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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Children of Men (HD DVD)
Shane Buettner  |  Apr 20, 2007

<I>Note: I experienced playback issues with the first screener of this disc sent to me by universal. Trying to play the first copy of this disc in the Toshiba HD-XA2 (with the very latest firmware) I got an error message to the affect that the disc was not the correct format and it wouldn't play. However, that copy did play in the HD-A20 I just received for review. The second copy sent from Universal played in both players. There have been similar reports online.</I>

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Audio Video News
Musicians Taste Sweet Revenge
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 20, 2007
The latest challenge to the music industry comes from musicians themselves. Some of them are re-recording their hits to capture licensing revenue that otherwise would go to their record companies.
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Audio Video News
HD DVD Rising
 |  Apr 19, 2007

HD DVD seized command of HD sales news this week, beating Blu-ray to a significant milestone by topping 100,000 standalone players sold in the US, and also setting an Amazon HD sales record.

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Audio Video News
Is Internet Radio Doomed?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 19, 2007
The federal government's Copyright Royalty Board refused this week to reconsider an earlier decision to impose a massive rate hike on Internet radio broadcasters starting May 15. Depending on whom you ask, this is either a victory for recording artists or the finally tolling of the bell for net radio.
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Resolution Is A Double-Edged Sword
Shane Buettner  |  Apr 18, 2007

A common fallacy in the high-end audio world is that if you buy better, higher resolution gear all of your recordings will sound better. The short answers is, they won't. Higher resolution invariably exposes more flaws in recordings you already knew were flawed, but what's more uncomfortable is that you'll also hear "new" flaws in recordings that sounded pretty good previously. Some of these might be your favorite demo cuts, which really sucks. And of course, your best recordings will scale new heights entirely, but which turn out to be which is often unpredictable.

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Audio Video News
Circuit City Struggles for Survival
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 18, 2007
Recent doings at Circuit City may be of interest in the wake of the mass firings reported here and elsewhere. The story became a Primedia trifecta--covered here, on the Stereophile site, and on the Ultimate AV site--in addition to wide coverage elsewhere including a stern editorial in the New York Times.
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AV Receiver Reviews
Harman/Kardon AVR 645 Receiver
Shane Buettner  |  Apr 17, 2007
  • $1,499
  • 75-Watts x 7 into 8 ohms
  • Processing Modes: DD, DD-EX, ProLogicIIx, Dolby Headphone and Dolby Virtual Speaker, DTS, DTS-ES/Discrete/Matrix/Neo: 6, DTS 24/96, Logic 7
Features We Like: Two HDMI 1.1 inputs (PCM-audio compatible), three component inputs, EzSet/EQ auto calibration and room EQ, three each coaxial and toslink optical digital audio inputs, one 7.1-channel analog audio input, XM Ready, USB Audio and iPod connectivity, AV sync delay, A-BUS Ready, multi-source/multi-zone
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Rocky Balboa (Blu-ray)
Joel Brinkley  |  Apr 17, 2007

From the time it was first announced all the way through the previews, reviewers and the general public alike roundly derided the idea of another Rocky movie. Stallone, now 60, still boxing on-screen?

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Audio Video News
Will iPod Go Wireless?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 17, 2007
The iPod may about to go wireless, if reports from Taiwanese component makers are to be believed.
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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEW: Fountains of Wayne
Billy Altman  |  Apr 16, 2007

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