This week we’d like to showcase a home theater upgrade from Mill Valley.  For this project the customer had us swap out an old CRT TV with a new high performance 50″ Samsung Plasma HDTV and a surround sound system upgrade.  Below, is an exclusive look at the installation broken down into 6 phases: Here is [...]

Apple’s music event on September 1st brought great news to home theater enthusiasts with the release of a new Apple TV.   The new Apple TV boasts a stripped down form factor about ¼ the size of older models.  This is in part because there is no longer local storage and Apple has stripped down the [...]

This week, we thought we’d switch it up here on the SoundVision ShowTimes blog and let one of our technicians do the talking. I sat down with our Lead Technician, Kenny Meligan to chat about some of his experiences with other companies in the industry in comparison with SoundVision.  Kenny also offers up some advice [...]

Did you know that Netflix subscribers have access to a large selection of streaming movies, shows, concerts, and more? Internet ready Blu-ray players like the Samsung BD-P3600 and current generation game systems can connect directly to your Netflix account and stream unlimited video content to your home theater. Netflix just announced two great additions to [...]

ESPN 3D has just announced the first 3D college games to be broadcast on the new network. Boise State vs. Virginia Tech Miami vs. Ohio State Clemson vs. Auburn These games have initial honors with more 3D college and pro games to be announced. We think that 3D will become the viewing option of choice [...]

Local speaker manufacturer James Loudspeakers (of Napa) offers a truly stunning line of outdoor landscape speakers that are designed to not only blend in with your garden, but also sound amazing.  Never before have we seen speakers that seamlessly integrate with landscaping this well and sound so perfect.  Here are a few of their options. [...]

Occasionally we hear from customers who are interested in integrating HDTVs into their living room, den, or bathroom, but are concerned about a large TV shifting the focal point of the room in an undesirable way. Artscreens A common request for hidden TVs comes from homeowners who have a fireplace in their living room.  Simply [...]

In the world of digital audio compression there seems to be mountains of info and technical jargon surrounding all the various file formats and compression algorithms to convert your music.  Our aim with this guide is to offer solutions for converting your music collection and get it sounding great with your integrated audio systems. What [...]

Introducing TRUFIG—a revolutionary new flush-mounting technology developed by the engineers at Sonance, the inventors of the original in-wall speaker. TRUFIG takes ordinary protruding wall elements like Crestron touchpanels, Lutron lighting keypads, electrical outlets and even recessed lighting fixtures and turns them into flush-mounted pieces of architectural beauty. This new technology is turning heads the architectural [...]

Fresh off the heels of the incredible growth of the Android mobile operating system, Google unveiled the new Google TV platform at last week’s Google I/O Conference in San Francisco. The new device is promising to merge the world of online content from portals like YouTube, Netflix and Hulu with what you already receive from cable or satellite [...]