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Beatles CD Reissues Announced
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 09, 2009
The Beatles catalogue will be reissued on CD on September 9, the same day the band will make its videogame debut in Rock Band. Unfortunately, the announcement said nothing about when the Fab Four's masterworks will be legally issued for the first time as downloads.
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Other Tech
Tech Trends '09: Gently Down the Stream
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 08, 2009

Okay. Let's begin by taking a deep breath. Breathe in and then out. Again. Good! Now, let me explain that it might be time for another paradigm shift. Remember the first time you drove a car? Or kissed your sweetheart? Or chugged an entire spray can of cheese? Yes, your life was never the same afterward.

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The Big Picture
Keystone Kops
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 08, 2009

<I>I am building a dedicated home theater, and I have completed most of the design work. One of the last details is the projector position. I have a 100-inch 16:9 screen and the Panasonic PT-AE3000.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
8 Mile (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Apr 08, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/8mile.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>In the slums of Detroit, it's a daily fight to keep hope alive. For trailer-park kid Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. (Eminem), his music is the only way out of the ghetto, but he must overcome many obstacles to realize his dreams.

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Audio Video News
Best Buy Recalls LCD TVs
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 08, 2009
Best Buy is voluntarily recalling one model of its house-brand Insignia LCD TV, the 26-inch IS-LCDTV26, 13,300 of which were sold from August 2005 through June 2006.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
No Country for Old Men: Collector's Edition
Josef Krebs  |  Apr 07, 2009
Miramax
Movie •••• Picture •••½ Sound •••• Extras •••½
I recently rewatched the Joel and Ethan
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Other Tech
30 Iconic Voices American Idol Would Hate
Mike Errico  |  Apr 07, 2009

AI has launched some big musical careers, but what would Simon and Co. have said if these bonafide talents had stepped on stage with a number pinned on their shirt?

Trent Reznor

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Doubt (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Apr 07, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/doubt.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Set in 1964 at St. Nicholas Church in the Bronx, Fr. Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is accused by principal Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep) of inappropriate conduct with 12-year-old Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), the school's first black student. Is Fr. Flynn's interest deviant or is he just looking out for the well being of a social outcast? John Patrick Shanley's Oscar-nominated scrip deals with truth, emotion, and belief, and asks if any decision is ever free from doubt.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
No Country for Old Men—Digital Copy Edition (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Apr 07, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/oldmen2.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>West Texas local boy Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad while out hunting and discovers a suitcase filled with $2 million in cash. By claiming the money as his own, he becomes the target of Anton Chigur (Javier Bardem), a sociopathic killer with no sense of humor who will kill anyone who gets in the way of reclaiming the money. As Moss flees for his life, local Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) does all he can to interrupt the killing spree that Chigur leaves in his wake.

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Ask S&V
Black Dots, HDMI, Blockbusters
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 07, 2009
What Black Dots?
I enjoy your segments with Leo Laporte on The Tech Guy radio show and podcast, but I really must disagree with your comments on plasma versus LCD. I agree that plasma blacks are blacker and that colors are more vivid. But I just cannot stand the matrix of black dots on plasma screens. I also dislike the reflective screen—the distraction of reflections more than offsets any loss through a non-reflecting screen.
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