| Home theater news and reviews |  | Sony HT-CT150
Sony's HT-CT150 sound bar home theater system sounds great and is way ahead of the competition with its three HDMI inputs; however, its IR receiver limits the subwoofer's placement options. Read more
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| | | Yamaha intros new Aventage line of receivers
Yamaha has added a fourth line to its AV receiver offerings, Aventage, which focuses on performance at a higher-than-average price point. Read more
| | | Samsung expands lineup of 3D TV, home theater models
Samsung reaffirmed its commitment to 3D video today, highlighting a range of new 3D-compatible home theater, TV, and Blu-ray products at a press event in Manhattan. Check out our full recap. Read more
| | | Home theater automatic speaker calibration dos and don'ts
Auto speaker calibration is supposed to ease home theater setup hassles, but getting it right requires some homework. Find out what to do, and what not to do, from CNET's resident audiophile Steve Guttenberg. Read more
| | | | Crave | | | Sling Media is scrambling to address service issues that have left many of the company's users unable to access their Slingbox video streamers during the past several days. The official support thread on Slingbox's Web site starts documenting the current spate of problems as of Thursday. However, I was encountering access problems on my Slingbox as early as Tuesday. Read more
| | | | | The Audiophiliac | | | Is good-enough sound good enough for you?
Posted by Steve Guttenberg
Few big-screen-TV buyers are willing to invest in bona-fide home theater systems with a receiver, five (or more) speakers, and a subwoofer. Most folks are satisfied with the sound from the tiny stereo speakers built into the display. That's sad, since based on what I've heard from the displays being reviewed at the CNET offices the sound is at best barely passable. In fact, the quality of the built-in speakers is getting worse with each passing year. Great-looking high-definition video matched to lo-fi sound doesn't work for me, but we all have our priorities, don't we? Read more | | More audiophilia | | | | | |
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