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Media Room Insider: Dream Theater
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 15, 2024  |  4 comments
Imagine walking into a room with a colossal TV screen 7 feet wide by 4 feet tall, a surround-sound system you can hear but not see, smart lighting and shades, and a ceiling that mimics a beautiful star-lit sky. You plop into one of the six comfy leather recliners, kick back and say: “Alexa, turn on the theater.” Like magic, the lights dim, the shades draw, and a radiant night sky appears above. The popcorn machine turns on and the TV and sound system come alive.
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Ultra HD Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Color Purple
Ralph Potts  |  Feb 15, 2024  |  2 comments
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Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple became one of the moviemaker’s most remarkable successes, garnering 11 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture while earning him Best Director honors from the DGA. The unforgettable characters of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel populate this lyrical cinematic adaptation. At the center is Celie, a Southern Black woman who gradually gains self-respect as she strives to educate herself and to find love, despite an abusive spouse and a society biased against her race and her sex.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Britain’s Q Acoustics Unveils Mini-Tower Bluetooth Music System
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 15, 2024  |  2 comments
British audio specialist Q Acoustics today introduced a décor-friendly, two-speaker wireless music system built around the convenience of high-quality Bluetooth streaming.
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SmartStream
ESPN, Fox & Warner Bros. Discover to Launch Sports Super App this Fall
Barb Gonzalez  |  Feb 14, 2024  |  1 comments
Once sports moves to streaming, will anyone still subscribe to cable and satellite? It's likely the idea that prompted ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery to partner in a new sports streaming service slated to launch this fall.
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Audio Video News
Epson Launches Certified ReNew Program to Give Consumers a Price Break
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 14, 2024  |  0 comments
Epson today announced the Epson Certified ReNew program that aims to give consumers besieged with ever-increasing prices in all product categories a break on video projectors, printers, and scanners.
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Audio Video News
Prime Video Drops Support for Dolby Vision and Atmos in Basic Tier
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 14, 2024  |  3 comments
Following a year of across-the-board price hikes that have made streaming more expensive than ever before, the hits just keep coming.
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Subwoofer Reviews
Bowers & Wilkins DB3D Subwoofer Review
Mark Henninger  |  Feb 14, 2024  |  2 comments

Performance
Features
Build Quality
Value
PRICE $3499

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Compact size
Deep, clean bass
Easy to set up and adjust
Available in three finishes

Minus
High price
One sub might not be powerful enough for large rooms

THE VERDICT
The Bowers & Wilkins DB3D is an excellent choice for those who want a compact subwoofer with powerful performance. Its high price may be a deterrent for some, but its features and performance make it worth the investment.

In the realm of high-fidelity audio, the Bowers & Wilkins DB3D subwoofer offers a fusion of compact design and powerful performance. Priced at a premium $3,499, this subwoofer is a statement piece that offers performance to match Bowers and Wilkins speakers like the 700 Series S3 models used in this review.

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A/V Veteran
DIY "Calibration"
Thomas J. Norton  |  Feb 13, 2024  |  4 comments
If you find yourself experiencing a flashback on reading this blog, you're not alone. Last summer I wrote a similar piece. But there's always new ground to cover, particularly on the subject of TV setup and calibration. Some of the material here is similar to that in the prior blog, but in other ways the results are different.

An accurate calibration requires that the calibrator be trained, have access to specialized test gear and PC calibration software (of the latter, Calman from Portrait Displays is the best known and most widely used)...

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Audio Video News
Florida International Audio Expo 2024 Opens Friday
SV Staff  |  Feb 12, 2024  |  0 comments
The Florida International Audio Expo 2024 opens Friday (February 16) in Tampa at the Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore and runs through Sunday, February 18.
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Signals
Another Last Hurrah
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 12, 2024  |  4 comments
This is my last communication. Outer walls breached. Door is splintering. Hinges giving way. Out of ammo. Just one grenade left. I’ll take as many as I can with me. God have mercy on my soul.

The 2023 holiday season was another last hurrah, this time for DVDs and Blu-ray Discs...

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