Ken C. Pohlmann

$*!t Your Home Theater Says

Saving the A/V industry: Am I a genius or what?

By Ken C. Pohlmann
Posted October 20, 2011
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The iPhone 4S was released last week. Of course, people were camping out at Apple stores to buy it. Of course, Apple sold a zillion of them in the first five minutes. Of course, you already have one, and you're probably reading this blog on it.

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Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy Blu-ray set

How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways.

If you thought the movie industry was good at milking cows (and dinosaurs), you ain’t seen nothing yet.

By Ken C. Pohlmann
Posted October 25, 2011
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How many copies of Jurassic Park do you own? I’ll give you an hour to tell me. That’s because if you are a dino-fan, it will take awhile to tally them all. Don’t miss any! There’s VHS, Laserdisk, DVD, the Trilogy DVDs, the Adventure Pack DVDs, Blu-ray…. So, how many copies of Jurassic Park do you own? Well, get ready to buy some more. The Jurassic Park: Ultimate Trilogy Blu-ray set is being released today (with a freshly remastered DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack and a whole lotta extras as incentives to purchase). And after that. . .

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Apocalypse Rewind

You won’t believe the latest Revelation in AV technology

By Ken C. Pohlmann
Posted November 2, 2011

Clearly, everything is spinning out of control. More specifically, the End of Days has finally arrived. Exactly as predicted in the Bible, we’re seeing foul and loathsome sores, water turned to blood, scorching sun and intense heat, total darkness and great pain, and preparations for the final battle between good and evil.

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Pink Floyd recording Wish You Were Here

Welcome to the Machines

How Pink Floyd broke new ground with gear and tech.

By Ken C. Pohlmann
Posted November 8, 2011
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The genius of Pink Floyd's music is intertwined with the genius of the recording of the music. And the innovative studio techniques used by the band and its producers and recording engineers are integral to the music. It’s impossible to imagine The Dark Side of the Moon without vital creative touches such as the sound of clanging money or thumping heartbeats. Perhaps no other band has pushed the technical envelope so aggressively, or profited from it so enormously. The catalog of their works is one of innovation — both musically and sonically.

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Follow the Money

Desperately seeking a better sales pitch, or at least a decent come-on line.

By Ken C. Pohlmann
Posted November 10, 2011

What do TVs and music sales have in common? They are both big businesses, and both markets are rapidly shifting the money from Old Business companies and business models to New Business companies and business models. And some major players are getting left behind.

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old bits - waveform

FOR SALE: Pre-Owned Bitstream, Gently Used

Bored by your Beatles? Jaded by Jagger? Recycle them.

By Ken C. Pohlmann
Posted November 16, 2011
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They are not so common any more, but I’m sure you remember used record & CD shops. Now imagine them without the bricks and mortar. Or the bins. Or the records and CDs. Say what? Welcome to the biggest music-industry brouhaha since Napster.

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iPhone 4s Siri Reminder Screen

You Talkin’ To Me? Well I’m The Only One Here.

Soon, people won’t think you’re crazy if you talk to your TV

By Ken C. Pohlmann
Posted December 22, 2011
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What is the Great American Pastime? Baseball? Football? Soccer? Actually, it’s none of those. Our great pastime is sitting passively and yelling as other people actively run around. And while shouting from the bleachers is fun, it’s even more fun to sit and shout at the TV.

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It's Good to be Number Three

3D TV is selling like gangbusters. Just not here.

By Ken C. Pohlmann
Posted January 5, 2012
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Americans are sometimes criticized for being ignorant of the rest of the world. I guess the fact that most Americans can’t locate Canada on a map tends to confirm that. (It’s somewhat south of the North Pole) Along the same lines, we tend to forget that there are consumer markets other than ours. Moreover, those markets can be surprisingly different from ours.

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OnStar FMV Mirror

CES 2012: OnStar FMV

Not your father’s Oldsmobile: More apps (and more cars).

By Ken C. Pohlmann
Posted January 10, 2012
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CES 2012: Aha!

Aha Adds Honda, Subaru and Kenwood

By Ken C. Pohlmann
Posted January 12, 2012

When we first alerted readers to Harman’s Aha, we expected to hear a lot more about this streaming platform. As expected, Aha added fuel to its fires at CES.

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