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Any issue with the month “September” stamped on it is one Sound & Vision would normally take with us to the CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) Expo, the largest U.S. trade show devoted to home theater and related technologies

PART 1 Playlists. In the world of audio, especially when it comes to critical listening and system evaluation, there is nothing more important than playlists. Those sonic references play a critical role in designing and evaluating an audio system’s p

If there’s one thing the ongoing pandemic has taught us, it’s that the “too much time on my hands” concept no longer applies. If anything, we’ve got more than enough time to pursue all our audiophile-related passions—or, as Burgess Meredith put it in

PART 1 If George Orwell had lived to see millions of people voluntarily shelling out money to have listening devices installed inside of their homes, he’d likely shout, “I KNEW IT!” With untold R&D dollars having been poured into the development of v

Q I have a Vizio TV, model number D48f-E0. The company’s specs say that it’s a “Full Array LED display.” It also has a “Backlight Control” in its picture settings menu that automatically dims or brightens the backlight during viewing. Is this feature

WHILE ISOLATION is a novel and challenging concept for many folks during these strange times, isolation from external sound is considered nirvana by music aficionados. Also, donning a pair of cans or buds and turning the music up to 11 can provide a

(For the control settings used in this review, go to www.soundandvision.com) The measurements here were made using CalMAN measurement software from Portrait Displays (www.portrait.com), together with Photo Research PR-650 and Klein K-10A color meters

WHEN WE THINK SHARK, we think scares, but the incredible thrills that helped propel Jaws to the #1 box office crown in 1975 would not have been nearly as effective without a rock-solid story and engaging characters. (That’s one explanation for the ma

TOP GUN isn’t a deep, philosophical masterpiece—far from it. Instead, it’s a bunch of corny dialogue interspersed with intense scenes of fighter jets flying at the speed of sound. But with likable characters, outstanding action, and a killer soundtra

WITH A heavyweight cast including Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, and Meryl Streep, 1979’s five-time Academy Award-winning (including for Best Picture and Best Director) The Deer Hunter is an at times elegiac look at an America that

ZZ TOP ain’t been nicknamed That Little Ol’ Band From Texas for nothing, you know. But just in case you don’t, please bear witness to this highly informative 2019 Banger Films documentary, which delves Rio Grande-deep into the true origins of this ti

IT’S AROUND this time of year that a few disparate “guy” movies new to the format or re-released usually pop up on Blu-ray or Ultra HD Blu-ray. But Sony chose a different path for 2020, opening the door of its vast and prestigious Columbia Pictures v