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Kevin Hunt: TV coming to mobile phones and other small screens
February 10, 2012
Since when does the broadcast industry pass up a chance to make a buck? Yet it's been sitting on a mountain of unused, or underused, bandwidth for years.
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Kevin Hunt: Tuning up automobile audio system with JBL MS-2 processor
February 3, 2012
Where would we be without DSP? Digital Signal Processing is everywhere. It's in smart alarm clocks, speaker docks, soundbars, audio-video receivers, multimedia speakers, Bluetooth headsets, even table radios.
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Kevin Hunt: 10 things (electronic) to watch for in 2012
January 27, 2012
What to look for, though not necessarily buy, in the coming months:
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Kevin Hunt: What Happens Next With Google TV?
January 20, 2012
Maybe it's not too late to save Google TV, the technological shotgun marriage between computer (with Internet) and television.
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Kevin Hunt: Yamaha's MCR-322 compact system: a throwback
January 13, 2012
In the genteel days before the iPod and iPhone, compact audio systems populated dens, dorm rooms and executive suites across the country. Not any more.
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Kevin Hunt: Home entertainment buzzwords for the new year
January 6, 2012
Here's your first gift of the new year, a cheat sheet for some home-entertainment keywords for 2012:
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Kevin Hunt: iMainGo XP protective case also gives iPad stereo wings
December 30, 2011
If 2012 looks like another big frequent-flier year, maybe it's time to hire a roadie for your iPad traveling companion.
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Fluance FiSDK500 Speaker Dock A Hot Deal At $200
December 23, 2011
Out of nowhere (that's Niagara Falls, Ontario) comes a speaker dock that belongs on any under-$1,000 electronics best-of list even at the unlikely price of $200.
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App-enhanced alarm dock lets there be light
December 9, 2011
The Time Command is an app-enhanced alarm dock that thinks it's a personal assistant.
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Timeless looks, excellent sound
November 28, 2011
Harman Kardon's SoundSticks multimedia speaker system doesn't need a guest pass to get into the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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Kevin Hunt: With Zoom H2N Portable Recorder, You Can Be A Superstar
November 11, 2011
It's so much easier now to become a rock star, big-time moviemaker, podcast trendsetter or in-demand sound engineer. The starter-kit technology is within everyone's reach.
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Kevin Hunt: WD TV Live a top choice for streaming local content
November 4, 2011
Any lumbering Smart TV, connected to the Internet, brings outside entertainment like Netflix and YouTube into the home.
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Kevin Hunt: iHome speakers give flight to Airplay
October 28, 2011
The new iHome iW1 takes Airplay speakers in a new direction — that is, anywhere. The first sub-$300 speaker with Apple's wireless Airplay technology is also portable.
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Kevin Hunt: Mighty (and inexpensive) mini amplifiers
October 21, 2011
Time to downsize. These inexpensive miniature amplifiers — each weighs less than two pounds and fits in an open palm — make ideal desktop companions for multimedia speakers or as stealth power sources for a compact audio system connected to a cable box or HDTV.
