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Custom Installation How-To
Kaleidescape M500 Player
John Sciacca  |  May 25, 2010

Kaleidescape and I go way back. This is the fifth time I’ve had one of its systems in for review, and I must say, the company’s products just keep getting better and better.

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Custom Installation How-To
Kaleidescape M500 Player Page 3
John Sciacca  |  May 25, 2010

Kaleidescape and I go way back. This is the fifth time I've had one of its systems in for review, and I must say, the company's products just keep getting better and better.

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Audio Video News
BB to Offer Same-Day Streaming
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 25, 2010
Best Buy's newly acquired CinemaNow will stream movies on the same date as their DVD release.
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Audio Video News
Street Fighter comes to HDTVs
SV Staff  |  May 24, 2010
Marvel-licensed HDTVs were nerdy enough, but this is just over the top. Roundtable Concepts, the company behind the Marvel Comics HDTVs, is now offering a series of Super Street Fighter IV HDTVs. The new screens are based on Capcom's hit...
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Premiere Design
Harman Kardon GLA-55 Multimedia Speaker System
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 24, 2010

I don't typically cover so-called multimedia speakers in this blog, but when I came across an ad for the GLA-55 from <A href="http://www.harmankardon.com">Harman Kardon</A> in an upscale magazine, I was intrigued. The cabinet looks like it was chiseled from rock crystal, and its beauty turns out to extend well below the surface.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
100 Best Blu-Ray Discs
HT Staff  |  May 24, 2010
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Audio Video News
Acura disses audiphiles with new commercial
SV Staff  |  May 24, 2010
Acura has started showing commercials questioning the nature of luxury, taking pot shots at audiophiles in the process. The commercial shows various luxury items, including an expensive tube amplifier, with the owners weakly trying to justify...
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Audio Video News
Cable Ops Hit on Fiber Claims
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 24, 2010
You've probably seen those TV ads from cable operators claiming that their systems are fiber optic. The National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau has noticed that too--and the watchdog group is demanding that cable ops stop making such claims.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
True Blood: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 23, 2010

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/trueblood2.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>For its sophomore season, <i>True Blood</i> returns to Bon Temps and its dark secrets. Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Bill (Stephan Moyer) get closer, although as their relationship grows so does the danger to their lives. Tara (Rutina Wesley) falls in love, Jason (Ryan Kwanten) hooks up with the Fellowship of the Sun, and Maryann (Michelle Forbes) has a very persuasive power.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Spartacus
David Vaughn  |  May 23, 2010

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/spartacus.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) was born a slave although when sold to Batiatus (Peter Ustinov) he became a gladiator. Life was mildly improved although fighting to the death for the entertainment of the wealthy is a rough way to make a living. Spartacus gains new perspective on life when he falls in love with the slave girl Varinia (Jean Simmons) and develops a thirst for freedom.

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