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Video Games as Art? Video Games as Art? The eye of the beholder indeed. Rockstar Games recent non-release Manhunt 2 is being touted as "art" by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Chairman Strauss Zelnick according to an article by Reuters.…
AVRant #7: The Best Seat in the House AVRant #7: The Best Seat in the House This week we conclude our discussion of the Circuit City undercover operation. Tom shares his listening experience with $25,000 electrostats - hence the title of the Podcast. Some more discussion…
Ask AVRant #1: Cats and Qualifications Ask AVRant #1: Cats and Qualifications AVRant has issued its first installment of Ask AVRant. J. Walker Clarke (a fellow reviewer and husband to the Podcasting phenomena that is our very own Dina) joins Tom in a more technical discussion.…
10 MORE Reasons Why HD-DVD Formats Have Already Failed 10 MORE Reasons Why HD-DVD Formats Have Already Failed OK, the the title is a tad-bit deceiving. It's been almost a year now since I wrote my popular yet controversial diatribe on the demise of the competing high definition DVD formats. I wrote the…
AVRant #6: Circuit City Exposed! AVRant #6: Circuit City Exposed! AVRant gets interesting this week as Tom and Dina actually meet in person for the first time in beautiful (hot, sticky, humid, sweaty) South Carolina. This podcast was done in Dina’s recording room…
Golf Ball-Sized Speakers? What's Next? Golf Ball-Sized Speakers? What's Next? Back in the 60s and 70s stereo systems were judged not necessarily for their fidelity, but for the size and number of their woofers. Just take a gander at just about any speaker system back in the…
AVRant #4: You paid HOW MUCH for those rocks?!? AVRant #4: You paid HOW MUCH for those rocks?!? That's right, it's tweak time. Time to introduce Dina to the wonderful world of hi-end audio. We dive right in the deep end with magic rocks, magic cables, and a bunch of other magic stuff. You KNOW…
AVRant #3: We don't go to the movies AVRant #3: We don't go to the movies The movies come to us! During this week's Podcast, we’ve got it all for you. Simultaneous theater/DVD/on-demand movie releases, kids+home theater=bad?, home theater calibration options, wireless…
People in Ivory Towers shouldn't throw Glass Rocks People in Ivory Towers shouldn't throw Glass Rocks We've seen a baffling trend lately, something that is not new or specific to AV. It causes us a lot of concern and we hope that in the future these occurrences will not repeat. It happens in AV, it…
AVRant #2: Kurt loves us! AVRant #2: Kurt loves us! We got our first call! Kurt’s the man! We discuss how audiophiles react to simple questions, HDTV in general, routing your video connections through your receiver, and video game movies. There are a…