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HD in Zone 2, Two Subs, Video Conversion
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 20, 2010
In The Zone
As digital HDMI connections (and their associated HDCP requirements) become the default for A/V gear, I wonder if the days of a second HD zone on AVRs are behind us? Or are the manufacturers planning to address the current limitation of sending only SD video to a second zone? Will I be forced to buy an HDMI matrix?
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V-Moda Vibrato Headphones Are Made of Zinc Alloy, Kevlar
SV Staff  |  Oct 20, 2010

 

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Power Amplifier ReviewsSurround Processor Reviews
Rotel RSP-1570 Surround Processor and RMB-1575 Amplifier
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 20, 2010
Price: $4,998 At A Glance: Superior surround processor sonics • Excellent ergonomics • Cool-running ICEpower amp lacks definition

The Ladder to the High End

You’ve got to have sympathy for sound- and build-quality-oriented A/V electronics manufacturers like Rotel. You can go online, and for four hundred bucks and change buy a “630-watt” 7.1-channel AVR from a big-name manufacturer with all the latest lossless audio decoding from Dolby and DTS, video processing, 1080p HDMI switching, upconversion, and more. Since many people these days don’t care about good sound and because they’ve never actually heard it, they think, “Everything sounds the same.” And they think they should get it all for a pittance.

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Home Theater Geeks Podcast
Podcast 38: Don Stewart
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 20, 2010
Don Stewart, a third-generation owner/partner at Stewart Filmscreen, talks about the company's more than 60-year history, projection-screen basics such as gain and aspect ratios, white vs. gray vs. "black" screens, acoustically transparent screens, curved screens, 3D screens, and answers to chat-room questions.

Run Time: 58:08

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Audio Video News
THX and LG Salute Jack Cardiff
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 20, 2010
In a daylong event last week, THX Ltd. and LG Electronics brought a number of journalists to its San Mateo, California headquarters. The main feature was the showing of the documentary Camera Man: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff from independent filmmaker Craig McCall, but THX also took the opportunity to bring us up to date on its THX certification program, including its work with LG on the latter's LCD and plasma sets.
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Shane Buettner Blog
A No HELOC Dedicated Home Theater
Shane Buettner  |  Oct 20, 2010
These last two weeks have been very tight to find blogging time, but this is too cool not to share even if it’s a copout in the form of a quickie to those keeping score at home. A Home Theater reader named Andrew Lambert just emailed over a link to this YouTube video of his dedicated home theater.
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Audio Video News
Oakley Intros $150 Special-Edition Tron 3D Glasses
SV Staff  |  Oct 20, 2010
Paying $150 for a pair of 3D glasses isn't crazy. In fact, that's right around going rate for most active shutter specs. However, there's nothing active at all about these Oakley 3D shades, which celebrate the upcoming release of...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Oct 20, 2010
Teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is asked to help his friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) conduct a scientific experiment involving a time machine made out of a DeLorean. Before he knows it, he finds himself transported to 1955 and sets off a time-shattering chain reaction that can wipe out his future. Searching out the 1955 version of Doc, the pair has to figure out a way to fix the space-time continuum and get the teenager back to the future.

In Part II, Marty and Doc travel 30 years into the future in order to stop Marty's son from setting off a chain of events that will ruin the family's reputation. In the process of fixing the future, the pair inadvertently disrupts the space-time continuum (again) and need to travel back to 1955 in order to set things right.

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The MettleShop Interview: Richard Thompson, Dream Weaver
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 20, 2010

So we’re here to dissect the Dream Attic, as it were…

Dissect the Attic? Okay, sounds dangerous.

I really like the decision you made to cut this album live while you were on tour earlier this year in the western US. Was that always the intent? How long ago had you decided that route when you were working on this material?

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Audio Video News
Netflix Adopts DD+ for Streaming
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 20, 2010
The audio part of Netflix streaming video rentals is about to get a lot better with the adoption of Dolby Digital Plus surround.
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