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CEDIA 2017

CEDIA 2017 Intro

Secrets

CEDIA 2017 is being held in beautiful, sunny San Diego. The San Diego Convention Center will host over 500 exhibitors who will be catering to and connecting with the attendees within the home theater and technology community. Check out the show coverage by SECRETS Co Editor...

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Shure M97xE Phono Cartridge Review

Carlo Lo Raso

If you're looking for a good quality mid-level phono cartridge to enable your dreams of vinyl nirvana (on a budget), then the Shure M97xE is definitely worth your consideration. While perhaps not the most revealing cartridge in the world, the Shure M97xE does provide a few notable features and has a sound signature that many should find to be smooth and fatigue-free. It has a particular knack for taming brighter recordings and, overall seems to be an excellent value and a solid, engaging performer.

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Colossal - Blu-Ray Movie

Colossal – Blu-Ray Movie Review

Gabe Lowe

Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City, and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.

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The Fate of the Furious - Blu-Ray Movie Review

The Fate of the Furious – Blu-Ray Movie Review

Jim Clements

The "Fate of the Furious" is the eighth installment in this beloved franchise. It begins with Dom and Letty enjoying their honeymoon in Cuba by engaging in a street race of course. But then this movie's villian, Cipher (Charlize Theron) blackmails Dom so he becomes compelled to cooperate with her evil plot.

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How-to: Run Cables In Your Walls

How-to: Run Cables In Your Walls

Indiana Lang

In my recent article about installing a low-budget touch-panel, I mentioned that the cables can be run through the wall to hide them from view. So I created this simple, step by step guide to show you how to install a low voltage, CL3-certified cable into a wall the right way.

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xXx: Return of Xander Cage

xXx: Return of Xander Cage – 4K UHD Blu-Ray Movie Review

Jim Milton

In spite of being killed off in the second installment of this franchise, Xander Cage returns to the xXx agency, because after all, the World needs him. After coming out of self-imposed exile and on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team, Xander races to recover a sinister and seemingly...

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