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FCC Liberates Apartment Dwellers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 29, 2007  |  0 comments
Apartment tenants and owners are about to get new video-delivery options, thanks to the Federal Communications Commission.
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Audio Video News
FCC Slaps Retailers on Analog TV Labeling
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 26, 2007  |  0 comments
Shame on you, RadioShack. And you too, HH Gregg, FYE, Fred Meyer Stores, Ultimate Electronics, and Boscov's. You've been selling analog televisions without adequately warning consumers that these sets are about to become obsolete with the end of analog broadcasting on February 17, 2009. That's why the Federal Communications Commission has just slapped you with $96,000 in fines. Not much, admittedly, but it's a start.
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Audio Video News
Harman Deal Off
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 25, 2007  |  0 comments
Looks like Harman International won't be making the transition from public to private company after all. The buyout is on the rocks.
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Ears On
What Are Mark's Reference Cables?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 24, 2007  |  0 comments
I've talked a bit recently about my reference surround speakers and receiver and signal sources. That may leave a few droolers (you know who you are) wondering what cables I use.
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Audio Video News
MusicGiants Fills Its Dance Card
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 23, 2007  |  0 comments
The CD is being phased out, the LP has seen better days, and downloads irk audiophiles with their lossy clumsiness. Where can you go to download music that sounds the way it should? MusicGiants has offered high-res downloads--the missing link in the evolution of online music retailing--since 2005. Now the company's reach is spreading to new devices and new record labels.
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AV Receiver Reviews
Meridian G95 DVD A/V Receiver
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 22, 2007  |  0 comments
High-end audio goes green.

There is a link in the public mind between scale and quality, a notion that, if you want something better, you also want something bigger. After all, top-of-the-line surround receivers are expected to have more powerful amplifiers and more features. Bigger speakers come with a tacit implication of better bass response. And who doesn't dream of buying a bigger plasma or LCD?

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Audio Video News
Try Napster without Napster
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 22, 2007  |  0 comments
In the beginning, there was Napster, and it was good, albeit illegal. Over the years the file-sharing pioneer went legit and became a subscription service. Now Napster is looking to improve its game by untethering its 770,000 subscribers from its proprietary software. Soon Napsterites will be able to access a library of five million tracks from any net-connected computer without downloading the Napster application itself. Welcome to Napster 4.0.
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Audio Video News
Fox Allows DVD Digital Copy
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 19, 2007  |  0 comments
"Digital copy" is the name of a feature about to make its debut on Fox's DVD release of Live Free or Die Hard. The disc will include a version that can be bumped to a computer or Windows PlaysForSure compatible portables.
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Audio Video News
Best Buy Banishes Obsolete TVs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 18, 2007  |  0 comments
Say goodbye to outmoded TVs that stand in the way of progress. Best Buy is taking out the garbage, becoming the first big electronics chain to banish analog TVs from its stores. You go, mega-retailer!
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Ears On
Sonic Impact Super T Stereo Digital Amp
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 17, 2007  |  0 comments
A problem was looming in the kitchen--aside from my rudimentary cooking skills and haphazard sanitary habits, that is. I found myself avoiding my kitchen system. The kitchen rig seemed like a good idea at the time. By combining a mass-market mini-system with a sat/sub set, and wall-mounting the satellites, I'd squeeze music into a tight L-shaped place where only radio had gone before. Anyway, I soon tired of the system's rudimentary and haphazard performance and it devolved into a glorified radio. After a decade I threw in the dish towel and replaced the radio function with, well, a radio. Then I set about brainstorming a new music system for the kitchen.
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