SIM2 Inks Promotion Deal With Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola
SIM2 Multimedia announce that legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola – a five-time Academy Award-winning film director, writer and producer – will be featured in a global marketing campaign for 2010/11.
“We write an important page in our history as we proudly reveal our relationship with Francis Ford Coppola,” said Maurizio Cini, President of SIM2 [...]
TiVo Premiere HD DVR Reviewed
Perhaps spurred on by the Moxi HD DVR, TiVo has finally given its interface a high-def makeover, and the new look makes its debut in a pair of new HD DVRs: the TiVo Premiere ($300) and the TiVo Premiere XL ($500). These new models will replace the TiVo HD DVR and TiVo HD XL DVR. [...]
Snell In-Wall IW-B7 Speakers and IW-Basis300 In-Wall Sub Reviewed
Snell Acoustics is well known in audiophile circles for their thirty-plus years of American-made high-performance solid-value loudspeakers. While Snell’s best-known speakers were the huge Type A variants, Snell’s current line-up also includes speakers with a much smaller visual impact on their surroundings. Snell’s latest in-wall speaker, the IW-B7, is their Signature Series response to the [...]
High End AV Preamp Sales Boom Despite Recession – Many Models Sold Out
While the Great Recession rages on, there are signs of recovery and hope in the AV business. One such ray of sunshine is the boom in sales of higher end AV preamps. We don’t mean the $30,000 flagship units which are priced and designed to sell in lower volumes to the Uber-rich. The AV preamps [...]
Here We Go Again – HDMI 1.4a Released With Focus on 3D
HDMI Licensing, LLC just announced the release of the HDMI Specification Version 1.4a, featuring key enhancements for 3D applications including the addition of mandatory 3D formats for broadcast content as well as the addition of the 3D format referred to as Top-and-Bottom. The complete HDMI Specification Version 1.4a, along with the Compliance Test Specification (CTS) [...]














