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Silent But Deadly
Rob Sabin  |  Apr 03, 2008  | 

There is a quiet epidemic lurking among us - a disease so awful and destructive that it can kill the thrill and excitement that define home theater. It's the consumer electronics industry's dirty little secret: an ugly mold that festers behind closed media-room doors, eating away at the power and majesty of the best movie soundtracks.

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Ultimate Ears UE 11 Pro In-Ear Monitors
Rob Sabin  |  Apr 03, 2008  | 

Mention the word "headphones" to the average audiophile geek, and the name Ultimate Ears is hardly the first to come to mind. In fact, it probably won't come to mind at all.

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Spring Lines 2008
 |  Apr 03, 2008  | 
It's that special time of year: Everything's blooming and getting greener. Which is really cool - unless you're talking about your HDTV picture, in which case those things are really bad.

Still, spring is a relevant time for A/V gear re-birth.

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Road Gear: April
Doug Newcomb  |  Apr 02, 2008  | 

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So where would this car A/V gear go best?
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Installations: A League of its Own
Kevin James  |  Apr 02, 2008  | 

Deadline pressures aren't exactly uncommon in the custom installation business. But racing alongside a team of builders to complete a dedicated home theater on time was probably the biggest challenge facing Michael Blacker, owner of Dallas-based MB Audio/Video, during a recent installation in Plano, Texas.

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CES 2008: The Morning After
 |  Apr 02, 2008  | 

Al Griffin

Evolutionary, not revolutionary. That's how a good number of attendees characterized the vast array of products on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. And this did ring true for the HDTVs unveiled, which tended to be thinner, sexier, and outfitted with a wider range of picture-improving features than that of last year's models.

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Deduct Your A/V Gear From Your Taxes
Karl Tennant  |  Mar 31, 2008  | 

No one ever said being a home theater enthusiast was cheap. If you've got a full 7.1-channel speaker system, tricked out with the latest gear, and topped off with a 60-inch plasma, it could cost you more than $10,000. Yeah, that thing saying "ouch" is your credit card.

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8 Ways Networks Jump the HD Line
 |  Mar 31, 2008  | 

Remember when those poor, starving contestants on Survivor finally got a serving of sustenance? Only, instead of being rewarded with a good rib eye or a yellowfin tuna roll, they get a big dollop of termite larva. Or perhaps a skinny slice of bat-wing. It's like, "Yeah, they're hungry enough to eat anything.

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HDMI CEC
Barb Gonzalez  |  Mar 24, 2008  | 
Still lacking simple self-control.

The holy grail of home theater simplicity is to have fewer remote controls and one-touch operation without confusing programming. HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) promises to control components that are connected via HDMI cables with just one remote. Turning components off and on and one-touch play and record are some of the first features enabled on these initial HDMI CEC home theater offerings. But they often prove to be not so easy. You must set up the HDMI CEC in each component’s menu, and controlling the components can be inconsistent. Plus, each brand has its own nomenclature for menu and action items. But perhaps being forewarned will enable you to be forearmed.

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The Most 'Def Awards
Josef Krebs  |  Feb 14, 2008  | 

It's Oscar time! And since no one on the Sound & Vision staff actually belongs to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (our applications keep getting kicked back to us), we're celebrating this past year's best pictures our own way - by declaring which films (and TV shows) actually have the best pictures . . . and sound!

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Macworld 2008: Why You Should Care
 |  Feb 14, 2008  | 

Apple Computer may not give us 50-inch plasmas, rumbling surround sound, or the Beatles catalog for MP3 download (which many music lovers are waiting for), but at this year's MacWorld Expo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs did make news with iTunes. During his keynote address, he introduced a new high definition iTunes movie rental service, and second-generation software for Apple TV to go with it.

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The Most 'Def Awards
Josef Krebs  |  Feb 14, 2008  | 

It's Oscar time! And since no one on the Sound & Vision staff actually belongs to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (our applications keep getting kicked back to us), we're celebrating this past year's best pictures our own way -- by declaring which films actually have the best pictures . . . and sound!

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CES 2008
 |  Feb 13, 2008  | 

S&V hit the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in full force, reporting live from Las Vegas! Check out our archive of photos, news, and blog matter below . . .

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Digital TV Switchover: Live Chat!
 |  Feb 12, 2008  | 

Hey, have you heard? On February 17, 2009, over-the-air broadcasters throughout this great land are ditching their analog signals and switching over to digital (the F.C.C. is making them do it). That means all analog (non-digital) TVs that aren't connected to satellite dish or cable will go dark - unless you take the right steps.

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Land of the Giants
Rob Medich  |  Feb 09, 2008  | 

Got a really big living room? Got a really big entrance to that really big living room? And is your electric bill no issue? Then somewhere at CES, there was an über-jumbo-sized TV for you.

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