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Reception-wise, the transition to digital television will create winners and losers. Some areas will get stronger signals, while others will get weaker ones. And the latter will be subject to the "cliff effect"--the picture doesn't degrade, it shuts down altogether. On Friday the Federal Communications Commission updated its lists of projected losers.

At less than 5 inches thick, Pinnacle's new Slim Sub 66 might be the slimmest subwoofer available. The unpowered, dual 6.5-inch cone sub measures just 4.75 inches deep, making it simple to squeeze behind the sofa for maximum seat-thumping. Pinnacle...

MartinLogan is known for some pretty ostentatious designed based around electrostatic drivers, so it's pretty surprising to see the company announce such a nondescript-looking speaker. The new Encore TF is a remarkably modest-looking LCR speaker,...

The DTV transition is now just one week away, scheduled for June 12, 2009. On that date, more than half of the nation's television broadcasters will make the final switch to digital signals, shutting off analog forever. The other half have already made the transition over the past several months.

You've no doubt heard of Audyssey technologies by now. Their auto calibration and room EQ circuitry are practically an industry standard. The masterminds behind all the Audyssey technologies are USC professors Tomlinson Holman and Chris Kyriakakis. I, and a few other journalists, had the rare opportunity to spend an afternoon with Tom and Chris to learn about their latest technology called DSX. The basic technology is centered around a concept that Tomlinson Holman has been talking about for the last 10 years.

If you're a customer of Time Warner Cable, then you have probably noticed that you no longer get any of Mark Cuban's HDNet channels. The story being reported is that Mark Cuban was unhappy with the channels' spot on the HD Tier package...