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Top 5 Songs to Get a Speeding Ticket By
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jan 02, 2013

With CES a few days away, and my yearly pilgrimage to that great abomination in the desert (Las Vegas) imminent, I figured it was a good time to compile some excellent driving songs.

The key to a good driving song is not that the song has something to DO with driving, that's lazy and often highly inaccurate. Similar to my article on Pop Music in the Movies, the key is the feel. The key is a fast, *ahem* driving beat.

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SmartStream
CinemaNow Offers Disc-to-Digital Service From Your Computer
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 02, 2013
Best Buy's CinemaNow launches Disc-to-Digital service for buying digital versions of DVD and Blu-ray titles you own from your home computer.
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Custom Installation Equipment ReviewsCinemaStyle
Acoustic Treatments: Ugly Duckling No More
Michelle McCarthy  |  Jan 02, 2013
Acoustic treatments have long been considered home theater eyesores. While they’re essential to sound quality, their lack of style, to put it nicely, has left a lot to be desired. But many manufacturers have realized you can have it all and are now offering more aesthetically pleasing options. Here are five examples.
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Sweepstakes
Fluance FiSDK500 iPod Dock Sweepstakes
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 01, 2013  |  First Published: Jan 02, 2013
Register to win an Fluance FiSDK500 iPod Dock (MSRP $299.99) we are giving away.

"The FiSDK500 gives you exceptional room-filling sound that you can feel! A revolutionary leader in design and sound quality, this original member of the Fluance Fi Series is an elite, flawlessly-made music system encapsulated in an elegant lifestyle design."

[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]

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This Week
This Week New Movies for January 1st 2013: Billionaires and Aristocrats
Josef Krebs  |  Jan 01, 2013

 

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This Week
This Week New Movies for January 1st 2013
Josef Krebs  |  Jan 01, 2013

Looper

In 2074 time travel is a marvelous reality — and has therefor been immediately banned. As is always the case with laws, though, hoods rarely heed inhibitions and use the technology to dispose of enemies by sending them back thirty years to 2044 for execution by Loopers. In the future, no body no murder. In the past, no citizen no crime.

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The Biggest Audio Story of 2012
Brent Butterworth  |  Dec 31, 2012

With hundreds of new headphones coming out last year, S+V got so wrapped up in product reviews that we never got around to covering what I think is probably 2012's most important audio story: a recent research project that should augment the audio world's spotty understanding of how headphones should be voiced.

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Grace Notes
Listen Up: "Les Misérables" hits the Silver Screen
Leslie Shapiro  |  Dec 31, 2012

The much-anticipated film adaptation of London and Broadway's smash hit, "Les Misérables" debuted last week with a fresh new approach to film-making. Unlike typical musicals, "Les Mis" didn't use a pre-recorded vocal score, but instead, the actors sang live on the set.

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Streaming Device Reviews
Samsung Smart Hub Streaming Platform
Barb Gonzalez  |  Dec 31, 2012
Barb Gonzalez uses and abuses the Smart Hub streaming platform Samsung builds into many of its TVs and Blu-ray players. Just how smart is this hub and is it all that it's cracked up to be?
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Projector Reviews
Review: ViewSonic Pro9000 LED/Laser Hybrid Projector
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Dec 30, 2012

Can I like the idea of a thing, better than the thing? This is the question I'm pondering as I write up this admittedly cool LED/laser hybrid projector from ViewSonic. Instead of UHP lamps or even "regular" LEDs, the Pro9000 adds a laser to the mix, because ... well because it's cool, right?

While it gets an "A" on the technology front, its performance grade is notably lower.

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