Mark Fleischmann

Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
Onix x-series x-ls Speaker System
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 06, 2007  |  Published: Jul 06, 2007
The penny pincher wears Prada.

Break out that dusty case of champagne. Get the kids together. Give them each a bottle. No, don't do that. But yell out the window to your neighbors. Call all of your relatives. Throw a few shrimp on the barbie. Make popcorn. Stack your favorite DVDs and CDs in neat piles next to the equipment rack. If you have symptoms lasting more than four hours, alert the media. Something momentous has happened. I have found my favorite budget speakers of all time.

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Audio Video News
GooTube to Go Legit
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 03, 2007
When last we checked on YouTube, the Google-owned site was having trouble keeping its promises to the entertainment industry. Users were illicitly posting copyrighted material and the legal bills mounted. By September, the YouTubers hope, all that will change.
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Audio Video News
Who's Going Blu?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 02, 2007
Is the end near for HD DVD? A recent spate of bad news suggests that the format is running out of retail friends. But the situation may not be as bad for Toshiba's favorite format as it first appears.
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Ears On
Diablog: The Glass and Breath Machine
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 01, 2007
This chiming electronic music is pretty. But why do we have to listen to it every night at bedtime?
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Audio Video News
TiVo. HD. $299. Any Questions?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 31, 2007
TiVo HD isn't the first high-def-capable or digital cable ready product from the world's winningest DVR brand. That would be the Series3. But the new model is the first HD-capable TiVo to sell for $299.
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Will DTV Transition Go Off the Rails?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 30, 2007
"Train wreck" and "digital disaster" were just a few of the words being flung at the DTV transition in Congress last week. Analog television broadcasting is scheduled to end on February 18, 2009. And elected representatives are fretting that some analog-TV viewers may not have gotten the memo. Since those who watch also vote, they deem this a problem.
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Cable-DVR Adoption Surges
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 27, 2007
More than half of cable subscribers will have digital video recorders by 2010, according to a (rather expensive) study by the Carmel Group.
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Denon Rethinks Receiver Line
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 26, 2007
Though Denon's receiver line has long been one of the industry's strongest, it's also suffered from the same ossified in-the-black-box thinking that plagues all receivers. That's changed in a big way with the 2007 models unveiled at a Tuesday press event.
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Sierra Sound iN STUDIO 5.0 Smart Speakers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 25, 2007
What size would you like your iPod-compatible speakers to be? Do you want Baby Bear, Mama Bear, or Papa Bear? Sierra Sound's iN STUDIO 5.0 fits into the middle category, as a monitor-sized pair of speakers with an iPod dock atop the left one. The review sample came in festive high-gloss Ferrari red, pleasing me no end, though you can have basic black or boring old traditional iPod white if you prefer.
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THX Tackles Home Theater Issues
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 24, 2007
THX is about to take its home theater involvement to a new level with a new program whose working name is Blackbird. If the THX folks pull it off, Blackbird could resolve several issues that plague home theater buffs.
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