The Mummy
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Editor’s note- to learn more about Universal’s impressive Blu-ray efforts, see their great new website at www.universalhidef.com. It’s the best studio website I have seen to date and shows that with Blu-ray, you get much more than better pictures and sound.
Blu-ray Movie Review by: Lance Rhinehart
The 1932 classic film inspired this […]
Pentax K20D Digital SLR Camera
Sound Advice
By Don Lindich
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Q: I have been pretty happy with my Olympus E-10. The price was right and my old Pentax cameras were starting to really show their age (my favorite one is well over 40 years old.)
Now it seems that my Olympus is developing problems, […]
The Speaker Company TSAT1000 Speaker System
The TSAT1000 system I raved about recently is now available for pre-order on the The Speaker Company website. A nice surprise is the speakers are available individually for $65.97 each. This makes it easy to bump your system from 5.1 to 7.1 if you want. You can also to build […]
Sound Advice
By Don Lindich
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Q: The sound on rented VCR tapes and DVDs is usually so poor that I can barely hear the dialogue, even with my TV sound turned up to the maximum. Sometimes it is impossible to hear across the room, even when the air conditioner is off. Sometimes the […]
Sound Advice
By Don Lindich
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Q: In a recent column you mentioned purchasing TVs from independently owned stores or specialty shops instead of big-box stores. We can’t think of any places to get a TV other than the big box stores. How do we go about finding these independent places?
WAYNE,
Minneapolis
A: If you are looking […]
Doomsday
Blu-ray Disc review By Don Lindich
For screenshots of Universal’s Blu-ray splashscreen, menus and features, see my post Universal Blu-ray Discs are here- a first look.
As one of Universal Studios’ first Blu-ray Disc releases, Doomsday has been a highly anticipated title. In technical merit it does not disappoint… in fact, it delights with its artful blending […]
The Speaker Company TSAT1000 speakers- only $299 for the set of five.
I’ve been listening to TSAT1000 system from The Speaker Company and I have to tell you, these things sound good. VERY GOOD. I was sent a set recently and had to finish up another review before hooking them up, and after I started […]
As part of my efforts to promote and educate about high-definition media (you really do need to move up from DVD, folks) Blu-ray movie reviews will now be a regular feature on the site. We have a very unique format and lots of great new discs to review, so be sure to check back […]
By Don Lindich and Lance Rhinehart
By Don Lindich
Set in the California desert in the early 1900s and based loosely on Upton Sinclair’s Oil!, There Will Be Blood recounts the rise of oilman Daniel Plainview, portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in an Academy Award-winning performance. Plainview’s personal nature is as dark and slimy as […]
A special column regarding speaker and other electronics pricing will start hitting the newspapers today. Since it is time sensitive I am posting it here as well for the benefit of site visitors who may miss it otherwise.
Sound Advice
By Don Lindich
July 9, 2008
Usually when I need to list a clarification or correction it is in […]
Dish Network finally has their DTVPal on the market, but it is not $40 as previously announced, but $59.95- comparable to most other converter boxes. The bright side is that based on my review sample, it looks to be an excellent unit, one of the nicer ones on the market. This may not be enough to […]
