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Headphone Amp/DAC Reviews
Logitech Harmony Touch Smart Touchscreen Universal Controller
John Sciacca  |  Dec 25, 2012

Remote controls can essentially be clumped into three categories: low-, middle-, and high-end. At the low end are DIY models that offer basic “all-in-one” control functions and are meant to replace lost or broken manufacturer-issued remotes. High-end models require professional programming and provide powerful automation features, IP and RS-232 control, and radio-frequency operation.

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This Week
New Music for December 25, 2012: Merry Christmas!
Mark Smotroff  |  Dec 25, 2012
So its finally here. Christmas morning. Did you not get what you want? Did you get some cool cash that is burning a hole in your pocket?   Either way there are cool things you can get this week, or even RIGHT NOW if you go for the download or head out to your favorite music store.
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This Week
This Week New Movies for December 25th 2012
Josef Krebs  |  Dec 24, 2012

Arbitrage

 

In Arbitrage, Richard Gere plays Robert Miller, a New York hedge-fund magnate with the world at his feet - money, power, mansion, a loving, supportive wife (Susan Sarandon), a beautiful, young mistress (Laetitia Casta), and a devoted daughter (Brit Marling) who works loyally by his side.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Royal Tenenbaums
Shane Buettner  |  Dec 24, 2012
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Writer/director Wes Anderson’s artsy comedies are so distinct, you’d never mistake a single frame of his movies for anyone else’s. 2001’s The Royal Tenenbaums showcases many of his hallmarks and themes: a mixed family of blood and adopted relatives separating and then banding together to overcome collective dysfunction, oddly brilliant characters whose clothes are identity uniforms, a simultaneous embracing and lampooning of academia, a labyrinthine set that functions like a cross between a playhouse and a fort, and a nice role for the great character actor Seymour Cassel. It’s Anderson’s most polarizing film in terms of accessibility, but it’s also his funniest.
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Premiere Design
Steinway Lyngdorf LS Concert Speaker: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Bob Ankosko  |  Dec 24, 2012
The Steinway Lyngdorf LS Concert speaker is distinguished not only for its towering stature and exquisite looks but for its technical design, which combines the virtues of line-source and dipole speaker design.
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Audio Video News
Breakthrough Year for Online Movies
Bob Ankosko  |  Dec 24, 2012
Signaling the beginning of the end for physical media, Americans are expected to spend more on legal, Internet-delivered movies than they spend on DVDs and Blu-ray Discs for the first time in 2012.
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Tech2
Hobbit Versus Hobbit
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Dec 24, 2012

Unless you've been living down a hobbit hole, or care nothing about movies and technology (in which case, how did you get here?) you've heard about The Hobbit and it's magical new "High Frame Rate": 48fps. This doubling of the traditional movie framerate has gotten much hoopla, with director Peter Jackson claiming it's the best way to see his new film.

So with an open mind, and a slightly emptier wallet, I saw The Hobbit in IMAX HFR 3D, and then a few days later, in "regular" 24fps RealD with Dolby Atmos. The difference was not subtle.

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Remotely Possible
Stretchable Cables: Fact or Fantasy?
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Dec 23, 2012
Imagine a world in which headphone cords and other obnoxious wires can stretch from here...to...there. Researchers at North Carolina State University have and we have the video to prove it. (And, to make it even more awesome, it involves liquid metal, too!)
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This Week
New Movies for December 25th 2012: Strivers and Zombie Killers
Josef Krebs  |  Dec 22, 2012

Arbitrage

In Arbitrage, Richard Gere plays Robert Miller, a New York hedge-fund magnate with the world at his feet - money, power, mansion, a loving, supportive wife (Susan Sarandon), a beautiful, young mistress (Laetitia Casta), and a devoted daughter (Brit Marling) who works loyally by his side.

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Soundbar Reviews
Definitive Technology SoloCinema XTR Soundbar
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Dec 21, 2012
Soundbars promise to deliver a full home theater experience with much less complication and confusion—and usually at a much lower price—than a traditional home theater system with an A/V receiver and multiple speakers. But how close can a svelt 43-inch-wide cabinet with nine drivers crammed in it come to actually pulling it off? Veteran speaker reviewer Darryl Wilkinson hooks up Definitive Technology's new SoloCinema XTR to find out.
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