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SV Staff  |  Jul 04, 2006  | 

This issue was long on whole-house audio solutions. The Netstreams DigiLinx system and Polk IP speakers we reviewed were remarkable for their cutting-edge technology and high performance, but their lofty prices make them difficult to recommend for now. On the other hand, the three streaming music systems in our Spotlight report proved equally remarkable for their elegance and value.

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Shannon Larkin of Godsmack's Summertime Playlist
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 04, 2006  | 

Godsmack, Boston's multiplatinum metal growlers, took the nation by storm this past April by debuting at #1 with their heavy-hitting, aptly named fourth album, IV (Republic/Universal). And though the band's drummer Shannon Larkin loves his iPod ("every single song on it came from my own collection"), he still has a thing for CDs.

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The Future of Recorded Music - Part 3
 |  Jul 04, 2006  | 

I wouldn't count on the CD disappearing any time soon. For one thing, only a third of the homes in this country currently have broadband access. Although most homes with PCs do have broadband, what that tells us is that a lot of people don't have computers. Nor do such products continue to grow as a matter of course.

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Home Theater Plus
Jamie Sorcher  |  Jul 03, 2006  | 
Taking the Big View The ceiling-mounted Yamaha DPX-1300 DLP projector (foreground) beams its image onto a custom-made 140-inch diagonal Stewart FireHawk screen.

A lot of us dream of having a room of o

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NetStreams DigiLinX Audio System
John Sciacca  |  Jul 03, 2006  | 

With few exceptions, multiroom audio systems still distribute music the same way they did 20 years ago: Central stacks of source components and amplifiers route signals to speakers around the home over hundreds of feet of speaker cabling. But this approach has its drawbacks. Resistance, capacitance and inductance build up over long wires, adding up to signal losses and compromised performance.

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The Dark Side of the Tune
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jul 03, 2006  | 

Did you hear that just now...? No, you didn't. You were talking on your cellphone, probably while listening to your iPod. This morning I saw a guy talking on his cellphone, listening to his iPod, and eating a cheeseburger - all at once. I just prayed that he wasn't going to get behind the wheel. But I digress.

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Shootout: Three Wireless Multiroom Music Systems
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jul 03, 2006  | 

What's wrong with this picture? Right this moment, you can whip out your cellphone and call Directory Assistance in Sri Lanka, halfway around the world. On the other hand, you need wires (probably poorly concealed under the carpet) to run audio from your home theater to your home office.

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MovieBeam Home Theater Jukebox Player
Michael Antonoff  |  Jul 03, 2006  | 

Blockbuster, Netflix, and on-demand cable are among the expanding number of ways to rent movies. One of the latest is MovieBeam, a jukebox for your home theater that self-stocks via an off-air antenna.

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Save the Album?
Bob Lefsetz  |  Jul 01, 2006  | 

If I hear one more old fart who grew up separating seeds from stems in the middle of a gatefold cover say we've got to save the album, my head is gonna EXPLODE!

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S&V's Top 10 Interviews
 |  Jul 01, 2006  | 

George Lucas In an S&V exclusive, George Lucas chats with his favorite princess (Carrie Fisher) about Star Wars on DVD, the future of movies, and girls (yes, girls)

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HDTV Display Face-offs
 |  Jun 30, 2006  | 

DLP vs. LCoS Two of today's hottest displays go side-by-side in our third HDTV technology face-off

DLP vs. LCD Rear-projection HDTV technologies square off in S&V's second big-screen smackdown

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Spraying for Mosquitos
David Ranada  |  Jun 15, 2006  | 

06/16/2006 - The news wires have recently been carrying stories on how teens around the world have hijacked a signal in the near-ultrasonic range originally developed by a company in Wales to disperse groups of loitering youth. The signal has been turned instead into a ringtone for cellular phones.

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First Take: Seth Green & Matthew Senreich
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 09, 2006  | 

On Robot Chicken, action figures are stop-motion animated in humorous, wacky, and sometimes violent sketches - and I can't stop watching. Why does the show work? MATT: Our big thing is that we play off of nostalgia.

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30 Minutes With T Bone Burnett
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 08, 2006  | 

You want a Renaissance man? Look no further than T Bone Burnett, the producer behind the soundtracks to O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Walk the Line. Now, after a 14-year break, Burnett re-dons his singer/songwriter and recording-artist hat to drop a gritty new album, The True False Identity (DMZ/Columbia, also available on DualDisc).

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30 Minutes with Ted Nugent
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 06, 2006  | 

In honor of Ted Nugent's role as one of the outspoken members of VH1's volatile Supergroup , I dug around in the S&V archives and found this interview I conducted with the Motor City Madman exactly 5 years ago on June 14, 2001.

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