Writing by Brent Rockwood
After ten years with my old Kenwood VR-206 home theatre receiver, I’ve finally decided to upgrade. The winner is, the Yamaha HTR-6160. I’ve always found Yamaha receivers to have a natural sound, and this one supports the newer standards including Dolby True-HD and DTS-HD Master, both of which are commonly found on the Blu-Ray movies [...]
Bob Dylan is one of the world’s great songwriters, but as a performer he can be hard to love. Some of my friends were disappointed with his performance at the Metro Centre last week, but I knew what to expect. He doesn’t look at the audience. He doesn’t talk to the audience. He just [...]
I finally broke down and bought a Playstation 3. After one day of ownership, I have to say, I couldn’t be happier.
I bought the 40GB version, which lacks the media card reader and Playstation 2 emulation. Neither of those features was particularly important to me, so I couldn’t really justify an extra hundred bucks for [...]
