Quote Originally Posted by Cumminspuller
What are your thoughts and opinions on the best Audio/Video/HT magazine. From the impression I get here most or all never or rarely say a particular item is bad or just junk. They all come away with favorable reviews.
Manek is correct that you should take all of the HT magazines out their with a grain of salt. First, all of the magazines live off of advertising dollars from the very companies that they review and second, lawsuits could be a problem if they are not careful.

In terms of off the shelf, found at your local corner store mags, I am partial to Home Theater magazine over the equally abundant Sound and Vision magazine. True, both of these mags rarely (if ever) knock a bad product however, Home Theater allows you to read between the lines with their rating system. You know that if most products rate in the low 80's in terms of overall performance and the product you are looking at scores an 88, that this is a good product (generally speaking). If the product you are looking at scores a 79, that's Home Theater's way of telling you to avoid that product. Plus, the "In the Labs" section offers people with some working knowledge of the product to get some inside information that the reviewer does not mention when writing the article.