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    • FEATURES PAGE 1
      • The Skinny on the New Skinny
      • Sound & Vision Premiere Preview
      • Gadget Gary: Viva Las Vegas
      • Tech Trends '09: Screen Dreams
      • Tech Trends '09: Special K
      • Tech Trends '09: Gently Down the Stream
      • Tech Trends '09: Taking You Higher
      • Tech Trends '09: HDTV Unplugged
      • Tech Trends '09: Tech Goes Green
      • Tech Trends '09: Licensed to Thrill
      • Tech Trends '09
      • Reality Bytes: Dear Mr. President
      • Sound & Vision's 2008 Editors' Choice Awards
      • My DIY Home Theater Makeover
      • Freakin’ Surround with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips
      • Gadget Gary: The Bold and the Blackberry
      • Inside The Making Of The Beatles Remastered Catalog
      • Gadget Gary: Verizon MiFi 2200
      • How To Get The Most Out Of Your Speakers
      • Midtown Movie Palace
      • Sound & Vision Premiere Preview
      • Tales of Woodstock Untold in 5.1: The Eddie Kramer Interview
      • Private Screening
      • Sound & Vision Premiere Preview
      • The HTPC Primer
      • Theo and Walt: Genius You Can Sit On
      • Sound & Vision Preview
      • First Listen: Dolby Pro Logic IIz
      • Sound & Vision Premiere Preview
      • Sound & Vision Premiere Preview
      • Sound & Vision Premiere Preview
      • Does BD Live Deliver?
      • The High-Def Arcade
      • Sound & Vision Premiere Preview
      • 30 Iconic Voices American Idol Would Hate
      • DIY: A Killer Home Theater PC for $562.92
      • The 25 Most Epic Opening Rock Tracks
      • Natasha Richardson
      • The Fictional Future of Home Entertainment
      • What Is Killing the Plasma TV?
      • The Producer's Ear: January 2009
      • 7 Reasons to Skip the Circuit City Liquidation
      • The Six Most Underrated Oscars and Who Should Win
      • Gadget Gary
      • Show the Home Theater King Your System
      • S&V Shootout: 3 DTV Converters
      • The Netflix Queue: How's it Work?
      • Top 50 DVDs of All Time
      • Why Buy Blu-ray Now?
      • Now Playing: The Man Who Invented Home Theater
      • BackTalk: Tom Scholz of Boston
      • Plasma vs. LCD: Round II
      • Laser-Visionaries
      • It Streamed From Outer Space
      • Test Bench: LCD vs. Plasma Face-Off
      • 2007 Editors' Choice Awards
      • Top 10 DVDs and CDs of 2007
      • Top 10 CDs of 2007
      • 2007 Editors' Choice Awards Video
      • 2007 Editors' Choice Awards Audio
      • 2007 Editors' Choice Awards Custom Installation
      • 2007 Editors' Choice Awards Portable
      • Sony Gets the OLED Out
      • CES: A Day in the Life
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Media Server
      • Q&A - February/March, 2008
      • The Dark Knight
      • Land of the Giants
      • Macworld 2008: Why You Should Care
      • CES 2008
      • Top 10 DVDs of 2007
      • 1080i vs. 1080p
      • Theory of Speaker-lution
      • 2007 Editors' Choice: The Event
      • Display-Tech Smackdown
      • Super Bowl XLII: Party of the Gear
      • 'U2 3D' HD: Behind the Lens
      • M-Card: Possible
      • Photo Finish
      • Digital TV Switchover:
        Live Chat!
      • BackTalk: Jewel
      • 7 Smart Ways to Get Rid of Your Old TV
      • The Producer's Ear: December 2008
      • Talkin’ DVD Politics with Tom Smothers
      • Reality Bytes: Turn Down the Funk
      • The 10 Most Wanted Blu-ray Flicks
      • Editor-in-Chief Mike Mettler's Top 50 Albums of All Time
      • Back Talk: Paul Ben-Victor
      • 5 Reasons Foreign Home Video Kicks U.S. Butt
      • Dress Your Gear: The Winner
      • Fall TV 2008: The 7 Best Shows to Watch in HD
      • Sound & Vision's Best
      • The Top 50 Albums of All Time
      • Win a Panasonic Home Theater System!
      • Q&A: November 2008
      • Unleashing the Force
      • Q&A October 2008: Over, Under, and Through
      • Lisa Loeb Takes Us to Camp Vinyl
      • Gadget Gary: Myvu Crystal
      • So Good, It Hertz?
      • Blu-ray 2008: The Studio Report Card
      • The Producer's Ear: October 2008
      • Satellite vs. Blu-ray: DISHing up 1080p
      • Home Theater-conomics: 10 Ways to Beat the Great Recession
      • The Big-Box Chill
      • Making Weight: The Ray-Dough Connection
      • HDTV Update
      • What's up, Dock?
      • Home Theater Heroes
      • Reality Bytes: My Fellow Americans
      • CEDIA Expo 2008
      • Front Projectors Hit New Lows -- and Highs
      • SACD: Night of the Living Format
      • Dolby to TV: Shut Up!
      • Wireless HDMI: Out of the Ether
      • Sooloos Nips at Kaleidescape's Heels
      • Front Projectors Hit New Lows -- and Highs, Part II
      • Runway Models (of Speakers)
      • The Top Ten DVD 'Easter Eggs'
      • Chuck's 'Buy More' Versus Best Buy
      • Are Ultra-Wide Flat-Panel TVs in Our Future?
      • Galaxy Audio Check Mate CM-140 SPL meter
      • Stretch Your Screen -- and Your Pennies
      • The Truth About 6K
      • FiOS TV: The Light Fantastic
      • A/V Maria! 12 Top Wedding Gift-zmos
      • SXSW 2008
      • DLNA Decoded
      • Anthem Statement D2 A/V processor
      • 9 Top-A/V Summer Vacation Spots
      • To the Victor Go the Spoils?
      • BackTalk: Joe Perry of Aerosmith
      • 5 Shortcuts to Blu-ray Release
      • Sound & Vision's Vinyl Listening Club
      • Energy Take Classic Home Theater System
      • Is Your TV Already Obsolete?
      • 5 Tech Trends for '08
      • Reality Bytes: I Am Audio Legend
      • Q&A - April, 2008
      • CES 2008 In Perspective
      • BackTalk: John Hensley of Nip/Tuck
      • Deduct Your A/V Gear From Your Taxes
      • Format-a-palooza!
      • Song to Bob, and Nat
      • Gadget Gary Lounges with Vudu
      • For Your Edification
      • Silent But Deadly
      • Pioneer Stands By Its Plasma
      • 30 Minutes with Cy Curnin of the Fixx
      • No Dirty Dozen: 13 Spring-Cleaning Tips for Your Home Theater
      • Cutting the Cord
      • Audio '08
      • 8 Ways Networks Jump the HD Line
      • Drive My Cars
      • Step by Step: How to assemble a do-it-yourself subwoofer
      • Q&A - January, 2008
      • The Gadget Girl: Ear Buds
      • Gadget Gary: AWD510 wireless 5.1-channel Headphones
      • Reality Bytes: Mosquito Ringtones
      • Talking Shop: Audio Video Synergy
      • 50 Greatest A/V Innovations
      • Dynamic-Range Rover
      • The Blu Kingdom
      • System Overload:
        Home Theater Ideas
      • Don't Get Zapped
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Surge Protector
      • The Gadget Girl: Ultra Mobile Personal Computers
      • Reality Bytes: Thoughts on Apple, EMI, and DRM: To Unprotect and Serve?
      • Talking Shop: Audio Advisors
      • Spin Doctor: Tips for Your New LP Rig
      • Q&A - July/August, 2007
      • Ask the Expert: In-Wall Speakers for Surround Sound
      • Video Upconversion: Facts and Fallacies
      • Sound & Visonary: Maureen Baldwin of Russound
      • 15 Minutes with Zachary Quinto of Heroes
      • Hot New Products from CES 2007
      • Sound & Visionary: Sandy Gross
      • Sound & Vision 2006 Editors' Choice Awards
      • The Gadget Girl: Best Gadgets of 2006
      • Reality Bytes: Behind the Best of the Best
      • Step by Step: How to Position Your Home Theater Speakers
      • PC vs. CE
      • Inner Workings: Inside an Electrostatic Speaker
      • Q&A - February/March, 2007
      • Ask An Installer: HDMI 1.3 Cable Length Limit
      • The S&V Hot 100
      • Raimi Loves Working Blu
      • Experts' Guide to Great Gifts
      • Gadget Gary: Baba Booey's
        Holiday Wish List
      • S&V'S Holiday Gift-A-Palooza '07
      • Boxed Sets: Music
      • S&V Apple iPhone Giveaway
      • Sound & Visionary: Eric Smith - Control 4
      • Boxed Sets: Video
      • Doing Widescreen Right
      • Step by Step: How to use SpyderTV Pro to calibrate an HDTV
      • Inner Workings: Inside an LED-based Light Engine
      • Q&A - December, 2007
      • Ask An Installer: Categorical Question
      • The Gadget Girl
      • Reality Bytes: The Price Is Right! Or is it?
      • Talking Shop: California Soundworks
      • How Green is Your C.E.?
      • Q&A with Director Peter Farrelly
      • Savant Rosie Coffee Table Touchpanel Controller
      • 2007 CEDIA Expo
      • Anatomy of a Speaker Test Report
      • Reality Bytes: Mosquito Ringtones
      • Talking Shop: California Soundworks
      • The Gadget Girl: Gear for Kids
      • Gadget Gary: Audio-Technica AT-LP2D-USB LP-to-MP3 Converter
      • Talking Shop: Definitive Audio
      • Reality Bytes: Pssst! Wanna Buy and iPod?
      • Step By Step: How to Install an In-Wall Speaker
      • Ask the Expert: Room Tuning
      • Inner Workings: Inside an In-Wall Speaker
      • Cedia Installer Boot Camp: The Last 10 Feet
      • Anatomy of an HDTV Test Report
      • The HD Deluge is Here!
      • Step by Step: How to Create a Video Distribution System
      • Q&A - September, 2007
      • Ask The Expert: Long Distance Runaround
      • The Gadget Girl: Travelin' Gear
      • Gadget Gary: Planning My Basement Home Theater
      • Reality Bytes: iTunes Plus - More Plush?
      • Talking Shop: Audio Video Excellence
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Slim-Cabinet Rear-Projection TV
      • Sound & Visionary: John Hunter of Sumiko
      • REALITY BYTES
      • HD Download Lowdown
      • SXSW 2007: Minstrels in a Gallery
      • SXSW 2007 Keynote Interview: Pete Townshend
      • SXSW 2007 Panel: Why Does Today's Music Sound Like Shit?
      • The Gadget Girl: Traveling Companions
      • Reality Bytes: Getting Ready to Say Goodbye to Analog TV
      • Talking Shop: CSA Audio Design
      • The HDTV Picture Show
      • Sound & Visonary: Grant Stewart
      • Step By Step: How to Install a Front Projector
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Front Projector
      • Q&A - June, 2007
      • Ask the Expert: HD Upside Down
      • Proper Modulation - Insights & incisors: Q&A with Gary Dell'Abate
      • Powered-Subwoofer Rating Standard
      • Reality Bytes: Formats with Poker Faces
      • SanDisk Climbs the MP3 Food Chain
      • Step By Step: How to Soundproof Your Home Theater
      • Inner Workings: Inside an Active Speaker
      • Talking Shop
      • Sound & Visionary: Frank Sterns
      • Q&A - May, 2007
      • Ask the Expert: HDTV Over Cat-5 Cables
      • Trouble, Spot: 7 Ways to Pet-Proof Your Gear
      • Q&A with Director Oliver Stone
      • CES Roundup
      • Inner Workings: Inside a High-End Audio Cable
      • Basic Cable: Choosing the Right Cables for Your System
      • Step by Step: How to Run Wire Like a Pro
      • Step by Step: How to Run Wire Like a Pro
      • Sound & Visionary: Michael Klipsch
      • Ask the Expert: Calling the Spin Doctor
      • Q&A - April, 2007
      • S&V Photo Galleries
      • 30 Minutes with 3 Doors Down
      • Picture Perfect: TV Calibration Demystified
      • How to Calibrate Your HDTV
      • LG to Launch First Blu-ray/HD DVD Combo Player
      • Mid-price HD DVD Player and New LCDs Headline Toshiba Intros
      • Sharp Announces New LCD HDTVs and First Blu-ray Disc Player
      • Satellite Gets Serious About HD
      • Hi-Def Cable for Media Center PCs
      • HDTV Wrap-up
      • Nikko Introduces LCoS Home-Entertainment Droid
      • HDMI 1.3 Wobbles Out of the Gate
      • TiVo Coming to Comcast DVRs
      • THX Demonstrates "Blackbird" Automatic System Adjustment Technology
      • iPod Unleashed
      • CES 2007 - Wilder and Crazier Than Ever
      • A-VSB Takes Digital TV on the Road
      • Whole Lotta Convergence Goin' On
      • How to Buy, Install, and Adjust an HDTV
      • S&V Editors’ Super Bowl XLI Picks
      • Sound & Visionary: Sam Runco
      • The Big Squeeze
      • Reality Bytes: Flat Is Phat
      • Danger Zones: Protecting Your Gear from Natural Disasters
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Video Scaler
      • Q&A - January, 2007
      • Ask the Expert: Setting Up Dual Subwoofers
      • Stealth Theater
      • HDTV Display Face-offs
      • X-Men: The Last Stand
      • Shannon Larkin of Godsmack's Summertime Playlist
      • The Dark Side of the Tune
      • Save the Album?
      • First Take: Little Steven Van Zandt
      • The Future of Recorded Music - Part 1
      • Thanks for the Memories
      • The Future of Recorded Music - Part 2
      • The Future of Recorded Music - Part 3
      • The Future of Recorded Music - Part 4
      • The Future of Recorded Music
      • 30 Minutes with Ian Gillan
      • Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on the Future of Recorded Music
      • 30 Minutes With Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
      • Step By Step: How to Install a Music Server
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Video iPod
      • Live & Kickin’
      • S&V Q&A — July/August 2006
      • Ask the Expert: Error Correction - The Fix is In
      • Joe Elliott of Def Leppard
      • An Interview with Celeste Lear
      • The Future of Recorded Music - Part 5
      • S&V's Top 10 Interviews
      • BackTalk: John Lithgow
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • Alex Lifeson
      • BackTalk: Penn Jillette
      • Maxing Out Resolution
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editor's Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • 2005 Editors' Choice Awards
      • The Cuban Revolution
      • S&V's Fantastic Four
      • S&V Q&A — February/March 2006
      • Worse and Worser
      • 30 Minutes with Lindsey Buckingham
      • Sound & Visionary: Bob Carver
      • Step By Step: How to Install an IR Repeater
      • HDMI 1.3: The Missing Link
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Power Conditioner
      • Q&A - December, 2006
      • Ask the Expert: Surround Speaker Placement
      • The Gadget Girl: High-tech holiday cheer ranges from décor-friendly acoustic treatment to eggnog on wheels
      • Reality Bytes: Bringing Pirates to Bay
      • TECH TALK
      • 30 Minutes with Tom Scholz of Boston
      • Making Sense of Speaker Specs
      • Sony Vending Machines
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Compact Subwoofer
      • S&V Q&A - November, 2006
      • Ask the Expert: Flat-Screen TV Over a Fireplace?
      • The Gadget Girl: JBL's New Portable Speakers Produce Big Sound From Small Packages
      • Why You Need Four Subwoofers
      • Inside DVD Piracy
      • Sound & Visionary: Matthew Polk
      • CableCARD: What Happened?
      • Step By Step: How to Set Up an A/V Receiver
      • 30 Minutes with Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof of Lost
      • Secrets of "The Hatch"
      • Desert Island Discs
      • BackTalk: Dominic Monaghan
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD)
      • S&V Q&A - October 2006
      • Ask the Expert: Din in the Den
      • The Ghost of a Machine
      • Step By Step: How to Run Wire Through a Wall
      • 15 Minutes with the Goo Goo Dolls' Johnny Rzeznik
      • The Final Conflict
      • The Future of Flat-Panel TVs
      • 30 Minutes with Steve Miller
      • Beyond HDTV
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Movie Theater Screen
      • S&V's Guide to Movie Downloads
      • CEDIA Expo 2006: Highlights - Part 1
      • CEDIA Installer Boot Camp: Making the Grade
      • CEDIA Expo 2006: Highlights — Part 2
      • BackTalk: Geena Davis
      • S&V Q&A - September 2006
      • Ask The Expert: Cable Length Limits
      • First Take: Seth Green & Matthew Senreich
      • 30 Minutes With T Bone Burnett
      • Feedback: Reader Letters, Extended Remix
      • Alan Parsons Does 5.1 Live on XM
      • Satellite Goes Surround
      • BackTalk: Geoff Emerick
      • S&V Talks with Filmmaker Neil Jordan
      • Home Sweet HomePlug
      • Step By Step: How to Program a Universal Remote
      • Tommy Shaw's Summertime Playlist
      • Alan Parsons on 5.1 Music Mixing, Live and Studio
      • Coming Soon to a Brain Near You
      • The Skinny on Everything
      • Inner Workings: Inside a Touchscreen Remote
      • In Search of the Lossless Chord

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