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Awesome Performance ... and Decorative
Kim Wilson  |  Jun 04, 2009

Designed to serve primarily as a high performance center channel speaker for home theaters, the compact Encore TF ($499 each) from Martin Logan uses an ATF<sup>TM</sup> (Advanced Thin Film) driver, long-excursion low-mass woofers, and sophisticated crossover engineering to produce sound with lifelike clarity and openness. The Encore TF can be discretely mounted beneath a high definition flat screen or used with the included table top stand. Additionally, the Encore TF is highly adaptable, performing equally well mounted horizontally or vertically. The Encore TF can also be used for all 5-channels in a home theater.

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
The New American Home
Kim Wilson Photography: John Wagner  |  Jun 04, 2009

Sponsored by the National Council of the Housing Industry, the 2009 New American Home demonstrates cutting-edge technology, energy efficiency, and jaw-dropping contemporary design. This annual event chooses a premier show home and uses it as a technology laboratory, providing real-world demonstrations of the latest concepts in architecture, construction techniques, new products, and lifestyle trends.

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Audio Video News
White House Is Eclectic on Copyright
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 04, 2009
Where does the Obama administration stand on the consumer's right to record? Depends on the situation. On copyright issues, the White House is not predictable, but eclectic.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 03, 2009  |  First Published: Jun 04, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/robinhoodpot.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT><i>Kevin Costner triumphs as the legendary Sherwood Forest outlaw leader in this epic adventure bringing a 12th-century medieval world to spectacular screen life. Enhancing the fun are 12 added minutes of footage not seen in theatres, especially more juicy malevolence of Robin Hood's archenemy, the Sheriff of Nottingham. Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio also star in this lavish production lensed in Britain and France, where historic structures, majestic forests, and vividly realistic recreations of Olde England combined to create a world at once ancient and ageless.</i>

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Other Tech
Private Screening
Brent Butterworth  |  Jun 03, 2009

That fact that projection screens have emerged as a subject of hot debate might make the general public question the sanity of A/V aficionados. After all, these are flat white sheets we're talking about, right? Are we as nuts as oenophiles who enthuse about aromas of freshly reaped alfalfa in their pinots?

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Audio Video News
HDNet not coming back to Time Warner customers
SV Staff  |  Jun 03, 2009
If you're a customer of Time Warner Cable, then you have probably noticed that you no longer get any of Mark Cuban's HDNet channels. The story being reported is that Mark Cuban was unhappy with the channels' spot on the HD Tier package...
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Audio Video News
Blu-ray update: B&O puts the BD in BV
SV Staff  |  Jun 03, 2009
Bang & Olufsen is adding built-in Blu-ray Disc support to its 40-inch BeoVision 7 HDTV. Like the Sharp Aquos BD series, the new, upgraded BeoVision 7-40 has a Blu-ray Disc player built right into its stylish frame. This isn't the first...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Gran Torino (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 03, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/grantor.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT><i>Korean War vet and retired auto worker Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) doesn't much like how his life or his neighborhood has turned out. He especially doesn't like the people next door&#151;Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia. But events force him to defend those neighbors against a local gang that feeds on violence and fear. </i>

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Enemy at the Gates (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 03, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/enemyatgates.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT><i>The year is 1942, and the Nazis are cutting a deadly swath through Russia. Under the leadership of Khrushchev, the citizens of Stalingrad are mounting a brave resistance, spurred by the exploits of their local hero, Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law). An expert sniper, Zaitsev's deeds have become legendary thanks to propaganda produced by his best friend, a political officer named Danilov (Joseph Fiennes). To stop Zaitsev, the Germans dispatch their best sniper, Major Konig (Ed Harris), to Stalingrad. When Zaitsev and Danilov both fall in love with a beautiful soldier, Danilov deserts his friend, leaving him to face his German counterpart alone. As the city burns, Zaitsev and Konig begin a cunning game of cat and mouse, waging a private war for courage, honor, and country.</i>

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Audio Video News
Klipsch will trade gear for your jokes
SV Staff  |  Jun 03, 2009
Online caption contests aren't hard to come across (they post a picture, you write a funny joke about it), but this one is being held by Klipsch. They're offering up a pair of the new Image S4 headphones or their new HD Theater 300 HTIB to...
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