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The HT Guys
HDTV and Home Theater Podcast #353 - Ultimate Technology Throwdown
by The HT Guys on February 9, 2009 Category: General Interest
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Today's Show:
There's nothing better than a really good food fight, a close second is a really good technology battle. The Charlotte Observer's Eye on Electronics column recently featured point-counterpoint on some of the hottest technology debates of our time: Satellite vs. Cable, Wired or wireless networking, DSL vs. Cable high speed Internet, and a few more. All that and 5 Digital Television Transition Myths to wash it down.

Posted by The HT Guys, February 9, 2009 11:07 PM

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hharris4earthlink • Feb 10, 1:11pm
Amazing. I absolutely agree with all the comments. That doesn't happen very often. One caveat, however. I agree DirecTV is the best option except for RIGHT NOW. The Sun is in the same place in the sky as the DirecTV satellite cutting off my reception. Fortunately that's very rare occurrence, so I'll let them slide on that one. 8)...

About The HT Guys

The HT Guys, Ara Derderian and Braden Russell, are Engineers who formerly worked for the Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG) of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ADSG was the R&D unit of the sound department producing products for movie theaters and movie studios.

Two of the products they worked on include the DCP-1000 and DADR-5000. The DCP is a digital cinema processor used in movie theaters around the world. The DADR-5000 is a disk-based audio dubber used on Hollywood sound stages.

ADSG was awarded a Technical Academy Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2000 for the development of the DADR-5000. Ara holds three patents for his development work in Digital Cinema and Digital Audio Recording.

Every week they put together a podcast about High Definition TV and Home Theater. Each episode brings news from the A/V world, helpful product reviews and insights and help in demystifying and simplifying HDTV and home theater.