We'll be updating this directory of our original features and guides relating to the digital living room, including home theater, high definition, digital television, and the growing assortment of methods for getting content onto your TV. Have a question, need some advice or have an idea for a feature we should run? Let us know in the comments!
Last updated: March 6, 2009
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Blu-ray
- Blu-ray Profiles 101: What you need to know
- How Blu-ray won the high definition format war
- Will Blu-ray fail?
- All Blu-ray news
Buying guides
- HDTV buying guide
- LCD vs Plasma vs DLP: What's the difference?
- HDMI basics: What is it and how much should I spend?
- Picking the right Home Theater in a Box
- When is it time to buy a universal remote?
Comparators
Comparators allow us to put devices side by side for an at-a-glance view of their specifications. You can sort rows in the comparator by clicking a row name, and add more "unabridged" spec sections at the bottom of each comparator. If you're new to our comparators, check out the screencast tour.
- Big and beautiful HDTVs
- High-end home theater PCs
- Space saving home theater PCs
- Thin is in: Thinnest HDTVs
Connections
Digital and Internet TV
- Ditch your cable box: an Obsessable guide
- Throw away your television: How to watch all your TV on the internet
- The Great DTV Saga: the state of the digital TV transition
- The Digital TV cutover explained
- Video codecs 101: What are they, and how do I play back my video?
Gaming
We're so obsessed with gaming that our features and guides have their own directory page. Check out the gaming directory.
High definition
- HDTV buying guide
- Super Bowl HDTV wins: Score a big game deal on a new set
- HDTV 101: Aspect ratio basics
- HDMI basics: What is it and how much should I spend?
- Save money when choosing between 720p and 1080p
- What cables do I need with my new HDTV?
- Games that scream "Play me in HD!"
Media centers, streamers and HTPCs
- Ask the Editors: What is Slingbox?
- BitTorrent 101: How it works, and our top four applications
- DVD Ripping 101: What you need to know to get video on your machine
- High-end home theater PCs compared
- Home media streaming 101: DLNA explained
- How to: Get the Xbox 360 to play nice with Windows Media Center
- How to stream videos from your PC to your TV
- Space saving home theater PCs
Sound
Check out all of our audio-related guides in the full Audio features and guides directory.
Where to get content
- Ask the editors: Best video sharing sites?
- BitTorrent 101: How it works, and our top four applications
- DVD Ripping 101: What you need to know to get video on your machine
- iTunes 101: How-to rip audio CDs
- Online video providers mega list
- Throw away your television: How to watch all your TV on the internet
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Mike Wehner
(9:18 AM on Tue Jan 27, 2009)
I WANT that couch... seriously.