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Tower Speaker Reviews
PSB Image T6 Speaker System
Thomas J. Norton  |  Apr 26, 2010

Performance
Value
Build Quality
Price: $2,625 At A Glance: Sweet sounding yet detailed • Wide dynamic range • Big soundstage • Limited subwoofer extension

More for Less

The new Image line of speakers from Canadian manufacturer PSB follows on the heels of two other PSB ranges: Synchrony and Imagine. While they aren’t exactly blue-light specials, the Images provide an intangible quality that today’s speaker buyer demands: value. And with the increasing costs of domestic manufacturing, value most often means overseas production. All of PSB’s new models, including the Imagines, are engineered in Canada but made in China. This is an increasingly common practice in the speaker industry.

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3D Tech
Glasses—3D's Achilles' Heel
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 26, 2010

You get home from a long day at work, and you want to watch a movie on your brand new 3DTV. You collapse into your comfy chair, turn on the system, and—wait, where did you put those 3D glasses?

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3D Tech
Welcome to Ultimate 3D
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 26, 2010

The hype about 3D these days is overwhelming, with manufacturers and studios hailing it as The Next Big Thing. And the technology has come a long way from the red-and-cyan anaglyph glasses of the 1950s. But it still has a few drawbacks, leading some to predict it will be The Next Big Flop. Remember quadraphonic sound?

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Projector Reviews
Runco LS-5 DLP Projector
Shane Buettner  |  Apr 26, 2010
Price: $6,995 At A Glance: Extraordinary out-of-box performance • Exceptional blacks and contrast • Very strong value proposition

Dynamic Images From Runco

Runco is one of the names that the home theater industry is built on. That’s not hyperbole; neither home theater nor Home Theater would be here today without the vision of men like Sam Runco. He helped design the products that created the custom install channel, and he championed front-projection home cinema. A few years ago, Planar bought Runco, and while Sam is no longer there, the Planar PD8150 we reviewed in June 2008 signaled that we could look forward to innovative new front-projection designs under the Planar and Runco banners.

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Audio Video News
FCC Proposes CableCARD Fixes
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 26, 2010
The new management at the Federal Communications Commission isn't taking the CableCARD snafu lying down. They want to make new rules to foster card adoption--and they've also got ideas on what the card's successor may look like.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Tombstone—Hollywood Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 24, 2010
Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 4/3.5
Extras: 1.5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Doctor Zhivago—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 24, 2010
Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 3.75/3
Extras: 4
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Crazy Heart—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 24, 2010
Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 4.5/4.5
Extras: 3.5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
District 13: Ultimatum—Magnet (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 24, 2010
Movie: 3.5
Picture/Sound: 5/4.5
Extras: 2
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Avatar—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 24, 2010
Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 5/5
Extras: 3
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