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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD Review: The Threepenny Opera
Sol Louis Siegel  |  Nov 04, 2007

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Axiom Epic 80/500 Home Theater Speaker System
Al Griffin  |  Nov 04, 2007
Any apprehension I may have had about buying speakers off the Internet faded a few years back when I scored some great-sounding bookshelf speakers from a Web-only audio company. Those remain in use today, and I'd be game to match them up performance-wise against any current model in their price range.
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Video Tour of the 2007 CEDIA Expo
 |  Nov 03, 2007

Sound & Vision's Video Tour of the 2007 CEDIA EXPO

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Other Tech
Q&A with Director Peter Farrelly
Michael Gaughn  |  Nov 03, 2007

While wrapping up an article on director Peter Farrelly's adventures trying to get a high-end movie room installed ("Heartbreak Home Theater"), I had a chance to talk to Farrelly about his new movie, The Heartbreak Kid, and about filmmaking in general.

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Tower Speaker Reviews
PSB Synchrony Home Theater Speaker System
Daniel Kumin  |  Nov 03, 2007
In the 30 years of its existence, PSB Speakers has, by my count, introduced a new flagship line only three or four times.
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Other Tech
Savant Rosie Coffee Table Touchpanel Controller
Jamie Sorcher  |  Nov 03, 2007

Yes, friends, I'm talkin' Touchscreen Takes Over Tabletop - that is, "surface technology" mates with a traditional piece of household furniture. Brought to you by home-entertainment-and-automation company Savant, the Rosie Coffee Table Touchpanel Controller basically has an Apple computer inside of it and runs on Savant's programmable Rosie control system.

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Other Tech
Anatomy of a Speaker Test Report
Al Griffin  |  Nov 03, 2007

Have you ever looked at one of our speaker test reports and wondered what that funny-looking graph with the squiggly lines is for? Or have you ever thought about how the information conveyed by that graph relates to what a reviewer hears? Given the many, many new speaker systems that get produced each year, maybe you've wondered what methods we use to differentiate between them.

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Other Tech
Talking Shop: California Soundworks
Jamie Sorcher  |  Nov 03, 2007

Like many other A/V stores, California Soundworks (californiasoundworks.com, 661-945-0971) started out as a home stereo store selling gear to audiophiles. That was back in 1979.

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Other Tech
The Gadget Girl: Gear for Kids
Jamie Sorcher  |  Nov 03, 2007

Kids will be kids - except when it comes to technology. Just like their moms and dads, who traded big boxy TVs for flat panels, children can free up some space in their bedrooms with an LCD TV from Disney ($300, disneyelectronics.com) - such as the Pirates of the Caribbean version shown at right.

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The Custom Installer: CEDIA Expo 2007
John Sciacca  |  Nov 02, 2007

Every September, thousands of the world's best custom installers converge at the CEDIA Expo - the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association's big annual show - to check out the latest and greatest products. This year's event, held in Denver, offered an amazing array of things worth swooning over.

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