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That is an excellent point, but that was an audio-only system in the original book and original illustrations. I double checked the book at archive.org amongst other sources, and while it's a very fancy telephone/teleconference system far-reaching at the time, it did not have a videophone or...

Hello, This 1878 illustration picture below is amazing. It looks just like my home theater in many ways (2 meter screen, projector box, videophone). This date seems to be little known chapter in the history of home theater, but Punch magazine published on December 9th, 1878 -- an...

>>I wish I could say more, but there is something new in the works that will be, um, a new top of the line for the tactile transducers. Think of it like the poor man's Odyssee. While I am not privy to what is being developed, I heard enough from some people I was able to put together what is...

26 pounds, that's very light for a 40 inch display! I think the weight figure is right (12kg) -- TFT's are much thinner than plasma displays. TFT's are just mostly glass, and not much electronics are required to drive them -- just a few extra pounds. Add a lightweight aluminum or magnesium...

I'm in the market for a new DILA projector (which, IMHO, can be superior to LCD and DLP after proper calibration) ... I am aware of the ambient light problem during days in a living room ... My plan is to have a 7' or 8' screen mounted on the wall above a 27" TV set in low-profile TV cabinet...

No. Today's nVidia and ATI cards do a MUCH better job at DVD than separate decoder cards. Just make sure you have at least about a 500 Mhz CPU.

>>"obvious, but worth mentioning just in case" Not necessarily - if using a BIG SCREEN Computer Compatible Display .... Such as many HDTV's, plasma displays, projectors, etc. You simply use VGA output as the progressive scan output. Therefore you would not need a TV-Out in this case...