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Audio Video News
Intel Bows TV-Hip Chips
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 26, 2008
With the growth of internet video, Intel is developing a new group of "system on chips" for use in DTVs, set-top boxes, optical disc players, and other devices. The aim is to provide "uncompromised internet access" with "high-definition video support, home-theater quality audio and advanced 3-D graphics," according to the press release.
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Audio Video News
Elite Blu-ray Weighs In
SV Staff  |  Aug 26, 2008
In today's world of MP3 players and Playstations, there is still something reassuring about big, heavy, old-school components. Does a 50-pound device reproduce audio better than a 5-ounce device? Who knows? But it sure makes your back hurt when you...
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Other Tech
Stretch Your Screen -- and Your Pennies
Brent Butterworth  |  Aug 25, 2008

Everyone who's hip to home theater knows the state-of-the-art in video is a constant-height projection system. And everyone who's hip to home theater also knows they can't afford one.

Or can they?

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Audio Video News
Rear Projection Lives On
SV Staff  |  Aug 25, 2008
You remember rear-projection TVs, right? Remember how those really big screens blew away the tiny CRTs, LCD and plasma TVs? Then a funny thing happened. LCD and plasma got big too. But, they also stayed thin. Little by little, RPTV seemed old and...
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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
Hidden Gem
Jamie Sorcher, Photos Neil Wilson  |  Aug 25, 2008

<I>A home with historic heritage goes high tech.</I>

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Other TechSmartStream
Integration
Barb Gonzalez  |  Aug 25, 2008
Simple ways to set free your photo, music, and video libraries for the “10-foot” home theater experience.
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Audio Video News
Integra with ISF Calibration
SV Staff  |  Aug 25, 2008
All together now - let's hear you say it. "D'oh!" I didn't quite hear you. Let's try it again, but much louder. "D'OH!!!" That's better. That's the only appropriate response for one of these "Why didn't I think of...
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Custom Installation Equipment Reviews
Epson Ensemble HD
Kim Wilson, Photos Randall Cordero  |  Aug 25, 2008

<I>Bringing high-performance home theater to the masses.</I>

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AV Receiver Reviews
Denon AVR-5308CI A/V Receiver
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 25, 2008

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
Denon redefines the surround receiver.
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Bookshelf Speaker ReviewsSoundbar Reviews
Definitive Technology Mythos SSA-50 Speaker System
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Aug 25, 2008
Surround sound—friend or faux?

When Definitive Technology originally introduced its Mythos line of speakers, the slender, curved, aluminum-cabinet tower models were matched by equally svelte, under-5-inch-deep on-wall and center-channel models using the same form and style turned horizontally. A while ago, the company literally expanded the Mythos center-channel speakers by packing the front LCR speakers

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