Category Archives: Giveaway

Cabasse La Sphere

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

Okay, this is a little belated, but I doubt that I will ever get an opportunity to review them in my office, so I wanted to mention them here. I’m talking about the Cabasse La Sphere speaker system. Last Thursday … Continue reading →

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A note on my attitude

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

I hope I’m not coming across too strident about the cable stuff I’ve been writing about lately. Or, rather, I hope my stridency is not putting readers off. Please feel free to disagree with me on this or any other … Continue reading →

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Another Blu-ray vs DVD comparison: Great Expectations

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Here it is. Here’s a sample: Meanwhile, I have an exceedingly silly movie — Good Luck Chuck — on a Testmold Blu-ray to give away. Content is same as a bought one, but no box or slick. First to ask … Continue reading →

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Free Blu-ray: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Yes, yours for free: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Ask for it in comments. Australian addresses only. This is a test disc, without a box, but it works fine.

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Edith Piaf lives!

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Well, kinda. When I went to see Inception at the cinema a month or two ago, I recall thinking at one point: is that Edith Piaf singing? I was ambivalent, because while it sounded like her, it also sounded too … Continue reading →

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Undisclosed Bass

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’m reviewing a shiny new Denon home theatre receiver that, amongst other things, features the ability to play Internet radio. Making sure I cover everything, I explore its menus and confirm that it also plays podcasts. To test, I usually … Continue reading →

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2012

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Characters punched from the same dress-up-doll book that was used for a thousand other movies, and coincidences that make the plot-line of Starship Troopers seem like a model of non-contrivance. You just know that as the world is falling apart, … Continue reading →

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How black can Epson get?

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Yesterday Epson flew me up to Sydney to attend at Fox Studios, well, not precisely a launch, but a briefing on its two forthcoming home theatre projectors. They will be available in November. These are somewhat of a departure for … Continue reading →

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Long delayed Blu-ray reviews

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve allowed my Web uploading of Blu-ray reviews to lapse for a few months, but that is now corrected. So, if you’re interested in my thoughts as published in Sound and Image, Australian HI-FI or Australian Smart Home Ideas, here … Continue reading →

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Finding solutions

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

One of the fun bits of this job is inventing protocols to unambiguously determine different aspects of performance. While this is now largely a thing of the past (since most Blu-ray players now feature full audio decoding for all codecs), … Continue reading →

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