVo is a brand of next generation video recorders that provide many advanced recording features and record to a hard drive instead of traditional video tape. These types of recorders are often called a PVR for personal video recorder or a DVR for digital video recorder.
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The simplest way to clean the head would be with a wet type cleaner tape these have a type of paper tape in them that alcohol is applied to and are played for a few seconds, this may fix many dirty head problems but some times the only way to attack the problem is manual cleaning. Read more…

It is normal for a tape recorders heads to get a build up of dirt during normal use. Some cassettes are also prone to leave more dirt on a head than others, some cheap c90 cassettes will leave more oxide on a head than a more expensive brand, in general the blacker the color of the tape the better quality they are. Read more…

The most common causes of your CD player skipping can be scratched disks, dirty lens or faulty laser pickup. The first thing to do is to test your unit with a know good CD, check for scratches and never touch the shiny side with your fingers. Read more…

DLP or Digital Light Processing is a technology used in projectors. DLP was developed by Texas Instruments which is also currently the only producer of this technology, Texas Instruments on sell their DLP designs to other projector manufacturers. Read more…

First used in cinemas, Dolby Digital is a digital audio signal that was placed on the film between the sprocket holes of the film, Today it is the standard audio format for DVDs. and provides the consumer with a audio system of up to 6 channels which is a perfect match for 5.1 channel amps. Read more…

Surround Sound has its beginnings in the movies. Surround Sound was an essential way of drawing audiences into the world of cinema. In addition to the screen images, the dialog, the feeling of ‘being there” through sound effects, and the music that embraces audiences have been combined to create a thoroughly enjoyable cinematic experience. Read more…

One of the first things many people try to do when they have a poor picture is to fiddle with the TV’s tuning. This should be the last thing attempted as the most common cause of poor picture are caused by your antenna. A quick visual check will tell you if parts of it or the cable has broken off or if its blown around the wrong way. If the problem is there when you are watching via your VCR’s tuner then it wont be the TV at fault, in fact it is extremely rare for the channels to drift off frequency. Read more…