Sound Advice: How to properly set up your HDMI receiver

Question: I don't seem to be hearing surround sound from my HDMI receiver. I just want to hear a movie the way it was meant to be heard.

Sound advice: Configure surround sound yourself

QI have a Yamaha RX-V1900 receiver that replaced a Sony unit that lacked HDMI. My problem is that I don't seem to be hearing surround sound. I used the supplied setup microphone and have been getting poor results. I've been over the manual three times. What am I doing wrong?

Samsung’s 2012 6000 Series Flat-Panel TV Lineup to Feature SRS Labs’ Flagship TheaterSound HD Technology

SRS Labs, Inc. , the industry leader in surround sound, audio enhancement, and voice post-processing technologies, announced today that Samsung, a long-term partner o

The Monitor: Items stolen from storage unit

Someone cut the lock off at a storage unit at Air Hill Storage, 7208 Cumberland Highway, and stole several items between April 19 and Thursday. Items stolen include a 60-inch Mitsubushi WD-60735 flat screen TV, a Sony surround sound system, nine boxes full of miscellaneous baseball cards and bobble head baseball figurines of the Baltimore Orioles, Pennsylvania State Police said.

Entertaining Home Technologies

Ever since the advent of the first radios and TVs, home entertainment has been a relatively high-tech enterprise, but in the past few years, there has been a revolution in the quality of sights and sounds available. This arena continues to be an experimental space for new and improved technologies that enhance viewing and listening experiences.