My Life as a Zucchini - Blu-Ray Movie Review

My Life as a Zucchini – Blu-Ray Movie Review

Jim Clements

A nine-year-old French boy, Courgette (a/k/a "Zucchini"), accidentally kills his mother and winds up being taken to a nearby orphanage. The police officer who takes him there is a man by the name of Raymond. Zucchini starts off struggling to assimilate with the other orphans. During this time...

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Dredd

Dredd – 4K UHD Blu-ray Movie Review

Jim Milton

In the near dystopian future, mega cities sprawl across the US. The one that extends from New England to Philly has crime running rampant on the streets. To keep control, Judges ride amongst the population with the abilities to be judge, jury and executioner.

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Introducing the VSSL A.6

Introducing the VSSL A.6

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In a world of increasing home electronics that often add unnecessary complexity, VSSL has emerged to create multi-room audio products to improve quality of life through simplification. VSSL leverages over 15 years of experience in developing audio products for the custom integration channel as a spin off from TruAudio.

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Yamaha YAS-706 Sound Bar Review

Mel Martin

The Yamaha YAS-706 is a high-end powered sound bar designed to provide a com-plete feature set including virtual surround sound, support for 4K video sources and a boatload of connectivity options. The YAS-706 is one of many soundbars offered by Yamaha, from low end to feature rich products that are aimed at people that don’t want a complicated speaker system with wires all over the room. We have reviewed several sounders at a variety of prices. Check out prior reviews so you can compare.

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Logan

Logan – 4K UHD Blu-ray Movie Review

Jim Milton

It’s 2029 and mutants are all but extinct. Logan/Wolverine (Jackman) is now a limo driver by night and feeble Prof. Xavier‘s (Stewart) caretaker by day. Hiding out along the Mexican border they both are lying low and confronting their past sins. No new mutants have been born for years...

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First Look – Apple HomePod

Indiana Lang

Earlier this month Apple announced its new device called HomePod, a voice-controlled speaker you can interact with using Siri. Apple seems to be placing a lot of focus on the music aspect of this unit, more so than Amazon or Google have with Alexa and Home. Apple has a tough uphill battle here; Amazon controls nearly...

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Emotiva BasX Home Theater Audio System Review

Glenn Young

Overall, the Emotiva BasX Home Theater Audio System is a good deal for the price, vastly superior “home-theater-in-a-box” systems and similarly-priced AVRs in sound quality! The system consists of: MC-700 Surround Sound Processor ($599), TA-500 5-Channel Power Amplifier ($499), LCR Loudspeaker ($149/ea.), SAT Loudspeaker ($199/pr.), and S-12 Subwoofer ($399).

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