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The Fat Lady Sings
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 19, 2009

In 1975, Meir Mordechai had a dream&#151;to create the perfect speaker. Since then, his Israeli company, <A href="http://www.morelhifi.com">Morel</A> (short for Mordechai Electronics), has developed a wide variety of innovative drivers as well as finished speakers. Its latest flagship is the Fat Lady, named in reference to the famous saying, "It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings."

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Audio Video News
Tomorrow Is Vinyl Saturday...
SV Staff  |  Jun 19, 2009
  ...and you know what that means: It's an official reason/excuse for yer vinyl-centric EIC to buy more wax! Yes, it's true — the folks who bring us that wonderful annual spring event, Record Store Day, are presenting Saturday, June...
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Audio Video News
Yamaha unveils MusicCAST2, wireless music system
SV Staff  |  Jun 19, 2009
Wireless music systems really can run the gamut from low end to something extremely snazzy and high-end like Sooloos. Yamaha’s new outfit finds itself somewhere in the middle, offering multi-room playback of all your audio files (iTunes AAC files,...
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Popcorn Hour C-200 ready for a Blu-ray drive
SV Staff  |  Jun 19, 2009
The Popcorn Hour has always been a pretty capable little media streamer, but the newest iteration is substantially more robust than most of its predecessors. On the front, you'll find a swappable bay that can accept a hard drive or even a...
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Down-Res to Plug BD's Analog Hole
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 19, 2009
Are you using a Blu-ray player to feed high-def images to a first-generation HDTV via component video? Guard that player well. In a few years, new players will be required to down-res high-def images fed via component video, effectively turning older high-definition TVs into standard-definition TVs.
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Maingear's HTPC is a serious gaming machine
SV Staff  |  Jun 18, 2009
Home Theater PCs and high-end gaming rigs generally sit on two opposite ends of the expensive computer spectrum. Maingear, however, has created a pretty impressive machine that can ably handle both. At its top-end, the AXESS HD Gamer model is...
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Sirius XM iPhone app is live, lacks Howard
SV Staff  |  Jun 18, 2009
If you have been pining for satellite radio on your iPhone or iPod touch, then today is your lucky day. The Sirius XM app lets you stream 120 channels to your portable player. It's free for Premium subscribers, but will cost $3 a month (after a...
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DTV Weak? Try Double Rescan
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 18, 2009
Has your television reception survived the DTV transition not quite fully intact? Here are a few tips from the Federal Communications Commission, including one we haven't heard before.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The International (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jun 17, 2009  |  First Published: Jun 18, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/theint.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT><i>Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) is determined to expose an arms-dealing ring responsible for facilitating acts of terrorism around the globe. But as his investigation leads Salinger and his partner, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts), deeper into the secret world of greed, corruption, and murder, they become targets of a deadly conspiracy so vast, they soon find the only people left to trust are each other.</i>

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DreamVision Dream'E front projector
Brent Butterworth  |  Jun 17, 2009
The Short Form
$9,595 (as tested); $5,295 projector only / DREAMVISION.NET
Snapsho
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