Audio Video Revolution Email Update AVRev.com Lead Story DirecTV to Have 1,000 HD Channels by 2007
Top satellite TV provider DirecTV announced on Sept. 9 that they will launch four new satellites - two in 2005 and two more in 2007 - to provide more HDTV channels for their subscribers. This comes as sales of DTV sets (capable of HD but not necessarily hooked up to HDTV) have boomed to 850,000 per month, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0904/9.directv.html Featured Equipment Review Aperion Intimus 5.1 Speaker System The online speaker revolution continues. With customer service that rivals a 5 star resort and sound that reminds you of speakers costing many times the price, Matt Evert tests the top speaker system from Aperion Audio. Click below to read more... http://www.avrev.com/equip/aperionintimus/index.html Click below for the speaker review archive... http://www.avrev.com/equip/speakers.html Enter to Win! AVRev.com Monthly Giveaway This month AVRev.com is giving away a Sherwood Newcastle P-965 Preamp/Processor and A-965 Amp worth $3000. Be the lucky winner by entering to win today! http://www.avrev.com/audiorevolutioncontest Congratulations to Matthew Mockus of NJ who won the Polk RM6900 HT 5.1 Speaker System last month! RHT: Win a $2,495 PurePower 1050 AC Regenerator by clicking below... http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/rhtcontest NAD PowerDrive - So smart, it knows what your speakers are thinking They say that knowledge is power. So when it comes to reacting to the constantly fluctuating power needs of today's loudspeakers, an A/V receiver has to be very smart indeed. Most A/V receivers fail the test and you hear distortion. NAD's dual-rail power supply knows when your speakers need extra help to deliver clean, undistorted sound. The result is honor roll performance for your movies and music. Visit your nearest NAD dealer or do your homework at http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/nad.html Isolate & Protect your AV system from the power grid with PurePower. If you're confused about all the different claims regarding power conditioning, it's no wonder. Now there's a way to avoid all the "band-aids" and get a complete solution by actually generating your own brand-new AC power, off the grid. PurePower AC Regenerators take the inbound AC power, convert it to DC, and output perfect, noise-free, accurate voltage on a pristine sinewave to six receptacles on its rear panel, regardless of what�s happening on the AC line. No noise, no distortion, no harmonics. Just clean, perfect power. Power outages are destructive - for you and your components, particularly DLP projectors. Only PurePower's exclusive built-in battery back-up system keeps your system operating and protected, even in deep brown outs and blackouts. Click below to learn more... http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/audiophileaps.html Richard Gray's Power Company: Have you received your FREE A/V System Evaluation from Richard Gray's Power Company yet? Not happy with the performance of your audio and video components? How's your power? Send Richard Gray's Power Company a profile of your audio/video system and they can recommend the most ideal placement of Richard Gray's Power Company products with your equipment to maximum performance benefits. Find out how your power is today. Click below and fill out the form for your free system evaluation... http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/rgpc.html More AVRev.com News Meridian's New 808 CD Player Released on 20th Anniversary of Their First CD Player - Meridian has announced the release of a new Compact Disc Player in its 800 Reference Series. The new player, the 808, is a Limited Edition and marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Meridian�s first CD player, and the world�s first audiophile CD player, the MCD. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0904/7.meridian.html Irwin Seating's Performance VIP Chairs Enhance Home Theater Seating - Irwin Seating's new Performance VIP Family of home theater chairs consists of a luxurious Recliner model that is ideal for the home theater's most frequently-used front row. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0904/8.irwin.html Gracenote Provides Music Management For Rossound's Smart Media Server - Gracenote announced that the new Russound SMS3 �Smart Media Server� will enable people to quickly identify any song, artist or album in their entire music collection or link to cover art and related content, using the Gracenote Music Management System. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0804/30.faroudja.html NAD Improves Three Popular A/V Components With a New Operating System - NAD has incorporated the NAD V2.0 operating system in the latest T 773, T 763 A/V Receivers and T 163 A/V Tuner Preamplifier production models. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0904/10.nad.html AVRev.com Music Reviews Danny Elfman - Spider-Man 2 Original Motion Picture Score CD Danny Elfman, the former Oingo Boingo man, has made a fine career as a motion picture composer over the past 20-plus years. As the mainstay for director Tim Burton, Elfman has come to not only embody but personify the bizarre and unusual in film scoring. Depending on how you look at it, it is either fortunate or unfortunate that he has become the film composer�s version of a Marvel superhero, having scored �Batman,� �Spider-Man,� �The Hulk� and other comic book adaptations. 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