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Surrogates
David Vaughn  |  Feb 05, 2010
In the near future, humans live their lives through perfect robotic surrogates controlled from the safety of their homes, and murder becomes a thing of the past. But when the son of the surrogates' creator is killed, an FBI agent (Bruce Willis) must reenter the real world to unravel the mysterious death.

To witness the effect of technology on our society, all you have to do is sit in a restaurant and watch families spend more time texting on their smartphones instead of talking to each other. Surrogates takes this to the extreme as humans completely withdraw from society, but it's certainly thought-provoking. Nevertheless, the pulsating DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack is loaded with demo scenes featuring pinpoint discrete effects, multidimensional imaging, and some foundation-shaking bass.

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The Big Picture
Welcome to My Podcast
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 05, 2010

To paraphrase The Firesign Theatre, we're all A/V geeks on this bus. We can't get enough about Blu-ray players, high-def displays, receivers, speakers, room acoustics, content creation and distribution, and all the other elements that contribute to an exceptional audio/video experience. To feed that need, I'm delighted to introduce a new feature to <I>UAV</I>&#151;<A href="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/podcasts/">Home Theater Geeks</A>, a weekly, hour-long podcast in which I chat with the most important and influential technical experts in our industry about all things audio and video.

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Audio Video News
The making of a vinyl record
SV Staff  |  Feb 05, 2010
As a vinyl enthusiast, I have seen plenty of "how are records made?" videos. The problem is that most of them are dated and cheesy, as if they had been culled from the archives of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood or Mystery Science Theater...
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Audio Video News
Best HDTV Bait: Super Bowl or Olympics?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 05, 2010
HDTV sales are typically booming at this time of year. Conventional wisdom has it that the Super Bowl is the reason. Is it really?
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Other Tech
2009 Editors' Choice Awards
 |  Feb 04, 2010

Another year, another roundup of 20 amazing products. Yes, for those of us who regularly write about and test the best that the A/V world has to offer, life can get pretty repetitive - until we step back from the test bench and take a look at the big picture. What we're seeing in our 2009 Editors' Choice Awards assortment is gear that ranges in price from around $300 on up to $85,000.

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Audio Video News
TiVo HD sold out, new model speculation abounds
SV Staff  |  Feb 04, 2010
A new TiVo DVR might be coming out soon, if TiVo's online store and boundless gadget blog speculation have anything to say about it. Crunchgear noticed that the TiVo HD is sold out on TiVo's web site. The TiVo HD is TiVo's main DVR model, so this...
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Premiere Design
Thin Air
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 04, 2010

Storing and accessing music on a computer has become commonplace, even for audiophiles, but getting that music to your audio system without sacrificing sound quality has always been a challenge. At CES, French high-end audio company <A href="http://en.micromega-hifi.com/">Micromega</A> introduced a unique solution to this problem—the WM-10 AirStream, the world's first wireless DAC (digital-to-analog converter).

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
A DIYers Multimedia Haven
Bill Ramos  |  Feb 04, 2010

Let me start at the end...When you're a A/V enthusiast, you're never really done building a dedicated home theater room. The best you can strive for is, "this is where the room is as of today". Adding and replacing equipment goes hand in hand with the passion of the audiophile. Over the past 24 months, I've built a dedicated home theater/multimedia room in my house that includes a host of components from Sony.

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Audio Video News
Wireless TVs on the Way
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 04, 2010
Wireless TVs may be on the market as soon as the second half of 2010.
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Audio Video News
HD Deals: Pre Order Madden 11, Get $20 Gift Card
SV Staff  |  Feb 03, 2010
Wal-Mart is continuing its Super Bowl inspired week of deals with today's announcement of a pre-order deal for the mega hit sports video-game series Madden. Pre order it online at Walmart.com and while supplies last receive a $20 gift card....
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