Want to hook up your dusty VCR to your brand-new HDTV? If your HDTV set has a composite-video input (which, not all that long ago, they mostly did), then you’re all set. But if you’ve got a newer HDTV that lacks a composite-video connector, you’ll...
Mention Apple TV, Roku, the Xbox 360, or any garden-variety HDTV set, and the term “HDMI” will inevitably pop up—especially once the subject turns to plugging one home-video gizmo into another. So, what is “HDMI,” exactly? What does it stand...
Give the gift of streaming video with the gadgets in our home-theater shopping guide. Among our picks: a pair of streaming TV set-top boxes (can you say Apple TV?); one remote control to rule them all; a pocket-sized HD projector; and a disc to help set up that new...
Andrea writes: I’m about to buy my first big flat-screen TV (finally) and a Blu-ray player, but I have a question about the HDMI cable that connects the Blu-ray to the TV set. How much do I need to spend on it? The guy at the store keeps trying to sell me a $100...
