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Economy Dives, Netflix Profits and Blu-ray Subs Soar
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2008
The economy is tanking, Circuit City is dying, and Netflix posted a 30% increase in profits. It makes sense — the cost of a night out at the movies, especially for the whole family costs more than months worth of Netflix subscription fees. ...
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Audio Video News
Cheap for a Bryston, not for a remote
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2008
As a custom installer, I love high-end gear. Milled aluminum faceplates? Awesome. 99.9999% pure silver interconnects? For sure. Laser etched engraving? Damn straight. But when I received the e-mail touting Bryston's new BR2 multifunction remote...
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Playboy Stripping Down on DVD
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2008
It's a well-known industry "secret" that the adult film industry has been responsible for much of the growth of new formats. First VHS and then DVD, the mainstream industry owes a lot to the adult sector. However, in a strange...
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OmniMount is Thinking Pink
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2008
It's October - leaves are changing, beer is pouring, and football is in full swing. But, October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Yup — there's a reason you're seeing pink everywhere you look. OmniMount — which makes...
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TV Prices to Drop This Holiday Season
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 21, 2008
Brace yourself. Visualize a 32-inch LCD HDTV in a store. Then visualize a pricetag on it that says...$350. At least, that is what one analyst is predicting for the forthcoming holiday shopping season.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Constantine—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 20, 2008  |  First Published: Oct 21, 2008
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 4/5
"Constantine" tells the story of John Constantine, a man who has literally been to hell and back. When he teams up with skeptical policewoman Angela Dodson to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldly events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Beetlejuice—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 20, 2008  |  First Published: Oct 21, 2008
Video: 3/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3.25/5
What's a couple of stay-at-home ghosts to do when their beloved home is taken over by trendy yuppies? They call on "Beetlejuice", the afterlife's freelance bio-exorcist to scare off the family - and everyone gets more than she, he or it bargains for!
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Amityville Horror—MGM (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 20, 2008  |  First Published: Oct 21, 2008
Video: 3/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 0.5/5
One of the most talked-about haunted-house stories of all time, "The Amityville Horror" will hit you where you live. For George and Kathy Lutz, the colonial home on the river's edge seemed ideal: quaint, spacious and amazingly affordable. Of course, six brutal murders had taken place there just a year before, but houses don't have memories...or do they? Soon the Lutz dream house becomes a hellish nightmare, as walls begin to drip blood and satanic forces threaten to destroy them. Now the Lutzes must try to escape or forfeit their lives and their souls.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre—Dark Sky Films (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 20, 2008  |  First Published: Oct 21, 2008
Video: 3/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 4/5
It has been called grisly, sick, and perverse," as well as raw, unshakeable, and the movie that redefined horror. It was attacked by churches, banned by governments, and acclaimed by only the bravest of critics. It stunned audiences worldwide and set a new standard in movie terror forever. In 1974, writer-producer-director Tobe Hooper unleashed this dark, visionary tale about a group of five young friends who face a nightmare of torment at the hands of a depraved Texas clan. Today it remains unequaled as a landmark of outlaw filmmaking and unparalleled in its impact as perhaps the most frightening motion picture ever made.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Sixth Sense—Hollywood Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 20, 2008  |  First Published: Oct 21, 2008
Video: 3/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
A gripping ghost story with a stunning finale, The Sixth Sense became a surprise blockbuster shortly after its release. The film features Oscar-nominated performances by the startlingly intense Osment and the fiercely maternal Collette, as well as a subtle, subdued turn by Willis. Shyamalan directs his intriguing script with almost clinical precision, using carefully framed visuals to create the film's distinctly chilling atmosphere. On the strength of its pitch-perfect acting and direction, The Sixth Sense has become the most successful thriller of all time.
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