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The HT Guys
HDTV and Home Theater Podcast #363 - Most Important Inventions of the last 30 Years
by The HT Guys on March 17, 2009 Category: General Interest
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Have you ever wondered how other guys get away with some of the home theater purchaes they make? It seems like they always have a creative way to either get the finance committee to authorize the purchase or to slip it past them like a magician. There's a great blog post from Elemental Designs Audio with some of the ways their customers have pulled off some rather large purchases.

Convincing your wife or hiding it from her?


When you think of the most influential inventions of the last 30 years, what would you put on that list? That's exactly what a panel of eight judges from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania was asked to do. The Internet and mobile phones made the top of their list. There's a few items missing from their list that have changed our lives dramatically.

Internet, Mobile Phones Named Most Important Inventions


Posted by The HT Guys, March 17, 2009 7:08 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.