John-Michael Del Valle’s Blog

Today I planned to connect my uncles TVs. I left to the beach around 11:30ish I believe. I ended up not leaving till around 6:30. Sometimes the easiest task could turn out much more difficult. I’ll say the first half of the day was spent moving around old TVs. You take for granted the new […]

Yesterday I got a call from my bestfriend Paula to meet up since she knew it was my day off. I was out anyways after spending too many hours playing Metal Gear Solid 4 (On last act). She wanted to meet up at Target near Brickell. I got there early and decided to visit the […]

First off the Sony 46″ XBR 8 is ’suppose’ to release in the Aug-Sept time period. Later on next month I’ll go check at a local CC to see if anything is in the system yet. As for all those people who want a 52″ I’m sorry to inform you it looks like they will […]

I’ve done tons of research trying to solve a problem of wanting to record HDTV onto my PC. My building currently uses Primecast which uses Dish Network. I have a HD DVR but I want to record my shows onto the PC instead of storing it on the limited harddrive plus record straight to the […]

I’ve sort of lacked on reviewing products. Here are some things I plan on reviewing and writing about.
Sony 2008 Line
Sony XBR 6, XBR 7, & XBR 8
Samsung 4, 5, 6, 7 series
Onkyo HTIB
Major Blu-Ray player and comparisons
If want help or any questions reguarding any of these subjects feel free to comment. I […]

Everyone’s most trusted brand, Sony, in televisions has come out with plenty of new sets and models. It can become quite confusing even to people who work at retail stores on what the differences are between the four models. Trust me I dare you to visit any local retail store like Best Buy, Circuit City, […]

Can you tell the difference?
Alright for all you who want to know if you have an ear for quality I found something for you. It’s a site which plays a mp3 at 128kbps and 320kbps. Once you hear both of them you have to chose which one is the 320kbps. I got it right and […]

TV Buying Guide
part 3
The main things you will be seeing on the tags are the contrast ratio. In simple terms contrast ratio is the differences of black and whites on the screen. The larger the contrast ratio the better the set is. Any television with around 4,000:1 is good enough. The highest contrast ratio […]

Start off with a little story before I get into this write up. You can skip this completely but think it might be helpful. Back when I was in grade school and it was Christmas break during 8th grade. I came up with this idea that I wanted to put a home theater system in […]

TV Buying Guide
part 2
Projection televisions are the next up. There are two types of projections on the market: Rear projection and front projection. Rear refers to those regular looking televisions with backs to them (they keep getting thinner and thinner with time). Front projections are the small boxes behind you which produce large images. The […]