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Games Reviews
Drew Thompson  |  Jul 26, 2004

Renaissance Man Danny Elfman Gets Medieval on Microsoft's Fable Videogames: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay Red Dead Revolver Hi

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Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
Artison Portrait Home Theater Speakers
Daniel Kumin  |  Jul 26, 2004

Artison is a new speaker company with more going for it than just a clever name. It also boasts an impeccable pedigree (creator Cary Christie was a founder of industry pillar Infinity), some classy, smart industrial design, and a well-considered answer to the puzzle of how to mate plasma TVs with serious home theater speakers.

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Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
Infinity Beta Home Theater Speaker System
Daniel Kumin  |  Jul 26, 2004

Back in hi-fi's golden age, there used to be hot debates over "East Coast" vs. "West Coast" sound - no doubt a tame forerunner of the hip-hop wars of the '90s. East Coast speakers were thought to be smooth and mellow, with "concert-hall" sound best suited to classical music and jazz.

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Other Tech
Renaissance Man
 |  Jul 26, 2004

Fable is every gamer's fantasy come true: a role-playing experience where actions have lasting consequences.

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Audio Video News
Added to the Archives This Week
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2004

Thomas J. Norton reviews the inexpensive <A HREF="/videoprojectors/604benq">BenQ PE8700 DLP video projector</A>, explaining why it "has to qualify as the surprise product of early 2004."

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Audio Video News
Industry Roundup
Barry Willis  |  Jul 26, 2004

ClearPix in the clear? On July 21, the US House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee voted 18-9 in favor of the "Family Movie Act." Passage by the full House, Senate, and President would free manufacturers of DVD filtering technology (such as ClearPlay, Inc.) from legal consequences as a result of violating movie industry copyrights. ClearPlay and other companies offering "clean up" technology for feature films have been criticized by members of the Directors Guild of America for violating the sanctity of cinematic art.

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Audio Video News
HDTV Forum 2004 Expanded
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2004

HDTV Forum 2004 will be bigger and better than last year's inaugural event, thanks to the addition of dozens of heavyweights from a cross-section of participating industries. Scheduled for August 24&ndash;26 at the Westin Century Plaza in Los Angeles, the theme of this year's confab is "Accelerating the HDTV Transition."

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Audio Video News
Integra DPC-8.5
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2004

Are you looking for a high-performance universal player that won't break the bank?

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Audio Video News
Mix and Match Format Playback
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jul 26, 2004
If you're the type who can't decide among all the disc formats (SACD, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, CD, MP3-encoded CD, and Laserdisc), Integra has just announced a six-disc DVD changer that's compatible with nearly every disc format on the planet. (Sorry, Laserdisc fans, but Integra didn't include compatibility with those venerable old 12-inch movie discs. Although you won't be able to watch your old disc collection in the new Integra changer, those discs still make great serving platters!) Integra's DPC-8.5 is built around a six-disc carousel tray that incorporates a unique blue illumination light, making it easier to see what's in the tray when the room lights are down low and you're trying to impress that special someone.
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Audio Video News
Subs with Smarts
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jul 26, 2004
Ever had trouble matching a subwoofer to your main speakers and the room? Ever wonder, if Reese's can make peanut butter cups with the peanut butter on the outside, why can't someone make a subwoofer that's intelligent enough to make its own adjustments? If you have, then you can spend your life believing that Thiel Audio created their new SmartSub family of subwoofer products just for you. (The remainder of us will simply admire the technology in this collection that includes four new powered subwoofers, a SmartSub Integrator, and a pair of passive crossovers.)
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