LATEST ADDITIONS

Kim Wilson Blog
Just Chillin'
uavKim Wilson  |  Aug 08, 2008

I came across a unique website this week called <A HREF="http://www.magnatune.com/">Magnatune</A>. They specialize in musical styles such as ambient, downbeat electronica, and world music. While these are hugely popular genres, especially the sub-genre of electronica known as "chill," there are a limited amount of outlets available for finding this type of music.

Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Chinese HD DVD Format - Phoenix Rising?
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2008
No, that's not a typo. Rising from the ashes of HD DVD, the Chinese version of the format is getting ready to launch. Yup - almost a year after the demise of HD DVD,  Shanghai United Optical Disc is set to power up its production line of CBHD...
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Universal Tries Exotic Downloads
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 08, 2008
Critics of the music industry often say we wish the major labels would quit bellyaching, forget the lawsuits, and just offer a better legal-download product. That's the best way to fight illegal downloads, and that's what the Universal Music Group is doing with its new Lost Tunes download service.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Polk Debuts SoundBar 360
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2008
People with lots of speaker cabinets in their listening room can laugh all they want, but soundbars are still pretty cool. This newest kind of speaker fits neatly under your flat screen, and creates a good, if not great, soundfield. In some cases,...
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Bohemian Rhapsody
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2008
The Apple iTunes store will go down in history as a textbook success story. Other music services, such as Rhapsody, might just go down as footnotes.  While iTunes has prospered, Rhapsody has struggled. The service offers over 5 million songs,...
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Nice Rack
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2008
Are you interior-space challenged? Are your audio/video aspirations bigger than the cubby hole you call home? Do you live in Europe? Then Sharp has the answer to your prayers. The AN-PR1500H home cinema rack system is a triumph of form and function....
Continue Reading »
Tower Speaker Reviews
EMP HTP-551T Speaker System
uavSteve Guttenberg  |  Aug 07, 2008
The home-theater market's love affair with big displays and skinny speakers hasn't peaked just yet—screen girths are still expanding and speakers are on the verge of anorexia. The folks at EMP (Engineered Music Products) were hip to that fact when they cooked up the seriously svelte HTP-551T speaker package.
Continue Reading »
Audio Video News
Intel Ups the STB Ante
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2008
Dear FCC, Remember when we asked that you mandate that all HD cable set-top boxes have FireWire capability? If it's okay with you, can we add IP Ethernet to that? Thanks!  :) Sincerely, Intel Corp. After convincing the FCC to force...
Continue Reading »
Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Jack Ryan Collection—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008
Video: 3/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2.5/5
”The Sum of All Fears” - America's Cold War fears are rekindled after the President of Russia dies and is succeeded by a man with a cryptic past. But East-West tensions erupt when the CIA suspects that renegade Russian scientists are developing more nuclear weapons. Mobilized into action by CIA Director William Cabot , Jack Ryan follows a danger-ridden trail to a shocking conclusion: terrorists plan to provoke a war between the U.S. and Russia - by detonating a nuclear bomb at a championship football game!
Continue Reading »
Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Sleepwalking—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2/5
Jolene Reedy is a disillusioned single mother prone to bad men and reckless behavior. Her younger brother James is a weak-willed underachiever who can't hold a job. But when Jolene abandons her 12-year-old daughter with James, uncle and niece make a fateful decision to flee to the farm of James and Jolene's abusive father. In a past plagued by dark secrets, can family prove to be the most desperate bond of all?
Continue Reading »

Pages

X