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HD DVD 3G On the Way
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 07, 2007  | 
Toshiba isn't wasting any time in unveiling the latest generation of HD DVD players. The third-gen line is already listed on Amazon and a press release now lists official ship dates in the fall.
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"Because Sound Matters": DVD-Audio?
SV Staff  |  Aug 06, 2007  | 
Perhaps you noticed the phrase that has been touting, among other things, the Neil Young Archives/Performance Series: "Because Sound Matters." It refers to the fact that each CD+DVD title includes 96-kHz/24-bit "high-resolution...
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Cops N' Bloggers
SV Staff  |  Aug 06, 2007  | 
Saw the last U.S. show of this first leg of the Police's '07/'08 tour at Giants Stadium last night. Having never caught them back during their heyday, this was a must-see gig. (Geez, did I really pay THAT MUCH [take a guess] for these tickets back...
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Illegal P2P Rampant in U.K.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 06, 2007  | 
Despite the fact that U.K. residents are among the world's steadiest CD buyers, apparently they're also among the world's most avid illegal downloaders.
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Spider-Man Trilogy Spinning Blu Web In October
 |  Aug 05, 2007  | 

Yet another high profile series is hitting HD on a disc this October 30th- the entire blockbuster <I>Spider-Man></I> trilogy is hitting Blu-ray, day and date with the DVD release of <I>Spider-Man 3</I>. According to the press release, while <I>Spider-Man 3</I> will be available as a separate two-disc Blu-ray Special Edition, the first two films in the trilogy will only be available in the <I>Spider-Man High Definition Trilogy</I>, which will carry an MSRP of $99.

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GooTube to Go Legit
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 03, 2007  | 
When last we checked on YouTube, the Google-owned site was having trouble keeping its promises to the entertainment industry. Users were illicitly posting copyrighted material and the legal bills mounted. By September, the YouTubers hope, all that will change.
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Michelangelo Antonioni 1912 – 2007
SV Staff  |  Aug 02, 2007  | 
"All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks." "Hollywood is like being nowhere...
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Who's Going Blu?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 02, 2007  | 
Is the end near for HD DVD? A recent spate of bad news suggests that the format is running out of retail friends. But the situation may not be as bad for Toshiba's favorite format as it first appears.
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AC/DC: Dirty Deeds Done Digital
SV Staff  |  Aug 01, 2007  | 
Hell's bells! AC/DC is at last offering its entire back catalog for sale online. However . . . for those about to click, we advise you: Catch No. 1: It's not on iTunes. It's only on Verizon Wireless (at least until March 2008). Catch No. 2: It's...
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Dave Davies, Kinks, Sinead, and more - from Koch
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2007  | 
No, not that Koch. I'm talkin' Koch the record label, which seems to be especially frisky these days. Yeah, Koch the distributor - which has been around for nearly 20 years - is the main claim to fame for parent company Koch Entertainment. But the...
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Michelangelo Antonioni dies at 94
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2007  | 
It was with shock that within hours of learning, belatedly, of the death of one of my two closest cinematic heroes — Ingmar Bergman — I now hear of the passing of the other. What a week this has been, and it’s still only Tuesday. A generation of...
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The Gray Lady Is Behind the Times
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2007  | 
Extra! "The multichannel sound available for homes has arrived for the car." So says a teaser on the front page of the Automobiles section in this Sunday's edition of The New York Times. This must be news indeed to engineer Elliot...
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SACD in the Car: It's Too Late, Sony?
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2007  | 
That's right, if you've been waiting to play that multichannel Tapestry in the car, now you can finally do it. A full six years after the dawn of surround SACDs, Sony has introduced the first car SACD player, the MEX-DV2000 (above, $280). I...
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TiVo. HD. $299. Any Questions?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 31, 2007  | 
TiVo HD isn't the first high-def-capable or digital cable ready product from the world's winningest DVR brand. That would be the Series3. But the new model is the first HD-capable TiVo to sell for $299.
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The Miller Brothers Band
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2007  | 
"He better stop doing that blues shit." So sneered a fairly svelte brunette seated in front of me during the classic-rock two-fer show I saw at PNC in NJ this past Friday (7/27): the Doobie Brothers and the Steve Miller Band. In this case, "he"...
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