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New Roku Netflix interface adds browsing
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2010
Roku is finally getting some Netflix features for which users have been clamoring ever since the set-top streaming box launched. The new update, announced on Youtube of all places, will add browsing, searching, and instant watch queue updating...
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Surround Formats, Defeating Overscan, Glassesless 3D
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 05, 2010
It's What's Up Front That Counts
I have an Onkyo TX-NR807 receiver, which provides seven channels of amplification, and it can do 7.1, Dolby Pro Logic IIz, and Audyssey DSX. Which of these surround formats do you recommend?
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Audio Video News
Avatar BD Needs Firmware Fix
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 05, 2010
Some Blu-ray players need to have their firmware updated before they can play Avatar in its current 2D release.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Leap Year (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 05, 2010

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/leapyear.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When her fianc&#233; neglects to propose to her on their fourth anniversary, Anna (Amy Adams) follows him to Ireland hell-bent on turning the tables an Irish tradition allowing women to propose marriage on Leap Day. When foul weather disrupts her trip, she ends up on the other side of the country and must rely on a handsome local, Declan (Matthew Goode), to provide transportation. You'll never guess what happens along the way.

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Home Theater Geeks Podcast
Podcast 19: Etienne Fortin
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 04, 2010  |  First Published: May 05, 2010
Sensio CTO Etienne Fortin talks about the process of creating, encoding, delivering, and decoding 3D content as well as Sensio's 3D codec, 3D movies, one reason why active-shutter glasses are so expensive, and more.

Run Time: 58:27

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Audio Video News
Grace Digital announces Solo Internet radio player
SV Staff  |  May 04, 2010
Grace Digital Inc. has announced a new Internet radio receiver designed for incorporating directly into your stereo or home theater. The Solo Wi-Fi Receiver is an inexpensive Internet radio device that can access thousands of Internet radio...
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3D Tech
Orson Scott Card on 3D
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 04, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, Tom Norton sent me a link to a blog entry on the website of Orson Scott Card, one of my favorite sci-fi authors who wrote the Ender and Alvin Maker series of books as well as many other fascinating stories, such as Songmaster and The Worthing Saga. In this particular blog entry, Card writes about why he hated Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and why he hates 3D in general.

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Audio Video News
Roger Ebert Slams 3D
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 04, 2010
Roger Ebert, one of the nation's most eminent film critics, is giving the 3D revival a thumbs-down.
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Audio Video News
Sharp in the Fourth Dimension
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 03, 2010
Sharp recently announced the launch of its new Quattron LCD sets with LED edge lighting. All of them employ the company's new Quad Pixel technology, which adds dedicated yellow pixels to the red, green, and blue pixels present in all LCD displays. The added pixels are said to produce colors that ordinary LCD sets cannot.
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Audio Video News
Hohrizontal 51: iPhone dock meets shelf
SV Staff  |  May 03, 2010
German speaker company Finite Elemente's Hohrizontal 51 iPod/iPhone dock is so simple, it's a wonder why no one has thought of it before. This meter-long slab of an iPod dock doubles as a functional shelf, combining minimalist design with...
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