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Special Events & Giveaways at HE 2006
HT Staff  |  May 15, 2006  | 
The Home Entertainment Show 2006, running June 1–4 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles, is only weeks away. Here is a sampling of some of the giveaways and special events that will take place at the Show. Several of these should be of particular interest to home theater enthusiasts.

Ladies' Day
It's Ladies' Day on Sunday, June 4, and XM Satellite Radio—Oprah's digital radio home is inviting all ladies to attend the Show for free! Each woman who attends the show and is accompanied by another adult who has purchased a ticket—will receive free admittance to the Show!. Sunday, June 4, from 10am to 5pm.

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McGruff, the DVD-Sniffing, Anti-Piracy Crime Dog
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 15, 2006  | 
They claim it's a first, and let's hope it's the last - but somehow I don't think so.
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Sony Announces PlayStation3 Pricing, Sets Release Date
 |  May 14, 2006  | 

Sony shook up this week's annual gaming industry trade show, Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), by announcing the final pricing and release date for its eagerly anticipated PlayStation3 gaming console. November 17th, 2006 is the day, and the prices are significantly higher than anticipated at $499 for a 20GB version and, gulp, $599 for a 60GB version.

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Industry News
 |  May 11, 2006  | 

<B>The Force Will Be With You- For Three Months</B>
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The Lucasfilm Empire has announced that on September 12th of this year it will release the "original unaltered" <I>Star Wars</I> Trilogy- <I>Star Wars</I>, <I>The Empire Strikes </I>, and <I>Return of the Jedi</I>- on DVD. Each film will be available as a two-disc set with the 2004 digitally remastered DVD versions that have already appeared. Taking a page from Disney, these original trilogy releases will only be available until December 31st.

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Hey, Watch my Internet Video on Your TiVo
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 11, 2006  | 
Internet TV service provider Brightcove and TiVo, have agreed to enable broadband video published through Brightcove to be distributed directly to TiVo subscribers' set-top boxes. The new agreement could help push Internet TV one step closer to being the end-all, be-all of digital entertainment. (Or, it could just be another highly hyped deal that sounds cool but doesn't really amount to much.)
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Wireless Audio not for the Common Man
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 10, 2006  | 
Bang & Olufsen - the Danish maker of fabulous audio and video gear seen in movies, TV shows,and magazines but rarely seen in homes such as yours and mine - now has a multi-room wireless audio system. B&O says the new BeoLink Wireless 1 system offers "unrivalled performance and superior sound quality", and the audio can be distributed to as many as 21 rooms simultaneously with zero delay and no echoes (well, except for the ones you'll hear in acoustically dreadful rooms...)
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Music Line-up for HE2006
HT Staff  |  May 09, 2006  | 
HE2006 will feature concerts galore—everything from live classical music to jazz to electronica.
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Music Line-up for HE2006
Ultimate AV Staff  |  May 09, 2006  | 

HE2006 will feature concerts galore&mdash;everything from live classical music to jazz to electronica.

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James Bond in High Def
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 08, 2006  | 
In June, FILMFEST HD, one of the VOOM HD Networks, will begin a month-long Bond-fest showing high-definition world premieres of 17 classic James Bond flicks. While the very thought of seeing so many Bond movies in High Definition ought to send orgasmic shivers of delight through the remote controls of any James Bond devotee, the news gets even better. The movies will be uncut and commercial-free. David Hasselhoff will serve as the on-air host.
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Next-Gen Disc Release Calendar
 |  May 06, 2006  | 

The studios have released dates for dozens of films coming to you in either Blu-ray or HD-DVD.

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Industry News
 |  May 05, 2006  | 

<B>Blu-ray Launch Pushed Into June</B>
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The writing has been on the wall with this one for a while. Sony and the other studios participating in the Blu-ray launch have moved off the originally scheduled May 23rd release date, pushing out to late June. This news comes weeks after Samsung announced that its BD player would not be ready for release until June 25th. Shockingly, Samsung's player is currently scheduled to be the first Blu-ray player to market, beating Sony, Panasonic and Pioneer.

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Doggies Do Home Theater
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 04, 2006  | 
The designers at Buro Vormkrijgers, a Dutch design studio, call it "functional kitsch", but you might think of it as a speaker that redefines the meaning of the word "woofer".
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Nintendo Lets You Beat your Children
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 03, 2006  | 
I no longer play video games - at least not in front of other people - because my children regularly beat the snot out of me when I'm foolish enough to engage them in a round of electronic mayhem and destruction. I'm hoping Nintendo's new "Brain Age" game will help push the touchpad in my direction.
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A Desktop Home Theater System with a Kick
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 02, 2006  | 
You'll laugh, as I did, the first time you hear about JVC's sake-soaked wood cone speakers. Soaking speakers in sake? Sufferin' succotash! Say it isn't so, Sam.
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HE 2006 Special Events & Giveaways
HT Staff  |  May 01, 2006  | 
The Home Entertainment Show 2006 is only weeks away, running June 1–4 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles. Here is a sampling of some of the giveaways and special events that will take place at the Show. Several of these should be of particular interest to home theater enthusiasts.Ladies' Day
XM Satellite Radio–Oprah's digital radio home–would like to invite all women to the show. It's Ladies' Day on Sunday. All women get into the show for free with any regular adult admission on Sunday, June 4 from 10am–5pm.
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