Aperion Audio, a manufacturer and direct seller of home theater loudspeakers and subwoofers, has just announced the launch of the Intimus 4T, a two-way tower speaker featuring dual 4” woven fiberglass composite mid-woofers and audiophile grade 1” silk dome tweeters. The 4T is the newest model in the completely redesigned Intimus line. Created as a companion to our incredibly popular 4B bookshelf speakers, the new 4T’s offer amazing performance in a very compact package according to Aperion Audio.

Sony's next-generation Blu-ray Disc player, model BDP-S350, is now available across the country at Sony Style retail outlets, sonystyle.com and other authorized Sony retailers.

An all-new family of loudspeakers from Canada’s PSB Speakers, dubbed “Imagine,” is destined to become the standard of value among audio and home-theater fans for whom real-world sonic performance is the salient criterion of excellence. Yet at the same time, PSB expects the Imagine models to reset expectations of just how an “affordable-high-end” loudspeaker can look, and of the quality standards to which they can be crafted.

Several news stories and press releases have appeared over the past few months in which manufacturers, either subtly or not-so, extolled the virtues of DVD upconversion over Blu-ray. Not surprisingly, none of these manufacturers currently sells a Blu-ray product, but two of them are expected to enter the Blu-ray market soon enough -- which makes their current marketing tactics seem counterproductive at best, blatantly misleading at worst.

A number of manufacturers have announced a price drop in select HDTVs due to overstock in inventory.  This comes as no surprise given the state of our economy.  The home theater and entertainment markets have remained surprisingly strong despite the recession.  But it looks as if it is finally catching up to them.  Mitsubishi, LG, Panasonic, Sharp, and Samsung are among the first to make price adjustment announcements.  Other manufacturers are expected to follow soon.

After seven seasons of laughs, ABC's "Scrubs" is finally getting the boost to HD.  It is very surprising that this move did not occur two seasons ago, however, better late than never.  The new season will begin in midseason, and speculation has Scrubs' eighth season being the last.

ATI announced recently the coming of the All-in-Wonder card, and Diamond Multimedia is the first to market with their own version.  Diamond Multimedia introduced two premium graphics cards with a built in TV tuner and full PVR functionality: The All-In-Wonder and the All-In-Wonder Premium version that includes a convenient green button remote that launches Windows Media Player with one touch, and an input/output board that provides easy connection to devices such as DVDs and VCRs.

With all the video downloading services out on the Internet today it is easy for consumers to get confused on exactly what quality video they are watching.  Video codecs, vide bitrates, streaming, buffering, etc, etc, gives too many people headaches.  Mark Cuban lends his wisdom as to what is really going on with Internet video and its impact on what is real HD video.

Paradigm Electronics Inc. has added new on-wall speakers to its Reference Signature speaker line. More than three feet in length to accommodate their six cutting-edge drivers, the Signature W5 and W5 C (center channel) speakers complement any wall-mounted flat-panel display or discreet A/V installation without sacrificing power or realism.