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Premiere Design
Marten Coltrane Supreme Speaker System
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 14, 2010

I'm constantly amazed at the number and variety of super-high-end speakers out there. Among the many manufacturers I'd never heard of before is <A href="http://www.marten.se">Marten</A>, a Swedish maker whose flagship is the magnificent Coltrane Supreme.

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Home Theater Systems ReviewsSoundbar Reviews
JVC TH-BA1 Soundbar Home Theater System
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 14, 2010
Price: $400 At A Glance: Wireless sub goes any place with a power outlet • Soundbar contains four full-range drivers • Dolby Digital, DPLII, and DTS 5.1 surround processing

One Less Cable

Do you become a different person when you walk into a different room? For many people, the answer is yes. They’ll endure the rigors of component matching and system setup to equip the family room with a big phat flat screen and an AVR-based surround system. But they don’t want to repeat the process in every bedroom. Outside the main system, it might be OK for the screen to be 720p instead of 1080p if it’ll save a few bucks (especially if you don’t wear glasses in bed). And it may be OK to substitute a no-hassle soundbar speaker for a discrete speaker system. But that doesn’t mean you should go without surround—we’re not going to extremes here.

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Audio Video News
Piracy Claim Stings Warner
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 14, 2010
Electronic libertarians with a taste for irony are doing spit-takes with their morning coffee over a patent snafu involving Warner Bros. A German company has sued the studio, claiming it is actively pirating an antipiracy technology.
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Audio Video News
Blu-ray Redbox kiosks appear with $2 BD rentals
SV Staff  |  Jun 11, 2010
Redbox machines carrying Blu-ray Discs are finally starting to pop up, and they're a little more expensive than previously thought. According to the Consumerist, a Blu-ray-renting Redbox kiosk was spotted in front of a 7-Eleven in Pleasant Hill,...
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Audio Video News
2010 World Cup in 3D Begins Today
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 11, 2010

Today marks the start of a new era in TV broadcasting. ESPN launched its full-time 3D channel&#151;the first in the world&#151;with coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer championship being held in Johannesburg, South Africa, now through July 11.

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Audio Video News
TiVo Patent Claim Rejected
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 11, 2010
TiVo's long running battle to protect its DVR patent is seeing setbacks on two different fronts.
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3D Tech
Panasonic 3D Briefing
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 10, 2010  |  First Published: Jun 11, 2010

Tom Norton and I must have very bad traffic karma. After Wednesday's slog to Sony Pictures Studios for the Sony 3D Launch, we faced a similar hurdle yesterday on the Ventura Freeway as we made our way to a 3D briefing from Panasonic at the Hotel Intercontinental in Century City. Fortunately, it wasn't as far as the Sony event, and I had a few alternate routes up my sleeve, so we made our appointment on time.

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Audio Video News
FCC checks out TiVo's sliding QWERTY remote
SV Staff  |  Jun 10, 2010
TiVo's upcoming QWERTY remote is finally seeing some hands-on action, after months of little more than CES hype surrounding the Premiere DVR. The remote is passing through the FCC's test bench in preparation for a final release, and that means...
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Review: Velodyne SC-600 Subwoofers and SC-602 Amp
Brent Butterworth  |  Jun 10, 2010

All audio experts agree that two subwoofers are better than one. With the fervor of a Star Wars nut explaining the Force, they'll tell you how using two subs makes bass response smoother for multiple listeners. But don't worry; it's easy to get the experts to clam up -- just ask them for an easy way to fine-tune the performance of two subs.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Shutter Island (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jun 10, 2010

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/shutter.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When two U.S. marshals (Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo) investigate a mysterious disappearance of an inmate from a hospital for the criminally insane, the pair uncover an intricate web of deception where nothing may be as it seems. As the mystery unravels, Teddy (DiCaprio) uncovers some shocking truths about the island that will change his life forever.

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