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The Martian: When a Movie Triumphs Over a Presentation
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Oct 31, 2015
The Martian was one of the best movies I saw this year.

This was despite being one of the worst cinema experiences I’ve ever had.

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Music Reviews
Led Zeppelin: Presence, In Through the Out Door & Coda—Super Deluxe Box Sets
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 30, 2015
And as we wind on down the road, we have now officially arrived at the home stretch of Led Zeppelin mastermind Jimmy Page’s master plan of reissuing all nine of the mighty Zep’s studio offerings in Super Deluxe Edition box set form. Not only has the studio wizard’s magic remastering wand gifted us with a plethora of bonus tracks—mainly consisting of fascinating works-in-progress outtakes and alternate mixes, as opposed to troves of unreleased songs—but Page has been adamant about going the full-on 96-kHz/24-bit route in order to “future-proof” the catalog for whatever audiophiliac upgrades are yet to come. (Knowing how audio formats tend to go, however, that song may not remain the same as time marches onward.)
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Audio Video News
Wickedly Cool Tech Pranks to Scare Your Friends
SV Staff  |  Oct 30, 2015
Our heads…er, hats…are off to Techradar’s Chris Hutton for putting together a fiendishly excellent guide to high-tech Halloween pranks.

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Audio Video News
RSL Introduces Phase-Coherent In-Ceiling Speaker
SV Staff  |  Oct 30, 2015
RSL’s new C34E in-ceiling speaker features a lateral, phase-coherent driver alignment that the company says outperforms many in-ceiling speakers on the market.
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Projector Reviews
Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema LS10000 3D LCD Projector Review
Kris Deering  |  Oct 29, 2015

2D Performance
3D Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $8,000

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Laser light engine
HDCP 2.2 compliance
Excellent contrast and accuracy
UHD color support
Minus
Not true 4K
Pricey
Contrast not quite up to lofty claims

THE VERDICT
Few projectors can compete with Epson’s first salvo in the reflective LCD market, and the company’s laser engine delivers bright images with flagship-level contrast and accuracy.

Last year’s CEDIA Expo was a bit of a buzzkill for projectors. We continued to see a dropoff in the number of manufacturers, and two of the biggest names in consumer projectors, Sony and JVC, both decided to forgo new models altogether. But that didn’t stop Epson from unveiling one of the most exciting projectors I’ve seen in years, the PowerLite Pro Cinema LS10000. Not only is it unlike any previous Epson model, but it’s also the first laser-driven home theater projector I’ve seen—and at a sub-$10,000 price point. But can it compete with the juggernauts from Sony and JVC at these higher price levels? Let’s find out.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Gunman
Anthony Chiarella  |  Oct 29, 2015
Picture
Sound
Extras
After assassinating Congo’s Minister of Mining in 2006, Jim Terrier (Sean Penn) must flee the country, leaving the woman he loves (Jasmine Trinca) to his friend Felix (Javier Bardem). Eight years later, Terrier returns, only to discover that he has become a target. Searching for answers as he struggles to stay alive, Terrier manages to either murder or precipitate the death of everyone he meets, including his closest friends. In the end, with the help of a clever Interpol agent (Idris Elba), Terrier learns that his former employer is trying to eradicate all evidence of the crime—including him.
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Audio Video News
Vintage Audio on Display at NY AES Show
SV Staff  |  Oct 29, 2015
The Audio History Library is displaying select gems from its collection of vintage audio gear at the 139th International AES Convention, which runs today through Sunday at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.
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Audio Video News
Amazing Footage from Prototype Camera Drone
SV Staff  |  Oct 29, 2015
Action cam maker GoPro has posted tantalizing video recorded by a prototype camera drone the company plans to offer in 2016.
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Ask S&V
Can LCD and OLED TVs Display Rec. 2020 Color?
Al Griffin  |  Oct 28, 2015
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at AskSandV@gmail.com

Q The Rec. 2020 color gamut is the future of TV—the standard was set years ago and has been included in the specification for Ultra HD Blu-ray. Even so, UHDTVs have been around for a few years yet none can display the Rec. 2020 color gamut. Why? Are we one day going to see Rec. 2020-capable LCD and OLED TVs, or is it true that only laser projectors are capable of reproducing that gamut? —Karim Genio / Algeria, North Africa

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The S&V Interview
Johnny Mathis Shares the Secrets of Recording His Golden Voice
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 28, 2015
Standards: Somebody has to set them. And when it came to creating the 20th-century template for how to properly sing popular music, one need look no further than Johnny Mathis, the romantic, soulful tenor whose range and control remain just as vibrant today as when he began taking lessons in the San Francisco area in the 1950s from opera singer and vocal teacher Connie Cox. And now, seven decades (!) into such a storied career, it only seems fitting that a four-disc collection called The Singles (Columbia/Legacy) brings together 87 of his best-loved songs, including such timeless, indelible classics like “Chances Are,” “It’s Not for Me to Say,” and “The Twelfth of Never” alongside rare but chart-busting gems like “Wonderful! Wonderful!” And it’s certainly no accident that the following phrase appears in the upper-right-hand corner of the cover, right underneath the gleaming old-school/vintage Columbia logo: “Guaranteed High-Fidelity.” Mathis, still quite spry at 80, called me from his residence in Los Angeles to discuss harnessing his influences to create his original vocal style, his singular microphone techniques, and the songs he still loves to sing. Chances are, you already know many of them by heart.
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