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Diablog: Adventure Robyn Hitchcock
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 09, 2007  |  0 comments
Did I just hear the words "wait till you see the statues in my bathroom!" shoot out of your home theater system?
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HE 2007 Coverage Coming Soon!
HE 2007  |  May 08, 2007  |  0 comments
We will begin coverage of HE 2007 in New York starting Thursday, May 10. Stay tuned for reports from all three days of the show.
Audio Video News
Samsung Blu-ray Tames HDMI Beast
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 08, 2007  |  0 comments
A Samsung Blu-ray player has become the first to receive plug-and-play certification under the Simplay HD Testing Program.
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Audio Video News
Bose Loses 'Lifestyle' Suit
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 07, 2007  |  0 comments
Like two pit bulls tussling over a piece of rotten meat, CEDIA and Bose have been at war over the right to use the word "lifestyle." The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has finally ruled that Bose may not prevent CEDIA from using the déclassé cliché.
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Premiere/Sound & Vision High-Def Disc Giveaway
 |  May 06, 2007  |  0 comments

Premiere/Sound & Vision Blu-ray Disc Giveaway

Win 4 great movies on high-def discs - 2 Blu-ray, 2 HD DVD. Enter as often as you like - every entry a fresh chance to win!

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PREMIERE/SOUND & VISION High-Def Disc Giveaway Rules
 |  May 06, 2007  |  0 comments

Official Rules May 7, 2007

HIGH-DEF DISC GIVEAWAY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

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Premiere/Sound & Vision High-Def Disc Giveaway
 |  May 06, 2007  |  0 comments

Premiere/Sound & Vision Blu-ray Disc Giveaway

Win 4 great movies on high-def discs - 2 Blu-ray, 2 HD DVD. Enter as often as you like - every entry a fresh chance to win!

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Panasonic TH-50PZ750U 50" 1080p Plasma Television
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 06, 2007  |  0 comments

The TH-50PZ750U is in Panasonic's first group of 50" 1080p consumer plasma televisions. There is even a 50" model in the 700 series that offers fewer features than the set we're reviewing here, but costs $500 less.

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Audio Video News
Amadeus And Cuckoo's Nest Hitting Blu-ray/HD DVD
 |  May 06, 2007  |  0 comments

This past week it was announced that Warner Home Video has extended its distribution agreement with Oscar-winning producer Saul Zaentz for another five years. Two of the crown jewels in the Zaentz portfolio, <I>Amadeus</I> and <I>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</I>, both best picture winners, will be hitting Blu-ray and HD DVD in February of 2008, just in time for the 80th anniversary of the Academy Awards.

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Fred Manteghian Blog
Tired of Being Wired
Fred Manteghian  |  May 06, 2007  |  2 comments

Shortly after "Austin Powers" was released on DVD, I bought a Dwin CRT projector. I won't confirm or deny if the two events are related. In order to mount the projector, I had the low bidders cut holes in my "cottage cheese" ceiling for snaking video cable and power to that most unnatural of spots, the middle of my ceiling. I've been living with the patched up results for years. Only through a decade of burning toast in the adjoining kitchen has the ceiling in the home theater begun to uniformly discolor enough to diminish the starkness of the patch job. Now that I want to mount my new JVC projector, the prospect of letting the Butchers of Sheetrock back into my house is unappealing.

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