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Gadget Gary: Baba Booey's Holiday Wish List
Gary Dell'Abate  |  Dec 06, 2007  |  0 comments

The guys at S&V asked me to put together my holiday wish list. So, in no particular order, here goes:

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"300" Conquers High-Def Awards
SV Staff  |  Dec 06, 2007  |  0 comments
So says the headline of a press release we received about the first annual High-Def Disc Awards, presented primarily by the weekly B2B trade publication Home Media Magazine. Specifically, 300 won two different awards for its two different...
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A DVD, A Tree, and BSG
Thomas J. Norton  |  Dec 06, 2007  |  2 comments

Judging from the DVD section in my local Costco, the hot items to put under the Christmas spruce this year are boxed sets of a television series. Not just single seasons, but the whole magilla. You can get everything from the <I>X-Files</I>, complete with a Sing Along (the writers are on strike, but not the songwriters), to <I>24</I>, with a Day Timer (11:00PM: Whip terrorists’ butts; 11:59PM: Leave on hiatus).

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Blockbuster Struggles for Survival
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 06, 2007  |  0 comments
Blockbuster is taking serious punches and hanging on the ropes. First one of the two stores in my neighborhood closed (always a bad sign). Then came the announcement that earnings had slid from $5.5 billion in 2006 to $1.2 billion in the first three quarters of this year--ouch. Now along comes CEO Jim Keynes with a rescue plan.
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Yamaha RX-V1800 A/V Receiver
Michael Trei  |  Dec 05, 2007  |  0 comments
Yamaha RX-V1800 A/V receiver 27108928463 Yamaha RX-V1800 Designing a new A/V receiver must feel a bit like trying to hit the ducks at a carnival shooting gallery as they zip across your line of fire.
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Installations: Meeting the Criterion
Rob Medich  |  Dec 05, 2007  |  0 comments

Except for the color bursting from the reception-area movie posters - The Double Life of Veronique, Black Orpheus, and the Beastie Boys Video Anthology among them - the Criterion Collection's new Park Avenue South headquarters in Manhattan are styled in the same palette as many of the films that the company painstakingly restores and releases on DVD: black and white, with profound gray area

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Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 05, 2007  |  0 comments
Onkyo TX-SR605 receiver 751398007583 Onkyo TX-SR605 The question I get asked the most often: "Which speakers should I buy?" My answer is frustratingly subjective: Buy whatever sounds best to you.
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Archos 605 WiFi
Michael Antonoff  |  Dec 05, 2007  |  0 comments

Portable media players with touchscreens have been captivating users ever since Apple's introduction this summer of the iPhone. No need to wonder why: Imagine all your music, videos, and photos stored in a device slim enough for your pocket and available for playback at, literally, the touch of a finger.

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How Green is Your C.E.?
Rebecca Day  |  Dec 05, 2007  |  0 comments

New school of thought: You're only as "green" as your plasma. And by "green," we're not talking about how accurately your flat-panel generates that primary color. We're saying maybe you should look into just how eco-responsible your consumer-electronics-makers are.

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DTV Stations Move Around
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 05, 2007  |  0 comments
UHF will not be the exclusive home of DTV channels following the transition from analog broadcasting. Some will remain on VHF, contrary to what's been widely reported.
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