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Have a Merry Glitch-mas?
SV Staff  |  Jan 02, 2008  | 
According to a Dec. 31 article in The New York Times, most buyers are still on the fence when it comes to the high-def disc battle, with neither camp reporting impressive numbers. Citing data from Adams Media Research, 578,000 HD DVD and 370,000...
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Fujitsu Says Goodbye to Plasma
user  |  Jan 02, 2008  | 
A stalwart plasma brand is giving up on U.S. sales. Fujitsu will no longer sell plasma sets except in Japan.
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Best CDs of 2007: The Ones That Got Away
SV Staff  |  Dec 23, 2007  | 
Our Best CDs of 2007 list will appear soonly in the Feb/March '08 issue (you may even find it posted on the site before that if you dig around some), but I wanted to take a moment and bulletpoint a ten-spot of discs I enjoyed in '07 that 1) didn't...
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Merry Krimble!
SV Staff  |  Dec 21, 2007  | 
What? You think it's too late for my guide to the season's holiday CDs? HUMBUG! That's why they made Twelve Days of Christmas, Rudolph! After all, just ask the artist who has the biggest-selling CD of 2007. Springsteen? Kanye? Eagles? Those High...
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More Gabriel, more surround
SV Staff  |  Dec 21, 2007  | 
For those of you who enjoyed my piece on Peter Gabriel (and other folks at the AES Convention) in the January 2008 issue (Random Play, page 16), the quotes had to be severely trimmed for the print edition. (What else is new?) Want more? Here ya...
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Beck's "Odelay" in surround. NOT!
SV Staff  |  Dec 21, 2007  | 
Yes, my friends, the Surround-Sound NOTwatch continues! Next up: Beck's 1996 album, Odelay. Seems that Geffen is releasing a Deluxe Edition on January 29. CD+DVD-A? No. CD+DVD-V? Sorry. SACD? Nope. DualDisc? Ha! MVI? That's only from Warner,...
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New Editor For Home Theater
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Dec 20, 2007  | 

Source Interlink Media today announced the promotion of Shane Buettner to Editor-in-Chief, <I>Home Theater Magazine</I>, replacing Maureen Jenson who left the company. Buettner began his career with Source Interlink Media's High Tech Group in 2005 as Buyer's Guide Editor for <A HREF="http://ultimateavmag.com">UltimateAVmag.com</A> and <A HREF="http://hometheatermag.com">HomeTheaterMag.com</A>. He became online editor for those properties in January 2007 and directed their editorial strategy.

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New Editor For Home Theater
HT Staff  |  Dec 20, 2007  | 
Source Interlink Media today announced the promotion of Shane Buettner to Editor-in-Chief, Home Theater Magazine, replacing Maureen Jenson who left the company. Buettner began his career with Source Interlink Media's High Tech Group in 2005 as Buyer's Guide Editor for UltimateAVmag.com and HomeTheaterMag.com. He became online editor for those properties in January 2007 and directed their editorial strategy.
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Sony Exits RPTV Category
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 20, 2007  | 
Sony has become the latest manufacturer to dump its rear-projection television line.
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Online Viewers Prefer Pro Content
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 18, 2007  | 
A majority of viewers who watch video outside traditional TV distribution prefer professionally generated content to amateur fodder, according to a recent survey. That, in a nutshell, is why the Writers Guild of America went on strike. They want compensation for the use of their work in new-media applications.
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Congress Unrolls Copyright Wiper
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 17, 2007  | 
Look out, file sharers. Congress is about to enact draconian new legislation that would make penalties for copyright violation even stiffer.
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Bourne to Hit Vudu, DVD, HD DVD
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 14, 2007  | 
Universal Pictures and Vudu made high-definition history with The Bourne Ultimatum on December 11. The Matt Damon vehicle is the first major movie to be released at the same moment online, on DVD, and on HD DVD. The online version will be in high-def, placing it in direct competition with the HD DVD.
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Warner Won't Do High-Def Hybrid Disc
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 13, 2007  | 
Hopes for a disc that would play in either HD DVD or Blu-ray players died a few weeks ago when Warner suspended plans to market what it had called a Total HD disc.
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Is 3-Layer HD DVD Backward Compatible?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 12, 2007  | 
Here's the good news: The DVD Forum has approved a new triple-layer HD DVD with capacity of 51 gigabytes. Now here's the bad news: It remains uncertain whether the new disc will play on existing HD DVD hardware.
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The Ultimate Picks: UltimateAVmag.com's 2007 Product of the Year Awards
 |  Dec 11, 2007  |  First Published: Dec 12, 2007  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/UAV_POTY_250.jpg" WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=281 HSPACE=6 VSPACE=4 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Drum roll, please! This is more than an award feature, and more than a list of components. We get to experience the best components in the most controlled settings, in our own reference systems. And yes, we love our job! These are the top components in each product category we've reviewed this year. We're exprienced and we're hard to please, and this is a tough list to crack. The components that made the cut here are truly the best of the best.

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