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Can't Wait for the PS3?
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 09, 2006

Here's a BluRay drive you can stick in your computer. At $Yen 99,800, less the 10% the store was offering you if you opened up a charge account (I'd be lost reading my monthly statement!), you can have it for about $750. It burns single and dual layer Blues at a 2X rate that'll have you saying, "Wow – this sure is slow!"

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A National Treasure
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 05, 2006

Hideo Takada, General Manager of the JVC's Recording & Engineering Division discusses the acoustical characteristics of Studio 302. Takada-san has 37 years of experience in sound recording and judging by his youthful appearance, it's a great line of work!

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Tom - Get These!
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 05, 2006

Frequent reader Tom V. from Philadelphia writes: "I'm fixing up my home recording studio and I'm not satisfied with the Yamaha NS-10 monitors I'm currently using. What should I get instead?"

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Studio 401
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 05, 2006

We saw several studios within JVC's Aoyama facility. Each has its own unique acoustical properties and features. This one, studio 401, has a wood floor and the top of its two story high walls are also adorned in wood.

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Geoff coming out of the rotating absorbtive/reflective acoustical treatment device
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 05, 2006

Can the closet be far behind?

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The JVC Victor Studio Philosophy
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 05, 2006

There are countless major music studios that have not transitioned successfully to the Digi-Tools age of computers. JVC Victor is not one of them. Getting into their elevator for a music tour, a philosophy that will become clearer as the tour continues is printed on the inside of the elevator so that all visitors and employees can read and remember it in moments when nothing else might be going on.

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My Next TV
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

Pioneer blew everyone away with their new 60" plasma prototypes. They claim better than 20,000:1 contrast. They say they can't measure it any higher given todays test equipment. I wonder what Toshiba is using to measure the 50,000:1 contrast they claim they've achieved with SED?

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How Do I Know This One Will Work Any Better?
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

If only it were that easy.

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I Think These Are Power Rangers
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

Just one "O" away from an Audi

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Joogle
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

Google won't let me get to www.google.com. It forces me to www.google.co.jp when I use my Mozilla Firefox browser.

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The Invitation Said No Guests, So I Thought of You
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

Mitsubishi, Philips, Sharp, Panasonic, Pioneer and Hitachi were showing protype BluRay players they think they might build.

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Luxman Lives
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

I remember Luxman products fondly. In the eighties, they had a classy look and feel that set them apart from many of their Japanese counterparts.

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Sidecars Are For Bitches
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

Microsoft's HDMI-less HD-DVD-less XBox 360 has a tumor of an add-on. For $200, you can only play HD-DVD discs <i>through </i> your 360's component output. The sign in front of the unit summarizes my thoughts on the subject succinctly.

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So Many Discs, So Few Working Players
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

The blue packaging used for BluRay releases in the US market is skipped in Japan.

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Ghost in the Machine
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 03, 2006

With the image paused, no one in the room saw anything amiss with the SED display from Toshiba/Canon. But the camera has a different take on things.

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