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Audio Video Revolution Contest Last Chance to Enter to win a $2,742 Home Theater System from NAD Electronics and PSB Speakers! Click below to enter to win today... http://www.avrev.com/audiorevolutioncontest Optoma H79 DLP Projector Reviewed DLP chips keep getting better and better and cheaper too. With awesome stats and an ultra-bright picture for HD and DVD-movies alike - could this be your next projector? The H79 is the latest top-of-the-line DLP projector from Optoma and one of the first on the market to utilize Texas Instruments' new DarkChip3. The H79 is priced at $9,999, a competitive sum for a top of the line projector with the newest video chip technology. The DarkChip3 is the latest iteration in the HD2+ series of DLP chips and improves upon the prior Mustang chip by closing the gap between panels, making the reverse side of the panels more light-absorbent, as well as removing the dimple on each of the panels. Like the prior HD2+ series chips, the DarkChip3 features a HD-capable resolution of 1,280 x 720 and a 16:9 aspect ratio. These changes increase contrast and help the H79 obtain its reported 4,500:1 contrast ratio. It was not clear how this projector was measured to get such incredibly high contrast numbers, considering that many other top projectors costing many times more money have many times less contrast. Optoma knows that a top-performing chip alone does not make for a great projector and made sure that the new DarkChip3 enhancements were not wasted in this aggressively priced projector. The H79 has a decisively simple appearance, with its cream-colored chassis that is fairly square, void of any fancy race-inspired lines, and measures 16.9 inches by five-and-a-third inches by 12 inches wide. Click here to read the full review... http://www.avrev.com/equip/optomah79/ Read more equipment reviews on AVRev.com http://www.avrev.com/equip/ Anthony Gallo Acoustics The Reference3 Speaks For Itself "... Not since the Vandersteen 2 has a loudspeaker come on to the audio scene with such assuredness of success. Not since the Vandy has a speaker so outpaced the competition in terms of quality and value at its price point as has this Gallo loudspeaker." Martin DeWolf - Bound For Sound "... This speaker combines so much unconventional thinking, novel applications and build quality in such a balanced, physically compact but sonically gargantuan and full-range design, and for such an exceedingly fair price that some drastic measure of formal recognition was required to truly separate it out from the crowds that make up the $3,000 - $10,000 floorstanding speaker field." Srajan Ebaen - sixmoons.com Click here to visit Anthony Gallo Acoustics... http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/anthonygallo.html Ultralink: The Most Significant Improvement to Home Cinema --Ultralink's Platinum Videophile Pro line has been designed from the ground up to deliver high bandwidth HDTV signals. Starting with raw materials, we use proprietary engineering and materials to make our own cables and connectors to exceed all standards - micro-welded DVI-D cables, full 75ohm RCA and BNC connectors and 99.99997% pure laboratory-grade copper conductors. Be assured that you're delivering full HD bandwidth from source to display with our exclusive solutions. Click here to visit Ultralink... http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/ultralink.html Revolution Home Theater Feature Film Reviews The Island Reviewed By Bill Warren Rating: Two and a half stars "The Island" is a fast paced but peculiarly repetitive big-scale science fiction/action thriller set in the near future. As it is directed by Michael Bay, dialogue and performance are shunted aside in favor of speed speed speed. Bay directs movies as though he's convinced that characterization and the dialogue and behavior that establish it is just a device to hobble his burning desire for sheer velocity. Sometimes, as with "Bad Boys II," his movies also lack anything but a semblance of a plot. The script of "The Island", credited to the wonderfully-named Caspian Tredwell-Owen and the team of Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, actually does have a plot, although it's strongly reminiscent of a mostly-forgotten 1979 movie, "Parts: The Clonus Horror." "The Island" also resembles a whole truckload of other, mostly better, movies, including "Logan's Run," "THX-1138," "Minority Report," "Gattaca" and many others. It opens with Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) tortured by a nightmare involving a ship, lots of water and faceless people torturing him. He awakes to his normal life, which isn't normal to us... Click below to read the full review... http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/movies/revs/island.shtml 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 here... http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/rbh1004.html Revolution Home Theater Featured DVD Reviews Read Two More Michael Bay DVD Reviews on RHT... The Rock (Criterion Edition) "The Rock" was one of the best thrillers of 1996, surpassing 'Mission: Impossible.' But Michael Bay's next film, 'Armageddon,' was so awesomely awful that it's easy to forget how entertaining -- if improbable -- 'The Rock' is. It's usually remembered for the spectacular, but over the top, San Francisco car chase that comes early in the proceedings. This terrific DVD set from Criterion will remind everyone what a fun time can be had on 'The Rock.' Unlike most action movies, one standout element here are the characters and star turns from Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris, as well as a particularly good supporting cast. It's not all just slam-bang action and effects, though there are plenty of both. The second disc includes a fairly interesting look at how the effects were done. Marine General Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris) leads a completely illicit raid on a weaponsdepot, using a hand-picked, loyal (he thought) assault team... Click below to read the full review... http://www.audiorevolution.com/dvd/revs/therock.shtml Pearl Harbor "Pearl Harbor" is essentially the story of two buddies, Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett), and the military nurse (Kate Beckinsale) who is the love of their lives, played out against the horror that was the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands on December 7, 1941. The story of this friendship, the loss and accidental betrayal of love, and the courage needed by the men who faced the devastation of the American military base provides the thread that pulls together a dozen different stories and give the movie its scope. However, the different story arcs get somewhat tangled and at times lost in the choreography of the battle and in the emotional fallout after the attack. Chapter 1 begins with a beautiful montage of a biplane against a dulled gold sun. As the plane passes over a small airstrip, the buzz of the prop wash cycles from the center speaker(s) to the left then the right main, giving the viewer the impression that the plane just missed him or her. The story moves on into the lives of young Rafe, who is dyslexic, and young Danny, who has an abusive father scarred by service during World War I. Click below to read the full review... http://www.audiorevolution.com/dvd/revs/pearlharbor.shtml Check out our DVD review archive below... http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/dvd/main.shtml And now for something completely different... The Qsonix Q100 is an Apple iPod on steroids! Imagine storing up to 500 CDs (on one unit no larger than the average CD player) with lossless compression (i.e. audiophile sound quality)! Or store up to 3,000 CDs compressed. That's a lot of music either way you cut it. All music selections or albums are easily searched and played at the touch of a button. You must experience the Q100 for yourself! As an Evolution Audio & Video exclusive, you can order the Q100 with the 15" touch screen panel and receive the panel ($1,795 retail) absolutely free. Come into Evolution Audio & Video for an amazing demonstration! Call (818) 879-1312 or email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further information. Please visit this week's sponsors: http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/martinlogan250.html http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/polk_xm.html http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/transparent.html To be removed from the RevolutionHomeTheater.com weekly email list click here and follow the simple on-screen removal instructions. http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/newsletter/index.html The AudioRevolution Inc. and its publications are compliant with Business & Professional Code SECT 17529. To be removed from the AudioRevolution.com weekly email list call us toll free at 866.235.0069. Privacy Policy http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/privacypolicy/index.html Audio Video Revolution. 9601 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 880. 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