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Ingmar Bergman 1918–2007
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2007  | 
Liv Ullmann, Julia Dufvenius, and Ingmar Bergman during the shooting of Saraband "No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul."— Ingmar Bergman14...
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Four Words: Led Zep, High Def
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2007  | 
Good news, bad news . . . It's a safe bet that you've heard about this in general already, since the story broke on Friday. (That's what I get for taking the day off! See complete press release below.) But the big news is that Led Zeppelin's...
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Will DTV Transition Go Off the Rails?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 30, 2007  | 
"Train wreck" and "digital disaster" were just a few of the words being flung at the DTV transition in Congress last week. Analog television broadcasting is scheduled to end on February 18, 2009. And elected representatives are fretting that some analog-TV viewers may not have gotten the memo. Since those who watch also vote, they deem this a problem.
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Sony's New ES Receivers
 |  Jul 27, 2007  | 

It's already been a hectic week for new product announcements, with Samsung and Denon unveiling a lot of new gear. But Sony was at this week too announcing three new AVRs with next-gen audio decoding and a host of other hot features related to streaming audio and networking.

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Cable-DVR Adoption Surges
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 27, 2007  | 
More than half of cable subscribers will have digital video recorders by 2010, according to a (rather expensive) study by the Carmel Group.
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Samsung Bows Combi Player And 3rd Gen Blu-ray Players
 |  Jul 26, 2007  | 

Samsung this week made official its plans to introduce two new, 3rd generation Blu-ray Disc players as well is its highly anticipated <I>Duo HD</I> combi player, which will play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.

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The Simpsons Movie: D'oh!nuts!
SV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2007  | 
Yes, at long last, The Simpsons Movie opens tomorrow. And as one of its writer/producers, Al Jean, says in the July 27 issue of Entertainment Weekly: "As an event, I think it'll be somewhere between Sgt. Pepper's the album and Sgt. Pepper's...
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Surround Scoop: Genesis Box 2
SV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2007  | 
That's right, you read it here first: The next installment in Rhino's boxed-set series of the complete Genesis studio recordings has been scheduled for October 23, according to a label spokesperson. That date "could move," however. As...
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Monkees vs. Monkeys: Antic, Arctic!
SV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2007  | 
Twin bands of different eras? I just couldn't resist putting them together in the same barrelful . . . From the Monkees, we have double-disc reissues of two 1967 albums, Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (both Rhino)....
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Panasonic's Idea for Mike: World's Biggest Plasma
SV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2007  | 
That would be Mike Bloomberg (at left in photo), a.k.a. Michael R. Bloomberg, a.k.a. The Mayor of New York City. And the TV is indeed the world's largest 1080p plasma set, a.k.a. the professional model TH-103PF9UK - which can be yours, too, for...
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The Dark Side of . . . the Wall?
SV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2007  | 
After the 1973 original LP and the 2003 surround SACD, now comes the, um, hard-rock version of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. Just kidding! The hard rock here is actually a 3x10-foot section of a brick wall from a 175-year-old...
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Denon Rethinks Receiver Line
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 26, 2007  | 
Though Denon's receiver line has long been one of the industry's strongest, it's also suffered from the same ossified in-the-black-box thinking that plagues all receivers. That's changed in a big way with the 2007 models unveiled at a Tuesday press event.
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Denon Electronics Releases New Products
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 25, 2007  | 

At its Summer 2007 press conference today, Denon Electronics (a division of D&M Holdings) announced an all new line of A/V Receivers and its first entry into next-gen HD with an exciting new Blu-ray Disc player.

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A La Satellite
SV Staff  |  Jul 24, 2007  | 
If you follow S&V with any regularity, you know that I'm a HUGE fan of satellite radio. So I was quite pleased to see yesterday's reports of the possibility of a la carte pricing plans for Sirius and XM in hopes of pushing the proposed merger...
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THX Tackles Home Theater Issues
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 24, 2007  | 
THX is about to take its home theater involvement to a new level with a new program whose working name is Blackbird. If the THX folks pull it off, Blackbird could resolve several issues that plague home theater buffs.
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