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Premiere Design
Million-Dollar Media Room
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 13, 2009

Unless you're a serious audiophile, you might not know the name <A href="http://www.goldmund.com">Goldmund</A>. After 30 years making ultra-high-end audio components, this Swiss company is expanding into the realm of home theater. But if you think it's simply offering projectors and surround-sound systems, think again. When you contact Goldmund to discuss home theater, you'll be talking about a <I>complete</I> media room that the company will design, build, equip, and calibrate from beginning to end.

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Premiere Design
Is it Live or Wilson?
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 13, 2009

<A href="http://www.wilsonaudio.com">Wilson Audio</A> is well known for ultra-high-end speakers, but most of its products are designed for 2-channel listening. To create a full surround system, all you need do is mate any of Wilson's superlative L/R models with a center, surrounds, subwoofer, and controller from the WATCH (Wilson Audio Theater Comes Home) lineup.

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Audio Video News
Blu-ray Discs on Sale from Amazon
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 13, 2009


If you've been wanting to expand your library of Blu-ray discs but are put off by their high prices, now's a good time to stock up. From March 9 through March 22, Amazon is reducing the price on over 300 Blu-ray titles (roughly a third of the entire Blu-ray catalog), including Iron Man, Transformers, and WALL-E; for a complete list of titles on sale, click here. A few titles are under $10, but most are $10 to $20, representing an average savings of around 50 percent over regular Blu-ray price tags. I'm so there!
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Streaming Device Reviews
Vudu BX100 Online Receiver
uavKim Wilson  |  Mar 13, 2009
Online video delivery is supposed to be the Next Big Thing, leaving physical media in the dust. Among the early content providers in this brave new world is Vudu, which offers one of the best options for renting movies on-demand that I have experienced. The Vudu BX100 plays Internet-delivered movies and TV shows at resolutions up to 1080p. Most similar to Apple TV with respect to features and price, the Vudu has some clear advantages.
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Audio Video News
Enraged Man Shoots TV
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 13, 2009
Of all the possible reactions to the DTV transition, the most extreme occurred a few weeks ago, when a man shot his TV set.
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Audio Video News
Onkyo's new receiver does Dolby Pro Logic IIz
SV Staff  |  Mar 13, 2009
If you have been craving sweet vertical sound field action from a full-fledged 7.2 system then you should get ready to send Onkyo a St. Patrick's day card. Their new TX-SR607 receiver supports Dolby Pro Logic IIz. It's, as press release...
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Other Tech
Ask Theo: Two Jobs Well Done
Theo Kalomirakis  |  Mar 12, 2009

In terms of means and level of accomplishment, the two theaters featured this month couldn't be more different. One is the work of a professional custom installer for an apparently well-off client, and it actually involved the services of an architect.

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Newsletter Buffalo Test
 |  Mar 12, 2009

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Fred Manteghian Blog
Kurosity Killed da' Kat
Fred Manteghian  |  Mar 12, 2009

Because we're about to become a socialist-driven economy where the majority of the population pay no taxes themselves yet demand the minority do so in their stead, I thought it would be a good time for one last economics lesson about capitalism. In particular, the law of supply and demand and in super-particular, the case of the Pioneer Kuro plasma supply chain either drying up or giving the appearance of drying up which, as every good oil executive knows, is practically the same thing!

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Audio Video News
Height-Enhanced Surround Hits the Street
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 12, 2009
Onkyo's TX-SR607 surround receiver ($599) is the first from any manufacturer to include Dolby Pro Logic IIz, the new height-enhanced surround mode from Dolby Laboratories.
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