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Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Dec 16, 2011  | 

The brilliant Battlefield 3 is not even two months old, and already there’s an expansion: Back to Karkand. A more apt title would have probably been Greatest Hits, as it includes four favorite maps from the Battlefield of yore (you know, 2002 and 2005).

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HT's HTPC, Part V
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Dec 17, 2007  | 
Part V: Software and do-dahs.

With the SilverPC up and running, (check the August and September issues for that), it comes time to talk about software. After all, you can't run a PC without software.

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Oops
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Nov 08, 2007  | 
In the November issue, we mistakenly measured the Paradigm UltraCube 12 as part of the Paradigm system instead of the Seismic-10 that was mentioned in the review. The correct measurements are below.
—GM
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HT's HTPC, Part IV
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Oct 16, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 17, 2007  | 
Part IV: Impressing the neighbors.

Well, all the parts are in, and it's time to build the beast. If you missed it, check out last month's GearWorks for all the doodahs and pieces for this all-new HTPC. If you're using this as a guide on how to build your own HTPC, let me give a few tips to start.

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CEATEC 2007
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Oct 09, 2007  | 
CEATEC (See-Tech) is a yearly trade show in Tokyo, Japan. For the most part it is either a preview of what the Japanese manufacturers are going to show at CES, or what they’re hoping to come out with in the near future. Then there’s the rest of the massive building that has parts like LEDs, IR transmitters, and all the bits that are in the products you buy.
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HT's HTPC, Part III
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Sep 10, 2007  |  First Published: Aug 10, 2007  | 
Part III: Starting Over

It was way back in the June 2005 issue that I built an HTPC from scratch—I mean really from scratch, as in out of wood. For those of you who may have missed it, you can find it at www.hometheatermag.com under the GearWorks section. It was a great experiment, and it basically worked. I haven't felt any effects of the RF radiation of 3.6 gigahertz (there was no shielding), and the minimal amount of innards-securing hasn't been an issue. (At 54 pounds, it does not get moved much.)

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IFA - CEDIA...
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Sep 04, 2007  | 
If you read the post below, it is obvious that I was in Germany, though I neglected to mention why. Every year, the IFA show takes place in Berlin. It is a truly gigantic trade show that encompasses a few dozen buildings. CES, every year in Vegas, probably has more booths. But the average size of each booth at IFA is much larger. Some of them are entire buildings.
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185 feet per second
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Aug 29, 2007  | 
At 126 miles per hour, I develop a whole new appreciation for Kraftwerk. I’m traversing 11,088 feet every minute, or just shy of 185 feet per second. Even so, I’m still being passed.
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MP3 Contest
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Aug 06, 2007  | 
In the August issue I initiated a “bold challenge” for you to prove to me that you had more music files than I did. Well I was quite impressed with the number of and the numbers in the responses. And I thought I liked music. Here’s the highlights, in ascending order.
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Mobile Home Theater
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jul 03, 2007  | 
This is the first of a three part series where I get to write about two of my favorite things that I never get to write about: audio and cars. As more and more audio companies get out of the house, we’ll see more and more of this cross-pollination.
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Mobile Home Theater
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jul 03, 2007  | 
It seems like nearly every high-end audio company is trying to get out of the house and into the car these days. While at first this appears strange, it makes a lot of sense. The home audio market has been stagnant for years, and every bit of exposure can only help. The car also has several aspects that make it somewhat easier to design for than the home. For one, you know where your listeners are going to be, and you know with a lot of certainty what and where the reflective and absorptive surfaces are. The downsides, of course, are road noise, and less than perfect speaker placement. There are many ways a company can approach these problems, and done well, they can sound vastly better than the stock system, and often better than any aftermarket system as well.
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New Sony TVs
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jun 18, 2007  | 
Sony unveiled a slew of new TVs at their recent TV unveiling in NYC.
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Mits and More
Geoffrey Morrison  |  May 20, 2007  | 
Last Monday was Mitsubishi’s line show. Yes, it’s taken me all week to put up info.
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Pioneer's New Plasmas
Geoffrey Morrison  |  May 10, 2007  | 
Pioneer announced eight new plasmas on Wednesday. That in itself is not terribly exciting. What is exciting is that it is based on their 8th generation glass, which I’ve talked about before.
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Video Killed the Magazine Star
Geoffrey Morrison  |  May 02, 2007  | 
Well, it took a little longer than expected, but here's what we've been working on. It's, admittedly, a little rough around the edges. Now that we have the bugs worked out, the next one will be a lot better. As for the host, well I can’t see him getting any better…
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