ABOUT

Rob Sabin is an independent journalist whose work focuses on how emerging technologies disrupt industries, reshape consumer behavior, and evolve from early promise to real-world impact. His reporting has covered key transition points in media and consumer technology, from the early development of digital cinema to the rollout of HDTV and the rise—and failure—of competing platforms and formats.

Sabin began his career at the High End audio journal The Absolute Sound under the aegis of founder/editor Harry Pearson, Jr., an award-winning newspaper reporter who became a lifelong friend and mentor. He spent more than three decades as a reporter and editor in the consumer and trade press, including leadership roles as Editor-in-Chief of Sound & Vision and Home Theater magazines, among others. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Absolute Sound, The Perfect Vision, Popular Science, TWICE, and other national and industry publications.

Now working independently, he produces reported features and investigative work aimed at a broad audience, employing his background and editorial skills to explain complex technologies and their real-world impact to non-technical readers.

Samples of selected work with detailed summaries are available here.

Professional Highlights

    • 30+ years editorial
      • Editor-in-Chief, Sound & Vision, Home Theater, Home Theater Buyer’s Guide, Digital Home Entertainment, Audio/Video Shopper, ProjectorCentral.com
      • Executive Editor, Sound & Vision
      • Senior Editor, Stereo Review, Home Theater, TWICE
      • Freelance: The New York Times, Popular Mechanics, The Absolute Sound, The Perfect Vision, Sound & Vision, CEDIACrosspoint.com
    • CEDIA-Certified Advanced Level II Install Technician
      • Electronics Design Group, Piscataway, NJ
      • Independent Custom Installer (Hangtime Home Theater & Automation)
    • Education
      • BA, Journalism & Mass Communication, Rutgers University, 1995
      • AAS, Electrical Technology, Queensborough Community College, 1983
    • Afilliations
      • Member, Custom Electronics Design & Installation Association (CEDIA)
      • Volunteer, CEDIA Recommended Practices Committee, Video Best Practices (RP23)