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Audio Video Revolution Reader Survey AVR wants to hear from you about our publication. What we do well and what would make it better for you. One reader will win a 20GB Apple iPod. Click below to take the survey... http://www.avrev.com/audiorevolutioncontest Audio Video Education on RHT: Organizing Your Music On a Server If you don�t yet have an iPod and are feeling a bit like an outsider, have no fear. Creating an archive of your CD collection and putting it on your computer and/or iPod can be very simple and could potentially save your collection of music in the event of a disaster. Another advantage in taking on the project of archiving your music is that by physically ripping all of your discs, you will find that you are reintroduce yourself to music you know and love but had forgotten you own. It is likely that you will even head out to the record store or iTunes to buy even more music to round out your collection. An Old Argument � Mac or PC Apple�s newfound dominance and ultra-easy-to-use interface gives them a head start as the best vehicle for archiving and managing your music. Factor in the plug and play ease of use of the iPod and the simple integration of buying music through iTunes and you can see why over five million people bought iPods in the fourth quarter of 2004 alone. With an iMac and a few accessories, you can have an entire computer that can host your music collection for well under $1,000. I highly recommend that you archive your music on to some sort of external drive. I prefer Lacie Firewire drives. For around $200, you can have 250 gigabytes of storage (or a few thousand songs) on one single drive. Click below to read more... http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/howto/musicarchive/index.html More RHT "How-To" Articles: Building Your Dream Theater - Step 1: Assembling Your Team http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/howto/dreamtheaterteam/index.html Installing LCDs Everywhere http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/howto/lcdseverywhere/index.html Revolution Home Theater Feature Film Reviews Kicking & Screaming Reviewed By Bill Warren Rating: Three and a half stars Will Ferrell looks like he�s lining up for a better movie career than most graduates of the Saturday Night Live training school. Many of those from the later seasons of the show who transferred to movies were best known for a few very specific characters on SNL; Ferrell was more of a generalist, which is serving him very well so far. �Kicking & Screaming� isn�t a great comedy�it was never intended to be�but it�s a lot of fun in an easy-going way. You won�t remember it very long after seeing it, but it�s fun while it lasts. Ferrell�s Phil Weston has spent a lifetime never measuring up�at least in athletic activities�to the tough standards set by his highly competitive father Buck (Robert Duvall). Buck stomps all over his son, and is always ready with a snide wisecrack about Phil�s shortcomings. After Buck says he hasn�t been the same since Phil�s mother died, Phil wearily reminds his father that she�s not dead�she simply divorced him. Buck gets married again and both men have sons born on the same day�but, as Buck points out, his son Bucky is a little bigger than Phil�s son Sam. Click below to read the full review. http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/movies/revs/kickingandscreaming.shtml Welcome to Rotel... Exceptional Sound. No Exceptions! Rotel manufactures some of the best value electronics available today. From home theater components to two channel stereo to custom installation products, our more than 40 years experience combined with our Balanced Design engineering philosophy allow us to produce outstanding quality products at very affordable prices. Don�t take our word for it though. Visit our web site and see what audio critics from around the world say about Rotel. Then, go see your authorized Rotel dealer for a demonstration. Click below to visit Rotel today... http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/rotel.html Introducing the completely redesigned RBH MC Series Mark II Designed for both audio and home theater enthusiasts, the MC Series features RBH's proprietary aluminum cone technology; the same technology in their flagship products. Because of the inherent stiffness, low mass and self-damping properties found in aluminum, these advanced drivers deliver crisp, clear sound with the immediacy and accuracy needed to deliver the realism of today's high-definition music and movies. Computer optimized crossover networks allow smooth integration between drivers while increasing power handling and minimizing distortion. To learn more click below... http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/rbh1004.html Revolution Home Theater Featured DVD Reviews Read Two More Will Ferrell DVD Reviews on RHT... Zoolander Most movies made from TV comedy sketches turn out to be mildly amusing at best and painful at worst. Somehow, "Zoolander" escapes this curse with surprising zest. Director/co-scripter/star Ben Stiller has a clear handle on the material, an ear for the absurd and an unexpected sweetness that make his film a lot of fun. Stiller�s Derek Zoolander is a top male model who may not be the hottest commodity in town just now � that would be his competition, Hansel (Owen Wilson) � but he certainly takes the prize as the dumbest bunny in the hutch. Derek�s dimness is precisely why he�s hired by evil designer Mogatu (Will Ferrell). Mogatu and his sweatshop-owner cronies have hatched a nefarious scheme to brainwash Derek into assassinating the children�s rights-promoting Prime Minister of Malaysia at an upcoming fashion show. Click below to read the full review... http://www.avrev.com/dvd/revs/zoolander.shtml Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back "Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back" proves Kevin Smith has got his finger on the pulse of his audience. Although his humor is crude and often offensive in this movie, as in other movies, Smith plays to his audience, inundating them with the things they took their seats in the theater to see. At the same time, Smith takes shots at people, corporations and entities that think too highly of themselves. He also ladles in a healthy serving of social commentary along the way, which is not entirely the plan but does come through in the writing. Jay and Silent Bob are two characters Smith has worked with and around for years. In addition to being movie characters, they�ve also been featured in comics. As all good epic storytellers must, Smith has created a world large enough to spin out several stories while keeping familiar touchstones that make return viewers feel instantly at home. Click below to read the full review... http://www.avrev.com/dvd/revs/jayandsilentbob.shtml Check out our DVD review archive. Click below... http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/dvd/main.shtml Your System Will Sound Like It Does at Midnight, 24/7 A recent test report on the PurePower 1050 began by reminding audiophiles that their systems have always sounded their best at midnight. Why? At that hour, the local power utility is delivering its cleanest, most accurate power. At midnight, the current flows and system dynamics can be reached that at other hours of the day are impossible. Until now. PurePower is the first and only power conditioner in the world that takes the inbound AC power from the utility, converts it to DC, then back to perfect voltage sinewave with no noise, distortion, spikes, or sags, even if the inbound voltage is ZERO. Its built-in batteries protect and isolate your system from the local utility in a way that no other conditioner can, giving you that �midnight� sound quality every time you listen, regardless of the time of day. 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