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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Little Fockers (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Apr 06, 2011
After his brother-in-law ruins his marriage with his philandering ways, Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is his father-in-law's (Robert DeNiro) last hope to assume the role as the family patriarch (aka, "The Godfocker"). When a beautiful pharmaceutical rep (Jessica Alba) enters the scene, Greg must repel her sexual advances in order to keep his marriage sacred and not lose the new found admiration from the family patriarch.

After being skewered by critics in its theatrical run, I had extremely low expectations for the third installment of the trials and tribulations of Greg Focker. While it doesn't measure up to the first film (or the second), there are quite a few laughs, especially when Stiller and DeNiro share the screen together. Unfortunately the screenplay doesn't flow very well and I expected to see more of the kids given the title of the film, but their time on screen is very limited.

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Audio Video News
Lucasfilm Selects Prime Focus to Convert Star Wars to 3D
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 05, 2011
Converting 2D content to 3D is controversial at best, but when George Lucas wants to do it to Star Wars, that's big news. Following an exhaustive testing process, Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic have selected Prime Focus to convert Episode I: The Phantom Menace to 3D for theatrical release on February 10, 2012.
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Audio Video News
Integration for homes big and small
Michael Berk  |  Apr 05, 2011

Altec Lansing's newly announced Octiv 650 iPhone/iPod Touch dock makes your mobile companion the centerpiece of your living room.

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Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
Klipsch Synergy B-20 Speaker System
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 05, 2011
Price: $1,307 At A Glance: Horn-loaded tweeter draws on long Klipsch tradition • Tweeter surround allows more piston-like movement • High sensitivity suits any A/V receiver

Toot Your Horn

Surround sound is an indispensable part of home theater. But some people still have difficulty making the leap from two-channel to 5.1-channel-plus. One question that comes up is: Doesn’t going from two speakers to five or more place a strain on the amplifier? After all, an amp driven into clipping suffers from harshness and compression, and that’s never pleasant to listen to.

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Blu-ray Movie ReviewsMusic Reviews
Rush’s Fountain of Surround, Part 2: Moving Predictions
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 05, 2011

“It’s a timeless record with so much detail,” says surround-sound remix guru Richard Chycki about Rush’s 1981 masterpiece, Moving Pictures. “I’m glad you’ve clued into all of the nuances.” Chycki is referring to what I said to him last week about the PCM 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mixes he did for MP’s 30th anniversary reissue. Today marks the release of the CD+DVD version, something certainly worth getting if you’re not equipped for Blu-ray — but the much preferred Holy Grail CD+BD version won’t be out until May 3.

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Premiere Design
Runco D-73d 3D DLP Projector, Part 4
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 05, 2011
So far in this report on my experience with the Runco D-73d 3D projector, I've covered its features in Part 1 and Part 2 and my calibration and measurements in Part 3. Now, it's finally time to watch some movies.
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Audio Video News
30 Years Later, Moving Pictures "Rushes" To Blu-Ray
Rob Sabin  |  Apr 05, 2011
Moving Pictures is finally on Blu-ray—not the kind of pictures you watch, but Moving Pictures, the seminal Rush album that went quadruple platinum in the U.S. and will be released April 5th in a new, fully remastered audiophile edition.

The new 30th anniversary Deluxe Edition reissue from Universal Music comes in a dual-disc package, combining a digitally remastered version of the original CD mated with either a DVD or Blu-ray Disc. Both the DVD and Blu-ray include high-resolution 96kHz/24-bit stereo taken from the original analog master, as well as 96/24 5.1-channel PCM surround audio mixed down from the original multitrack assets under the careful supervision of Rush lead guitarist Alex Lifeson.

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Audio Video News
Panasonic on the Road Again
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 05, 2011
Panasonic is strutting its 2011 lineup in 15 cities starting this week. On display during the Experience Amazing Tour will be Viera 3DTVs, apps, Blu-ray players, HTiBs, Lumix cameras, and camcorders.

The tour began this week at New York's Grand Central Terminal and will finish up in Miami on May 15. Stops in between will include Long Island, Chicago, LA, Boston, Detroit, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, San Francisco, DC, Dallas, Seattle, Atlanta, and Houston. See schedule.

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Audio Video News
Onkyo's Latest Networking AV Receiver
Kim Wilson  |  Apr 05, 2011
The cost of entry for all the bells and whistles of a networked AV Receiver is certainly affordable with the new Onkyo HT-RC370.
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Other Tech
Robbie Robertson Presents: How to Score an Audio Movie
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 04, 2011

When Robbie Robertson met Jimi Hendrix in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1966, Hendrix (then going by the name of Jimmy James) was intent on learning about a subject crucial to his future as an artist. “He only wanted to talk about songwriting,” revealed Robertson. “Because I was playing with Bob Dylan then, he thought I might know something about those secrets.” What was the best advice Robertson shared with Jimi? “If everybody is writing about one particular thing, then I would not go in that particular direction, because it’s crowded over there.

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