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zeebox App May Change the Way We Watch TV
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Barb Gonzalez • Mar 27, 2013 • Published: Mar 27, 2013 • 0 comments
The zeebox app is both interactive social TV and a second screen experience that may change the way you watch TV.
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Elements of a Home Theater: All the Pieces You’ll Need to Bring it Together
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Rob Sabin • Mar 27, 2013 • 4 comments
Putting together a home theater can seem like a daunting task. So many pieces to think through and connect up! But if you care enough to do your homework and educate yourself, you’ll find it’s not as complicated as it looks. Here’s what goes into your typical viewing room.

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In the Mood for Love
Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Fred Kaplan • Mar 26, 2013 • 0 comments
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Wong Kar-wai, the greatest living Hong Kong filmmaker, is a weaver of smoldering dreams, and In the Mood for Love is his masterpiece. He may be the most intense practitioner of pure cinema. Very little happens in this film, but his brash colors (like something out of a Matisse painting), arch compositions (long shots at slightly off angles, slow tracking shots signifying the passage of time and the ache of waiting), and use of music (a languorous, longing string motif) sow a hypnotic tension and a charged passion (though its beautiful lead actors, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung, barely touch each other and show not a smidgen of bare skin).
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Little Shop of Horrors
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Thomas J. Norton • Mar 26, 2013 • 0 comments
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When Seymour Krelborn, a schlub working at Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists, finds a strange and exotic plant, his life suddenly takes a turn for the better. But when the plant begins to speak, it offers him a Faustian bargain, promising Seymour fame, fortune, and Audrey, Mushnik’s flower arranger and Seymour’s secret love. In exchange, Seymour must provide the plant, which he has named Audrey II, with the food it needs to grow—human blood.
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Empire Of The Sun
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Thomas J. Norton • Mar 26, 2013 • 0 comments
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It’s 1941. Eleven-year-old Jamie Graham is living a privileged life in Shanghai’s International Settlement with his English parents. Japanese troops have occupied much of mainland China over the previous four years but remain outside of some of the country’s major population centers, including Shanghai. Following Pearl Harbor, however, the Japanese move into the city. Panic erupts and Jamie becomes separated from his parents and ends up in a Japanese prison camp for Allied civilians.
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The Grado Phono Cartridge: A Classic Lives On
Vintage Gear
Steve Guttenberg • Mar 26, 2013 • Published: Mar 20, 2013 • 0 comments
In the days before the CD arrived in 1982, LPs were the format of choice for music lovers. While the turntable played a significant role in determining sound quality, you also needed a great phono cartridge to get the music out of the grooves.
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Polk SurroundBar 9000 IHT Soundbar
Soundbar Reviews
Darryl Wilkinson • Mar 26, 2013 • 2 comments

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Price: $800 At A Glance: Learns commands from your TV’s or other remote control • Wireless subwoofer with automatic pairing • Built-in Dolby Digital and DTS decoding

Addicted, as millions of us are, to the near instantaneous gratification of loaded DVRs and streaming services capable of providing lifetimes of mindless entertainment, it’s no surprise that we want speed and simplicity to apply to the entire process of watching TV. In fact, digging the remote control out from under the couch cushions ought to be about the limit of the physical and mental effort involved.

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Digital Killed the Sound City Studio Star
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Darryl Wilkinson • Mar 25, 2013 • Published: Mar 25, 2013 • 6 comments
At first glance, you’d think a documentary about a defunct recording studio would have a hard time maintaining the interest of anyone other than a recording engineer for its entire 108-minute runtime. When I tell you that this documentary spends a great deal of those 108 minutes reverently reminiscing about the analog mixing console at the studio, it’s likely you’ll start wondering what insane, “analog forever”, diehard audiophile thought this subject would ever appeal to more than a dozen or so people. Frankly, it’s the sort of film you’d expect to find in the mosh-pit discount bins of DVDs and Blu-rays in the aisles of Walmart.
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Passion and Patience: Delays and Budget Didn't Deter This Homeowner
AV Interiors
Kim Wilson • Mar 25, 2013 • 4 comments
Photos by James Hollingsworth

Back in 2001, James Hollingsworth got the home theater bug when a sales consultant asked a very simple question: "Do you want a TV, or do you want a home theater?"

During what he thought would be a routine new-TV purchase, James was introduced to possibilities he never imagined. He thought the 65-inch TV he was watching looked impressive until the sales guy dropped down a 100-plus-inch projection screen.

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Marantz Introduces NA-11S1 Network Audio Player and DAC
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HT Staff • Mar 25, 2013 • 0 comments
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Marantz Introduces Reference-Class NA-11S1 Network Audio Player and DAC

– Equipped with Exclusive Marantz Technologies; Boasting a Host of Internet Streaming & Device Connectivity Options, Airplay for Music Streaming –

Mahwah, NJ, February 15, 2013 – Marantz®, a world leader of advanced home entertainment solutions, is dramatically expanding the musical horizons for today’s digital consumer with the launch of its Reference Class NA-11S1 Network Audio Player and DAC (SRP: $3,499.00).

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