Remington Steele, which graced NBC from 1982 to 1987, was an American TV show with a decidedly situation comedy premise: Laura Holt couldn’t attract clients to her detective agency because people didn’t want to hire a woman. She made up a boss, Remington Steele, taking the name from her typewriter, a Remington, and the Pittsburgh [...]
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Riptide
April 6th, 2011
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Riptide is an American TV detective series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1986. The title came from the name of the boat, Riptide, owned by one of the detectives. Longtime friends Cody Allen and Nick Ryder served together in the Army in Vietnam and opened a private investigation agency based on The Riptide [...]
Magnum
April 6th, 2011
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Magnum, P.I. gave top billing to Tom Selleck, but in truth the American TV detective show had another star – the islands of Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 and featured Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator based on Oahu, Hawaii. Magnum lives in the guest house of Robin’s Nest, a beachfront [...]
Home Cinema
April 6th, 2011
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With the advent of less expensive electronics, a home theater is more within reach for many people. Couple that with rising ticket prices at movie theaters, and enjoying films at home looks like the smartest way to go. The idea is to replicate the movie viewing experience at home. This starts with basics such as [...]
Hart to Hart
April 6th, 2011
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Ah, love. Jonathan and Jennifer Hart oozed it all over the screen in Hart to Hart, an American TV detective show that aired from 1979 to 1984 on ABC. He was chief executive officer of global Hart Industries and a self-made millionaire; she was a freelance journalist. They cooed and snuggled, and were tended by [...]
Dolby Surround
April 6th, 2011
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Dolby Surround brings a consumer version of the theater experience to movie viewing. The difference is that theater surround, Dolby SR, has four channels of audio, while home stereo has two. When a soundtrack is made for Dolby Surround, the four channels of sound information – left, right, center and mono surround – are encoded [...]
Columbo
April 6th, 2011
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Of all Peter Falk’s roles, perhaps he is best known for Lt. Columbo. The American TV series ran from 1971 to 2003. The show turned the traditional detective show format on its head. Unlike the usual “whodunit” in which the audience puzzles over the identity of the criminal, Columbo was what one of its creators [...]
Characters
April 6th, 2011
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Remington Steele is based on someone who doesn’t exist. Some of the other characters are fine with that, and others aren’t. The conceit from the beginning is that since some clients don’t want to hire a female detective, the fictitious Remington Steele heads the agency. This serves both the thief who steps into the identity [...]
3D Movies
April 6th, 2011
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3D is one of the hottest trends in movies now. The term refers to films with an enhanced illusion of depth perception, so the action appears to leap off the flat screen. Stereoscopic movies date back to the late 1890s, when two films were projected side by side and the viewer looked through a stereoscope [...]
A-Team
April 6th, 2011
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The A-Team was a hugely popular American television series from 1983 to 1987. The premise was that four Special Forces veterans were framed for a crime they didn’t commit. While on the run from the U.S. Army, they aid the innocent and oppressed. A hallmark of the show was its cartoonlike violence, in which the [...]
