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Audio Video Revolution Monthly Contest This month, one lucky AudioVideoRevolution.com reader will be taking home a theater system from NAD Electronics and PSB Speakers. The system includes Two pair of PSB B15 bookshelf speakers, two pair PSB SP25i speaker stands, one PSB C40 center channel speaker, one PSB SubSeries 5i subwoofer, one NAD T743 receiver and one NAD T514 DVD player Last Chance to Enter to Win a $2,472 Home Theater System from NAD Electronics and PSB Speakers! http://www.avrev.com/audiorevolutioncontest RevolutionHomeTheater Monthly Contest Last Chance to Enter to Win a $1,499 iScan HD+ Video Processor... http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/rhtcontest AVRev.com Lead Story HD-DVD Players Will Officially Output HD On HDMI Toshiba, one of the leading forces behind the HD-DVD movement, announced on a recent road show just how they plan to get High Definition video from an HD-DVD disc to your starving HDTV set. High res signal will officially flow through the easy to use HDMI cable while the analog outs will be downconverted to traditional, non-HD 480i. HD recording enthusiasts will not be happy about the lack of 1080i and 720p flowing freely from the back of their new HD disc players however another more important people will be thrilled Hollywood movie executives. Studios know the importance of selling their films right into your living room considering the boom in home theater paired with stagnant box office numbers in 2005. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0705/29.toshibahdmi.html HD Radio is Coming Your Way HD Radio is a new technology for broadcasting digital terrestrial radio that can deliver CD quality sound on FM and FM quality sound on AM, multiple programs on a single frequency and text. By end of the year 2500 stations will be broadcasting in HD and in a couple of years every major station will broadcast in HD. Polk Audio is among the first to offer HD Radio hardware in the form of the I-Sonic Entertainment system that combines an HD tuner, XM satellite radio (with optional antenna), DVD/CD player and a four speaker array Get the full story from Polk Audio here... http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/polk.html 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. Don¹t 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 here to visit Rotel today... http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/rotel.html Like what you read? Want to say something about it? Join the AudioVideoRevolution discussion group at Yahoo.com today! Click below to join the all new AudioVideoRevolution discussion group... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/audiovideorevolution/ More AVRev.com News XM Radio and MP3s On The Go - Samsung has partnered up with XM Satellite Radio to offer two portable MP3 players with satellite radio capabilities, using flash memory and XM¹s own Connect-and-Play technology. Players will be available in two different storage capacities by the end of the year and will come with an XM Radio home accessory kit. Subscribers will be able to listen to their favorite XM stations as well as fill players with their music files... Click here for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0705/29.xmsamsung.html KCRW Podcasts Morning Becomes Eclectic Sessions - KCRW, a popular public radio station based in Los Angeles, is no stranger to podcasting. The station has been podcasting a number of shows since March 1, 2005. Among the roster of 22 shows available on demand from their website and iTunes podcast directory are news... Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0705/25.kcrwpodcast.html Projection Screens for Bright Rooms - Screen Innovations has introduced their Mirage Screen, a front projection screen that allows users to see clear images in high-brightness environments, just as they would in the dark. The screen features a high-contrast filter covering 60% of the screen surface which allows images to be reflected by the screen and also absorbs incidental light from other angles. By absorbing light coming in through windows or other sources, the screen is mostly unaffected by ambient light... Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0705/22.miragescreen.html Sunfire's New True Subwoofer Super Junior - The True Subwoofer Super Junior is most impressive for its size; in nine-inch cabinets, Sunfire manages to pack in a powerful 1,500 RMS and dual 8-inch long throw, hi-velocity, proprietary drivers. While a new version of the subwoofer is now available, it still retains its most distinctive qualities... Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0705/26.sunfire.html Sonos Music Digital System The Sonos(tm) Digital Music System lets you play all your digital music, all over your house and control it from the palm of your hand. All you need is a Sonos(tm) ZonePlayer and speakers in the rooms of your choice and the Sonos Controller in hand to access your digital music. It's the only multi-room digital music system that liberates the music stored on your PC so you can listen to it wherever you want. Click here to learn more and read the reviews. Click below to learn more and read the reviews... http://www.sonos.com/us/landing/all_lp2.htm AVRev.com Music Reviews The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute The Mars Volta is one offshoot from the recently dissolved band At The Drive-In (Sparta is its other splinter group, by the way), but the music it creates is nothing like stereotypical drive-in soundtrack ear candy. Back in the day, you may recall, drive-in movie theaters were almost synonymous with mindless entertainment. Continuing this cinematic analogy, The Mars Volta's angle is more along the lines of a mature art house sound, instead. "Frances The Mute" was presumably inspired by the untimely drug death of former member, Jeremy Michael Ward. And from the dramatic sound of it, primary members Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez certainly had serious matters on their minds when they laid down this recording. But because Bixler and Rodriguez are stubbornly non-linear storytellers, listeners may find it far easier to pick up on this disc's overall desperate emotional vibe, rather than gathering specific details about the album's intended story assuming there even is one. It's equally difficult to describe the stylistic aural goulash The Mars Volta has conjured up here. If progressive rock had had its genesis at the US/Mexican border, for instance, it may have come out a little bit like "Frances The Mute." Such an international perspective is strongly suggested by this work.. 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