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Sound & Vision
Price: $12.00
Description
STEREO REVIEW'S SOUND & VISION provides readers with authoritative information on the entertainment technologies and products that will impact their lives. Features offer accessible information for the enthusiast and novice on home theater, audio, video and multimedia products, with a comprehensive annual Buyer's Guide. Sound & Vision offers advice on choosing components and integrating audio and video into home theater systems, as well as offering movie and music news and reviews.
Pretty good magazine.
Date: 2008-02-06 Rating: 6 out of 10
The magazine isn't the best out there, but is far from the worst. I enjoy reading it as it keeps me fairly up to date on the newest products coming out.
If you are interested in subscribing, I'd suggest going directly through the publisher, as they charge just over half the going rate here for a year subscription. I recently resubscribed to the magazine, as I had found an incredible deal through a subscription card found in the magazine; 3-years for the price of 1. Go raid your local book store or news stand and see if you can find one of these cards!
BewertungenGood for New Product Info, But Not Much ElseDatum 2008-01-30 Rang: 4 von 10Sound & Vision is a magazine about electronics and it ranks as one of a handful of electronics magazines that I read each month. It gives me enough information to keep pace with new products and it offers some insight on ways to better utilize electronic products that you may already own.
More than any other feature of this magazine, Sound & Vision is a publication about new products. There are sections that talk about new devices, reviews and test results of new devices, and a section in each issue that summarizes the very best new products featured in that issue, complete with price, web site to consult for more information, and a brief summary of the qualities that make the product stand out in the crowd.
When Sound & Vision isn't testing a new product, it is answering common questions about electronics, explaining how to install a new product, or taking the reader inside an electronic device. I don't find these articles very useful, since I am not a true techie and thus have little use for this type of material. In some instances, these articles get far too technical for the average person's tastes. This is especially true in the monthly articles that literally take an electronic device apart, explaining step by step and piece by piece how it works. This is far too much technology for me and I cannot see how anyone other than the most extreme techies would find articles like this enjoyable.
One unusual feature of Sound & Vision is the fact that there are generally no monthly featured articles (the unique articles that vary from month to month). Instead, this magazine is comprised entirely of departments, reviews, and tech sections. This makes Sound & Vision a very consistent magazine, but also a tad on the boring side. You already know exactly what to expect when you open a new issue.
Overall, Sound & Vision is a take it or leave it kind of magazine. I like it for its new product information but the reviews are questionable (a little too optimistic), the content is predictable, and the writing isn't very engaging. Add to that the far- too- technical aspects of Sound & Vision and you have a magazine with limited appeal.
Look Elsewhere for InformationDatum 2008-01-26 Rang: 2 von 10Sound and Vision (which unfortunately I subscribe to because I failed to read other customer's reviews) is close to useless for both beginners and serious audiophile/videophiles alike.
As others have mentioned this is the new title for Stereo Review - a publication known for its upbeat reviews regardless of the quality of the equipment being tested.
Beginners looking for simple quidance on what to buy are likely to be misled.
For example: Sound and Vision awards top marks to Pioneer's lastest Plasma sets (which are universally praised but expensive) and also awards the same ratings to a Samsung LCD which has serious defects. An example: In a direct comparison of the two sets the reviewers state that the LCD had a viewing angle so restricted that three people sitting on the same couch did not see the same picture. This set was given a 7 out of 10 for viewing angle (10 being best). One has to wonder what would have to occur to receive a rating below 7.
Since the contents of this magazine are available for free on-line - everyone can savely pass on this subscription.
If you are in the habit of just reading the conclusions of reviews and have little technical expertise you will almost certainly be misled. Technically sophisticated readers will learn something from the more detailed reviews that are ONLY available on-line but will likely wonder about the high praise given some products.An okay mag that seems driven by ad revenueDatum 2005-12-05 Rang: 6 von 10The first impression I got on reading an issue was that the magazine is a mouthpiece for its advertiser's products. Seldom does one see a review that rates equipment in an "average" or, heaven forbid, "junk" status!
But if you can filter thru some of the content, then there is some fairly decent information for a beginner Home Theater enthusiast. I recall reading an article once that clearly explained the differences between Dolby Digital and DTS and what "DTS-ES" and all that verbiage meant. For someone like me, who was trying to determine if the extra $$ spent an AV Receiver featuring DTS was worth it (5 years ago) - this article was extremely informative.
That said, this is surely not one for the audio/videophile camp looking for cutting edge information and profound assessment on high end gear. Magazines like "The Perfect Vision" is perhaps more apt for a fairly seasoned enthusiast who has dabbled in some quality equipment before. Magazines like "Cargo" cater to the lower end of the spectrum - folks just looking for info on the latest gizmos.
S&V probably fits in the space between, and does a fairly decent job there.
Just my 2 cents :-)
The "Motortrend" of Home theater magazines.Datum 2005-07-17 Rang: 2 von 10This magazine is brought to you by the folks that wrote "Stereo Review." Only now they have a new name. This is the magazine that never met a piece of audio gear they did not like. They never compare various products against each other (in any meaningful way). They exclusively review gear made by the big (mostly Japanese) electronics firms and never touch upon the many wonderful & affordable equipment made by the small scale American, European and Chinese manufacturers.
Produkt InformationRecording label: Hachette Magazines, Inc. Hersteller: Hachette Magazines, Inc.Format: MagazineFormat: Magazine Subscription, Erscheinungdatum: 2001-11-23Sprache: English (Published)
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