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Home Theater Newsletter January, 2011 Rolling Thunder Group, Inc.
3241 Kerner Blvd San Rafael, CA 94901
415-456-1681
www.rollingthundergroup.com
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Greetings!
What is more beautiful than bringing your family together to share experiences. Complemented by our acoustic and interior design our home theater and music systems will bring your family together in style.
Whatever your goals are we can help  clear the way and bring new vitality into your home with today's high resolution video technology and surround sound. Contact us today for your free, no obligation design consultation. Let's get the New Year off right! |
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Artison Speakers Huge Sound in a Small Space
Artison was founded in 2003 and has since been committed to the development of leading edge technology, lifestyle-enhancing home entertainment solutions. Led by renowned speaker designer Cary Christie, Artison continues to demonstrate its expertise with technological innovations and advancements that enhance consumers' home audio and video enjoyment that deliver a unique Total Involvement Experience™.
 | | Artison Super Thin LCR Speakers for LED TV's |
Artison's Masterpiece, Portrait, and Sketch LCR-DMs, are engineered to perfectly match today's new ultra-thin flat panel displays. They include all three front-channel speakers (Left, Right, Center) in two slim enclosures utilizing Artison's patented DualMonoŽ Center Channel technology, which projects crisp clear dialog in the center of the screen.
Side-firing Stage Tweeters widen the soundstage giving the listener a more powerful Home Theater experience. In addition to the new Thin LCR-DM speakers, Artison's full line of advanced home entertainment audio solutions include an affordable high performance SoundBar, In-Wall and On-Wall Surround Satellite Speakers, In-Wall and Freestanding Subwoofers.
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NuVision Releases 3D LED TV's
We just love NuVision's edge lit LED TV's. Now they are available in 3D versions. Included is a BluRay Player setup specifically for these displays. |
| | NuVision 3D LED TV's |
Another unique offering is uColor custom bezel color option or a mirror option. Very cool! And because it's so energy efficient it was chosen for Cedia's 2010 Sustainable Lifestyle Product Innovation. 
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BitWise: Complete iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch Control System
Welcome to BitWise Controls. Imagine simplifying a home theater system to the point that simply putting a DVD into a DVD player will automatically turn on the desired components (TV, surround receiver, etc.) and switches all of those components to the appropriate audio/video inputs and surround mode. No more pile of remotes, no confusion, and no hassles. Check out the BC4 Intro Video
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Integra THX Certified DBS-50.2 BluRay with Netflix, Blockbuster
The Integra THX Certified DBS-50.2 is a versatile 1080p-upscaling Blu-ray player that handles your favorite disc, and SD cards too. An Ethernet port enables BD-Live and firmware updates, and opens up the limitless possibilities of Video on Demand. What sets it apart is its HD video processing. Watch this video to see what makes it special.
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Digital Audio & Computer Audiophile Computer Audiophile gets more hits than all of the the other AV sites combined and offers a very good primer for the self starters we all need to be in this new age. It is a good resource that is not to be under utilized. The FAQ section is a good place to start everyone off. Steven Stone also writes for various magazine about this space. See his review of Pure Music in January Absolute Sound. A solution for Mac formerly reserved for Amarra. Six Moons review.
Music in hi resolution form is a fast growing category. Many of us rip DVDA's for example. Some artists offer them directly from their own sites. We've found a sight that has live concert recordings pulled off mixing boards some of which are full 24 bit flac files!
A great place to find hi rez flac files is hdtracks, linn records and society of sound.
 | | Sterophile Guide to Digital Audio |
Download the Stereophile Guide to Digital Audio here.
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Thank you for your support and referrals!
 Refer your friends and family and receive a special gift from us as appreciation!
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Movie Servers and Library Systems
Kaleidescape
The Kaleidescape System provides a powerful and entertaining movie-watching experience in your own home. With its award-winning, intuitive onscreen interface, the Kaleidescape System organizes and visually catalogs your collection of Blu-ray Discs, DVDs and CDs in high definition with eye-popping detail.
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Kaleidescape's exclusive Movie Guide, provided automatically through the Internet, covers more than 135,000 Blu-ray and DVD titles and provides video bookmarks so movies start instantly, without advertisements, trailers, or menus. It also provides easy access to songs on concert films, and control triggers for automatically adjusting screen masking, lighting, and curtains during playback.
VidaBox
What's different about VidaBox™?
Every VidaBox system manufactured is not just another box - it's a custom manufactured, engineered system that is built to your specifications. There are no "off the shelf" systems - they are build to meet or exceed your requirements, with nothing extra that you don't need.
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VidaBox systems are expandable over time and allow you to "grow your system", preventing product obsolescence by allowing you to upgrade or expand the system and add more features. Start with a single system, and add in more components as needed!.
Apple TV
If you had an old Apple TV you can appreciate many of the differences the new version offers. Since it is not a hard drive based device there is substantially less heat from theis device and subsequently fewer issues with reboots, etc. In addition it streams from your computers so hard drive space is limited to your computer and not the device. And we love that it streams Netflix and offers not just the queue but the entire Netflix library.
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However there are some disadvantages. The new Apple TV
has only an HDMI video output so it will not integrate into older systems or TV's that don't have an HDMI input, and we have had bad luck with HDMI-RGB converters. Also it only outputs in 720p so unless you have one of our 1080p up-converting A/V receivers you won't get full resolution. Also your iTunes must be open and your computer on for it to access your library. But for $99 it's a bargain!
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Thank you for your support. It is your support that sustains us and we are deeply grateful.
We serve our community as a Certified Bay Area Green Business and member of Build It Green. Our commitment is to conscious processes, products and movement in the world.
What can we do for you? Contact me and let me know.
Sincerely,
Jeff Symonds
President & Founder
jeff@rollingthundergroup.com
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