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Tired of Being Wired
Fred Manteghian  |  May 06, 2007

Shortly after "Austin Powers" was released on DVD, I bought a Dwin CRT projector. I won't confirm or deny if the two events are related. In order to mount the projector, I had the low bidders cut holes in my "cottage cheese" ceiling for snaking video cable and power to that most unnatural of spots, the middle of my ceiling. I've been living with the patched up results for years. Only through a decade of burning toast in the adjoining kitchen has the ceiling in the home theater begun to uniformly discolor enough to diminish the starkness of the patch job. Now that I want to mount my new JVC projector, the prospect of letting the Butchers of Sheetrock back into my house is unappealing.

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The Custom Installer: How's It Sound?
John Sciacca  |  May 05, 2007

With all the press that monster flat-panel TVs and high-def discs have been getting, it's possible to forget that video is only half the experience. (After all, this magazine isn't called Sight & Vision.) Without great sound to back it up, your home theater is just a bunch of fancy images.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Scanning High-Def: Open Season Blu-ray
Josef Krebs  |  May 05, 2007

Open Season (Sony). This Blu-ray Disc's picture, shot digitally in high-def and authored with MPEG-4 compression, is incredibly three-dimensional and realistic. Boog the bear's fur looks like you could reach out and stroke it, and other objects look extremely solid.

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Other Tech
The Amplifier Power Ratings Game
Al Griffin  |  May 05, 2007

Most folks shopping for a home theater receiver or amplifier are bound to have their eyes peeled for a single number: the power rating. Ideally, this spec will tell you how much juice a particular amp can deliver to a given set of speakers under normal conditions.

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Other Tech
Step By Step: How to Soundproof Your Home Theater
John Sciacca  |  May 05, 2007

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Tower Speaker Reviews
Jamo Concert C 80 Series Home Theater Speaker System
Daniel Kumin  |  May 04, 2007
Denmark may be best known for savory hams, sexy design, and bipolar royal heirs, but it's also a land of loudspeakers.
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Other Tech
Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint Noise-Canceling Headphones
Rob Sabin  |  May 04, 2007

 

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Other Tech
Proper Modulation - Insights & incisors: Q&A with Gary Dell'Abate
Mike Mettler  |  May 04, 2007

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Audio Video News
Faulty TV Mounts Recalled
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 04, 2007
Two flat-panel TV mounts have been recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Circuit City because they pose a safety hazard.
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Other Tech
Ask the Expert: HDTV Over Cat-5 Cables
 |  May 03, 2007

Q. I'm about to buy a whole-house video and audio distribution system, and I'm being told that I can tranfer HD video around the house using double Cat-5e connections without loss of picture quality. It sounds too good to be true. Is it? Kapil Wadhwani via email

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