MIKE LAKE: An introduction to home theater technology

For most of us, spending money on a movie theater experience is getting harder and harder to justify. One would wager that at least once in your life you've wished to have a bigger, better, more satisfying home theater experience.

Hands-on with Unity home theater

Unity's street price is $999 and will be available later this year. Pictured with a 47-inch TV. (Credit: Christopher MacManus/CNET) During CES , I got a chance to hook up with Engage, the company behind Unity , a well-built home theater system. Unity is the brainchild of Todd Beauchamp, an ex-Apple audio engineer (he worked closely on iPhone acoustics, for example) and Mike Fidler, an individual ...

Apple patents new touchscreen remote control for a future Apple TV

In addition to controlling home theater devices like DVD players and home automation systems, the remote concept could also work with your computer to run iTunes or execute other functions.

Green Your Academy Awards Movie Viewing--or Any Movie Night!

(2/7) by Amanda Czepiel, J.D., BLR Legal Editor. Whether you head out to the theater or host a movie night at home (or have an Academy Awards ceremony celebration!), there are some easy steps you can take to make your movie night environmentally friendly.

There won't be a new Xbox or PlayStation announcement this year. And that is a good thing.

Let’s be honest. If you ignore all the news, pretend all the hype is imagined, and search your feelings: is anyone really excited for the next Xbox or the PS4 yet? If this was an actual discussion and, ya know, not a written column, the answer would likely be a resounding no. That doesn’t mean people aren’t interested in the next generation of consoles and won’t buy them with the glee that only ...