Krissy Rushing

Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
Outside of the Box
Krissy Rushing  |  Sep 06, 2007

<I>Room challenges make for an innovative design in this dream home theater, which sounds as good as it looks. </I>

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
Mountaintop Media Room
Krissy Rushing  |  Aug 28, 2007  |  Published: Aug 29, 2007

<I>If you thought that the only place where you can achieve A/V perfection is a dedicated space, think again.</I>

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
Aspire to Greatness
Krissy Rushing  |  Aug 28, 2007  |  Published: Aug 29, 2007

<I>How to fit 10 seats in a small room and still get amazing sound.</I>

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
Advice From an Audio Insider
Krissy Rushing  |  Aug 22, 2007

<I>Harman engineer Dr. Floyd Toole's own home theater is surprisingly achievable. That's because he's a regular guy like you.</I>

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Jarhead—Universal
Krissy Rushing  |  Mar 23, 2007  |  Published: Jun 23, 2006
Video: 3
Audio: 3
Extras: 3
Viewing audiences and critics generally dismissed Jarhead when it rolled into theaters last year. That was a mistake—it’s one of the better unconventional war films ever made. This subgenre is championed by masterpieces such as Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove, and Apocalypse Now. These flicks actually explore the essence of war and its inevitable impact on the core of humanity. Jarhead measures up to the best of them specifically because the purported negatives critics hurled at it (cold, distant) is exactly the reason why it is great.
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Home Theater Systems Reviews
Sony DVD Dream System
Krissy Rushing  |  Jul 18, 2000  |  Published: Jul 19, 2000
What Dreams May Come . . . The new Sony DVD Dream System is a bargain that's almost too good to be true.

Far be it for me to expound the simplicity of a system's hookup. My home system is a wreck, with wires running hither and thither that I trip on almost daily. Oh what a tangled web I've woven! Yet my M&K THX speakers sound excellent, and my video system (a Panasonic DVD player and an RCA 36-inch TV) is a godsend. This is my main system, and my conscience would be partly cloudy with a slight chance of regret if I were to bring another system into my house (especially into my bedroom). But when Sony sent me the DVD Dream System (which is perfect for a second system), the trumpets sounded, and I suddenly found myself wearing a red cape and spandex outfit with the letters "EHW" scrawled across the front. I was, for a short while, Easy Hookup Woman (and I don't mean that lewdly, men in the audience).

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Accessory Reviews
Remote Possibilities
Krissy Rushing  |  Apr 28, 2000  |  Published: Apr 29, 2000
Winning the war over remote reproduction.

If you've got as much gear as the average home theater writer, you can relate to the panicky feeling you get when you go to the kitchen for a beer and some snacky cakes, come back, and find that two of your remotes have shacked up to make a third . . . and a fourth . . . and a fifth—to the point where your collection of expensive coffee-table books is hidden under a pile of black, rectangular gadgets. That's a scary feeling—some of us have even gone into therapy because of it. Don't worry, you're not hallucinating, but you do have a problem. You need to simplify. With all the remote possibilities out there, the possibility that you'll find one that will jibe with your system and your needs isn't remote at all. You just need to figure out what sort of remote is best for you. And since we're, well, sort of control freaks (as the expression goes), we can help you figure out if you want a universal remote, a learning remote, a programmable touchscreen remote, or some combination thereof.

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