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Audio Video News
Blu-ray Sales Up? Or Down?
SV Staff  |  Sep 25, 2008
There are so many ways to interpret statistics. Lately, there have been a rash of stories, reports, and blogs on the rise or fall of Blu-ray. One of the more fascinating reports was over on Engadget. They report on how - depending on what week you...
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BackTalk: Julie Benz from 'Dexter'
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 25, 2008

The opening-credits sequence for Dexter is an absolute wonder to watch and listen to on DVD, wouldn't you agree?Oh, yes. Those opening credits are brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. They're creepy; they're cool. Everything that the show is gets encapsulated in those opening credits. A certain genius was at work when they were put together.

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Other Tech
A Tale of Two Theaters
Brent Butterworth  |  Sep 25, 2008

Many A/V enthusiasts dream of having a custom theater designed by home theater pioneer and Sound & Vision columnist Theo Kalomirakis. But mystery novelists Jonathan and Faye Kellerman (Capital Crimes, When the Bough Breaks) have something twice as nice: two theaters designed by Theo.

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LCD Turbocharger
Brent Butterworth  |  Sep 25, 2008

Most video display demos aren't terribly convincing. First, the manufacturer spends 15 minutes telling you about his whiz-bang new technology. Next, he turns on the display and shows you pictures of flowers, vegetables, and Japanese girls in bikinis.

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Audio Video News
Slinging in HD - Slingbox PRO-HD
SV Staff  |  Sep 25, 2008
The next generation of Sling Media's Slingbox just hit the stores and online retailers. The Slingbox PRO-HD will stream HD content, from almost any source: over the air, cable, satellite, or DVR. It slings the signal to a computer in your house....
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Visitor—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 25, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek, a Syrian man, and Zainab, his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him. Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Leatherheads—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 25, 2008
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Dodge Connelly is a brash and handsome gridiron giant who is equally comfortable leading his team in a barroom brawl or charging for a touchdown in a packed stadium. But when Connelly's team loses their sponsor and the entire league appears set to collapse, the quick-thinking jock attempts a creative late-game comeback. If Connelly can convince former college football star and decorated war hero Carter Rutherford to join the team, there may be hope for the ill-fated team after all.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
88 Minutes—Tri Star (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 25, 2008
Video: 3.25/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3/5
Al Pacino plays university professor Jack Gramm, who occasionally assists the FBI in matters of forensic psychiatry. His recent testimony against a freshly convicted criminal seems to be the reason he has gotten a scary phone call informing him he will die in 88 minutes.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Risky Business—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 25, 2008
Video: 3/5
Audio: 3.75/5
Extras: 3.75/5
High school senior is tired of being Mr. All-American and facing such traumatic decisions as which Ivy League college to attend. His life gets turned around when he meets a sexy call girl who transforms his house into a brothel while his parents are away.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Adventures of Robin Hood—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 25, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 2.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
A classic tale of Sherwood Forest. Errol Flynn is eternally charming as Robin, defender of the poor, tries to rid England of Prince John's tyranny and gain the hand of the lovely Maid Marian, in this rousing family adventure.
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