Dead or Alive 5 on Xbox One X is a Pleasant Surprise
Team Ninja has a history of great games under its belt but they are most famous for the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series. With Itagaki in the driver’s […]
Redout Lightspeed Edition – Xbox One X 4K Patch Review
The 4K patch for Redout Lightspeed Edition, a futuristic anti-gravity racer by an Italian studio, just dropped a few days ago. The patch notes promised native 4K rendering, 300+ bug […]
Fake 4K – When 4K is not Really 4K
UHD Blu Ray is oftentimes made from a source only 6% higher in resolution than a normal Blu Ray. Be aware of this when buying…
Ninja Gaiden Black on Xbox One X is Tremendously Handsome
The First Wave of Original Xbox Titles I consider Ninja Gaiden on the original Xbox as still one of the best action games of all times. So when Microsoft announced […]
Andrew’s Home Theatre Installation
Projection The Screen is made out of Foamex and SimpleHomeCinema Light Grey Projection Paint with a velvet boarder. The lighting around the screen is LIFX Z controlled using Logitech harmony […]
Building Your Own Home Cinema Business: Interview With Ben Hobbs
Ben Hobbs, Managing Director of H3 Digital kindly offered to do an interview for SimpleHomeCinema. I welcomed the idea as I believe in supporting each other in this line of business […]
Why I love the Xbox – and Looking Forward to the Xbox One X
Introduction This isn’t going to be an unbiased view or review – as if there was such a thing minus conducting a double blind study on it and even that […]
How To Create Seating Platforms for Your Home Cinema
I will show you how to elevate your sofa to create proper cinema seating in your living area.
Loudness Correction and Yamaha YPAO Volume
Here you were thinking you had it all sorted once you applied EQ to your system, hey? Not so fast… a flat EQ is not going to give you correct tonal balance after all. Meet Loudness Correction.
Yamaha YPAO Configuration – The Right Way
Introduction I have been around to a friend recently who just bought the latest and greatest Avantage Receiver from Yamaha and AU$5000 worth of speakers but didn’t bother to read […]
UHD 4K Blu Ray – a year on
Reflecting on UHD Blu Ray as a format a year after its introduction…
Yamaha YPAO R.S.C – Take Two
Introduction In a previous blog post, I introduced YPAO R.S.C. (Reflection Sound Control), which is Yamaha’s room equalisation system. If you’re new to room equalisation, please read this post first. […]
The Home Cinema PC – Simply!
Introduction I love packaged media such as DVD – in the old days – and now Blu Ray. Packaged media will always have the upper hand when it comes to […]
Uncompressed Sound and Video are NOT Better than Compressed
The Marketing Machine Everyone was rejoicing when Blu Ray’s standard allowed manufacturers to include uncompressed sound on disks. Most certainly Blu Ray’s provide much improved sound but did you know […]
How to connect up your new Home Cinema Receiver?
3 easy steps You will need to follow 3 easy steps after you have unboxed and placed the receiver in your AV rack or other well-ventillated area of your home […]
What is Room Equalisation (EQ) and why should you care?
The Perfect Loudspeaker Loudspeaker design nowadays is advanced to a point where loudspeakers have a pretty much flat frequency response between 20Hz to 20Khz, which are the lower and upper […]
