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HD Deals: The BBC Earth Collection
SV Staff  |  Oct 12, 2009
If you haven't seen the BBC hit Planet Earth, this deal gives you the perfect opportunity to get that collection along with Earth Biography Blu-ray for more than half off the original price. More HD and gadget deals* after the jump. Aiptek...
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Audio Video News
Star Trek hitting DVD, Blu-ray, and... USB
SV Staff  |  Oct 12, 2009
The real collectors' version of the new Star Trek movie might not be some multi-disc Blu-ray release. It might not even be high-def. British media shopping site Play.com has posted a limited edition Star Trek USB drive. Each drive is a 4...
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Audio Video News
Observe Correct Speaker Polarity
SV Staff  |  Oct 12, 2009
 This is not optional! When hooking up speakers, make sure the corresponding red (+) and black (–) terminals go from the receiver to the respective speakers. If you don’t connect red to red and black to black, bass and imaging will suffer....
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LCD TV Reviews
LG 47LH90 LCD HDTV
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 12, 2009
Price: $2,400 at A Glance: Excellent color, detail, blacks, and frame interpolation • Mediocre shadow detail • THX mode not as close to correct as it should be

Black Is Back

As you no doubt know by now, LCD HDTVs command the lion’s share of the flat-panel market, outpacing plasma by a wide margin. This is due, at least in part, to the fact that LCDs are generally brighter than plasmas, which draws more attention on the showroom floor. They also consume less power, which makes them the greener choice.

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LCD TV Reviews
Toshiba REGZA 46SV670U LCD HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 12, 2009
Price: $2,300 At A Glance: Outstanding black level and shadow detail • 240-hertz-like operation • Full range of calibration controls

An LED Touchdown

LCD HDTVs have long been compromised in their ability to reproduce the deepest blacks together with good shadow detail. But that’s changing. We’ve seen some notable improvements in a few recent conventional sets. However, the change has been most pronounced in sets that use a revolutionary new development: LED backlighting with local dimming.

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Audio Video News
Customers Like TV Services Better
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 12, 2009
Despite the down economy, one thing's up. Customer satisfaction with TV providers has improved markedly for all types. Telcos lead the list but satisfaction is also up for satellite and cable providers.
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7 Ways To Hide Your Subwoofer
John Sciacca  |  Oct 11, 2009

The first "real" A/V component I ever bought was a subwoofer - a glorious 15-inch beast that made no attempt to hide what it really was: a big, black, utterly style-less cube. At the time, there weren't really any other options available, so adding a sub meant a big, black cube.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Blu-ray Disc Review: "Coraline"
Josef Krebs  |  Oct 11, 2009
Call me crazy, but I couldn't help seeing Coraline as an indictment of capitalism. I'm referring to the part of capitalism that, with its eye-popping advertising, promises everything you thought would make you happy but actually offers a mostly gray, overworked existence in which you're a slave to the computer, you have no time for your family, and your soul is not your own.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Blu-ray Disc Review: Sunshine Cleaning
Josef Krebs  |  Oct 11, 2009
You might think that a film about two young women who clean up the bodily fluids of dead people could be depressing - and you'd be right.
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Audio Video News
Yamaha shows off ultra-thin cloth speaker
SV Staff  |  Oct 10, 2009
The signs in the photo above aren't just signs. They're actually Yamaha speakers, made from a millimeter-thick layer of cloth. The company showed them off at CEATAC JAPAN 2009, demonstrating the prototypes as part of its booth. There aren't many...
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