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HomeTechTell Review: JBL SB200 Sound Bar

Harman SB 200

Harman International’s JBL brand has introduced a new series of sound bars known as the Cinema Series, with models including the SB 100, SB 200, and SB 300. This review is of the middle model, the SB 200, which sports a good look and an even better sound. It’s a very good deal at $299. more »

DVD Review: Stuck Between Stations

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Stuck Between Stations is a Sundance-style indie film that’s not quite original, but still surprisingly affecting. Set in Minneapolis — where the author of this review grew up — Stuck Between Stations fits comfortably into the “One Crazy Night” genre, along with American Graffiti and its many imitators; the film’s major antecedents, in fact, are all more »

Short Film: Director’s Commentary

Director's Commentary

Ever wonder what the process is for creating a director’s commentary for a DVD? A newly released short film takes a hilarious look at the process. Director’s Commentary, a 14-minute short shot in Philadelphia and written and directed by David Dylan Thomas, purports to be the commentary for Incurable Romantic, a fictitious short film produced more »

DVD Movie Review: Shut Up Little Man — An Audio Misadventure

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Here’s a wonderfully unconventional little documentary, which looks at what “going viral” meant before there was YouTube or even an Internet. Shut Up Little Man: An Audio Misadventure, made by an Australian team led by director Matthew Bate, tells a very strange story of that spans three decades. It starts in 1987, when a pair more »

Monster’s New Gratitude Headphones

In the final installment of our exclusive interview, Noel Lee, the Monster chief executive known as the Head Monster, talks to Dealerscope and CustomRetailer’s Krissy Rushing about the company’s new headphones. In this video, Lee talks about Monster’s headphone partnerships with Earth, Wind and Fire and Daft Punk. [See the video link here.]