John-Michael Del Valle’s Blog

Life always will be lived for the thrill.
While we have almost full control or no control of what happens, we are on the ride.
Sometimes we see the top of the skylines and other times we have to look up and only dream.
The sun will rise to the top of the heavens again and again.
Today we […]

How to get HD audio without using a HDMI cable.
Right now the two main HD audio codecs are Dolby TrueHD & DTS-MA. These audio tracks can be found on Blu-ray disk. Unfortunately if you don’t have an AV Receiver you realize you’re constrained by your TV speakers. Now if you have an AV Receiver and […]

Sony XBR 8 vs Samsung 9 Series
Introduction:
The Sony XBR 8 is the latest in LCD LED technology. On paper it’s the best LCD in the market but Samsung has produced its own LCD LED model as well. I’m going to get a bit anal when it comes to this comparison. In the long run both […]

Last night we had a few friends over our apartment. The reason for the event was to watch the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. Aside from just meeting up to hang out it was also a test to see what people thought of Blu-ray and a real surround sound.
Many people are finally catching word […]

If there is one piece of equipment in your home theater that I believe is the most important besides the TV it’s your AV Receiver. This could make or break your entire set up. With that being said it’s time I step up to the plate and push out a guide that explains all the […]

This past week-end was fairly busy for us. Last week started the parade of art shows going on in Miami. Art Basel is the big one that everyone knows about but there are many other shows going on around town.
Saturday we decided to check out some of the smaller showings going on in the Design […]

Many of you who are YouTube junkies have noticed that YouTube has switched over all it’s video into a widescreen format. It was notced a few weeks ago that YouTube was also testing out some HD content. Well let me one of the first to share with you…. YouTube HD!
Obviously not all video on youtube […]

LCD vs Plasma was one of the most common questions I received while working at Circuit City. It’s probably the first thing we explained to all the rookies. The problem with this was who was telling the person the differences. Everyone is bias to one or the other deep down inside, even myself. Hopefully by […]

Here some Crissy Criss Tracks:

Caspa tracks:

Chase and Status dubstep track:

If you like some of these tracks check out this live mix: Plastician’s November 24th 2008 podcast

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