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The HT Guys
HDTV and Home Theater Podcast #355 - CES Best Buzz and Cheap Home Theater Upgrades
by The HT Guys on February 17, 2009 Category: General Interest
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Today's Show:
Each year Insight Media releases their CES Best Buzz awards to showcase some of the hottest items from CES. We expected to see a couple of the items that made the list, a few of the them surprised us and several made us really wish we'd been able to attend this year. Hopefully next year.
CES 2009 Best Buzz Awards

We also went over some of the items in a resent article from Lifehacker about how to upgrade your home theater without spending much money. Some of the items on the list were pretty cool. Check it out.
Top 10 Cheap or Free Home Theater Upgrades


Posted by The HT Guys, February 17, 2009 12:04 AM

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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.