Movie Renter’s Guide – October, 2009

John E. Johnson, Jr.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Blu-ray), The Proposal (Blu-ray), Qdeo HD Video Test Disc (Blu-ray), Spears & Munsil HD Video Test Disc (Blu-ray) , The Girl Next Door (Blu-ray), Misery (Blu-ray), Disaster Movie (Blu-ray), The Tale of Despereaux (Blu-ray), MASH (Blu-ray), Powder Blue (Blu-ray), Drag Me To Hell (Blu-ray), Hot Fuzz (Blu-ray), The Passion of the Christ (Blu-ray), Away We Go (Blu-ray), Field of Dreams (Blu-ray)

Movie Reviews

Focal Dome 5.1 Speaker System

Chris Eberle

Many loudspeakers today are marketed more for their ability to blend into a space or make an aesthetic statement than to provide high performance.  Since they are the most visible AV component after the television, sizes and styles vary as much as colors of the rainbow.  With many lifestyle products come compromises in audio quality; not so with the Focal Dome system.

Surround Sound Speaker Systems

Interview with Steve Hoffman – Remastering Classic Recordings on Vinyl

Jason Crawford

World-renowned studio mastering engineer Steve Hoffman is currently working on the re-mastering and re-release of many legendary rock and pop titles including classic Nat King Cole albums on SACD and 45 RPM vinyl for Acoustic Sounds/Analogue Productions and 24 Karat Gold CDs (The Doors, Linda Ronstadt, The Pretenders, Alice Cooper, etc.) for Audio Fidelity (among others).

Musician and Vocalist Artist Interviews

Anthem AVM50v Audio/Video Processor

Brian Florian

It started way back in 2001 when I reported to you on the exquisite AVM20, which to this day for various reasons still represents to me a watershed. Two years later came the "V2" upgrade for the AVM20 wherein we swapped out the processor board for a more powerful one, opening up the then much enthused about Pro Logic II, upgrading the THX suite to Ultra2, and adding more bass management options.

Receivers