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Al Griffin | Mar 07, 2013

To hear Sony tell it, the future will be in 4K. This stance comes as no surprise: The company’s 4K-rez digital cinema projectors have been installed in over 13,000 theaters, and at least 75 Sony-produced titles have either been shot with 4K digital cameras, or transferred to the higher-rez format from film. And Sony isn’t just pushing 4K for theaters — it wants viewers to experience it at home.

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Challenges are nothing new to systems integrators.

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Pioneer Home Audio Video Receivers Ready for
Four New Models Offer Smartphone Connectivity

LONG BEACH, Calif. (March 5, 2013) –

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Anatomy of a Home Theater Retrofit HT Staff | Mar 07, 2013

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However, retrofits generally require more out-of-the-box thinking than new construction. “The creation of a home theater during construction is relatively easy,” says Ryk Schoonheim, owner of the Sarasota, Florida–based Sights, Sound and Such. “Transforming an existing space is another story.” Each retrofit offers a unique set of problems, and so it was with this Port Charlotte, Florida, home theater installation. Reading »
Editor's Eye

No More Excuses: The Price of a Big Picture Just Got Smaller Rob Sabin | Mar 06, 2013

It’s not unreasonable that any regular reader of Home Theater may lust, if only in his heart, for a two-piece projection system that genuinely matches, if only at a smaller scale, the experience we have in our local multiplex.

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Remotely Possible

Is That a Hopper In Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to Watch TV? Darryl Wilkinson | Mar 06, 2013

At CES 2013, DISH’s CEO, Joe Clayton, used the occasion to once again display his insatiable infatuation with Australian marsupials…as well as promote some key features included in the soon-to-be-released “Hopper with Sling” whole-home DVR. Surprisingly, after less than 12 months, DISH felt it was time to futz with what was arguably (and I’m not the only one to have made the argument) the world’s best whole-home satellite DVR available until now—the original “Hopper”. appy-watch-tv">Continue Reading »
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Pioneer Unveils 2013 Receiver Lineup HT Staff | Mar 06, 2013

As a service to our readers, HomeTheater.com publishes selected manufacturer-supplied announcements and press releases for products that we think might interest you. Content is posted here exactly as issued by the manufacturer and does not imply endorsement of any kind by Home Theater or any hands-on experience by its reviewers or editors. Visit our Reviews area to browse test reports for products that have been formally evaluated by our expert staff. Smartphone Integration and Expanded Entertainment for Increased Access and Simplified Control of Entertainment Content As today’s advanced smartphones continue to become essential components of the home entertainment experience, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. is making integration of these devices easy and convenient.

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Song From My Soundtrack

Sandy Gross on "Light My Fire" by The Doors Geoffrey Morrison | Mar 05, 2013

The Song from My Soundtrack series continues with Sandy Gross, co-founder of three hugely successful speaker brands: Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, and Golden Ear Technology.

It was the summer of 1967. At least I believe it was 1967, as that was a time long ago and far away. In those days, I was in high school in Brooklyn, and a professional slot car racer.

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Sonus faber Venere 2.5 Speaker System

Michael Fremer | Mar 05, 2013

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Price: $5,493 At A Glance: Shapely Italian styling • Exceptional soundstaging • Surprisingly affordable

Could this sleek, lacquer-finished, curvaceous new Sonus faber Venere loudspeaker have originated anywhere other than in Italy? Well, no and yes. With its soothing, elegant curves and glossy finish, Venere whispers “Italy,” but the scant $2,498/pair price tag of this 43pound, 3.5-foot floorstander shouts “China.”

In fact, this new Sonus faber speaker is truly an international product. It was designed in-house at Sonus faber’s Arcugnano factory near Venice, Italy—a building as stylish as the designs emanating therefrom—using bespoke drivers designed by Sonus faber.

The midwoofer and woofer cone material is curv, a proprietary self-reinforcing 100-percent polypropylene composite manufactured by Germanybased Propex, while the dome tweeter is of silk over which is applied a multi-layered Sonus-spec’d coating manufactured by DKM in Germany. Final driver production is done in China.

This Week

This Week in Movies & TV, March 5, 2013: Fighters and Survivors

Josef Krebs | Mar 05, 2013

Schindler's List

Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993) is the true story of Austrian industrialist Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), pragmatist, war profiteer, and opportunist, willing to join the Nazi party to get ahead and to exploit Jews by taking part in the appropriating of homes and factories, and to take advantage of the impossible

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This Week in Music, March 5, 2013: Replacements reunion, Hendrix exhumation

Ken Richardson | Mar 05, 2013

The Replacements: Songs for Slim

New release (New West; MP3 only)

Slim is Bob “Slim” Dunlap, lead guitarist for the latter-day Replacements. A year ago, he suffered a severe stroke that has left him ailing and in need of financial help. To that end, two original ’Mats — guitarist/vocalist Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson — reunited to record most of this benefit EP (joined by guitarist Kevin Bowe and drummer Peter Anderson).

Audio Video News

Custom-Built $150,000 McIntosh System Featured in Charity Auction

HT Staff | Mar 05, 2013

A custom-built McIntosh audio system is the featured auction item for the 10th Annual Stuart House Benefit organized by clothing designer and McIntosh enthusiast John Varvatos...

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