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DIY Reader Home Theater: The Golden Era Theatre Memoirs
Grant and Cathy Ovsak  |  Oct 03, 2007

<I>How we transformed our room from Brady Bunch shag to old-Hollywood glamour.</I>

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Ears On
Book Experiences Seven-Year Itch
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 03, 2007
Once a year I quietly go berserk updating my book Practical Home Theater: A Guide to Video and Audio Systems. Adding new content and revising old content forces me to review what I know about the subject, often prodding me into becoming better informed. And of course it gives me a chance to capture more of your hard-earned nickels and dimes. The 2008 Edition is number seven. It comes in a handsome cream cover and is now available from Amazon in both the U.S. and the U.K. As I often tell people, don't read it all at once or it'll make you violently ill. But this strapping little volume does make an excellent answer book for all the questions a non-engineer might have about how HDTV and surround sound really work. Knock yourself out!
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Other Tech
Apple iPhone
Michael Antonoff  |  Oct 02, 2007

From the outset the most intriguing thing about the Apple iPhone hasn't been the phone so much as the interface: a high-resolution touchscreen on which your fingers do the talking: Tap an icon to select an application, spread them to enlarge the picture, slide your finger to move the cropped image into view, swipe the screen to reveal the next slide. It all feels so natural.

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AV Receiver Reviews
Onkyo TX-SR875 A/V Receiver
Daniel Kumin  |  Oct 02, 2007
New! Improved! Whiter whites! Brighter brights! We've heard it all before -- no fewer than 10,000 times.
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Other Tech
Installations: S.E.A.L. of Approval
Rob Medich  |  Oct 02, 2007

Chris Wyllie has had his share of tough missions. As a Navy SEAL from 1994 to 2000, he was dispatched to the Persian Gulf, where he drove high-speed cigarette boats, supervised military electronics, and gathered photo intelligence.

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Mitsubishi HC4900 1080p LCD Front Projector
Al Griffin  |  Oct 02, 2007
Mitsubishi HC4900 1080p LCD front projector 82400025722 Mitsubishi HC4900 Over the past few years, traditional TV companies such as Sony, Panasonic, and Sharp have done a brisk business in the home theater front-pr
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Audio Video News
Read This
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2007
There's something about the electronic book that holds a lot of appeal. When Sony launched its first-edition Reader at the Consumer Electronics Show a few years ago, reporters flocked around the device - to the surprise of the Sony PR team, who...
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Audio Video News
HD Ads Sell Better
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 02, 2007
Viewers who watch high-def commercials are more likely to remember brands, buy stuff, and have a good time than viewers of standard-def commercials, according to a recent survey.
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Triad InRoom Gold Home Theater Speaker System
Michael Trei  |  Oct 01, 2007

In some ways, selling speakers is a bit like selling men's suits. Sure, you need to keep plenty of choices on hand so you can cater to a wide range of tastes and budgets. But you don't want to get stuck with a bunch of items in, say, mauve, which you're going to stay stuck with for years.

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Music Reviews
CD Review: Steve Earle
Steve Simels  |  Oct 01, 2007
Washington Square Serenade New West
Music •••½ Sound ••••

As the title suggests, former Nashville rebel Steve Earle has relo

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