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AT&T Bows Free U-verse DVRs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 15, 2008
Customers of AT&T's U-verse will be offered free Total Home DVRs at no extra charge over the cost of their subscriptions.
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Other Tech
Ask Theo: Design Discipline (and the lack thereof)
Theo Kalomirakis  |  Sep 14, 2008

Ten years ago, when home theater was just becoming the hot trend in new-home construction, I came up with an inexpensive, ready-to-assemble theater design for a large corporation in the housing-supplies business. Our target was the builder of homes for the average American family.

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Other Tech
The House That Jim Built, Part 3
James K. Willcox  |  Sep 14, 2008

Has it really been 2 years since I last wrote about my efforts to install the A/V and networking systems in the new addition to my home?

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
88 Minutes
David Vaughn  |  Sep 12, 2008  |  First Published: Sep 13, 2008

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/88minutes.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), a Seattle-based forensic psychiatrist, receives a phone call telling him he has 88 minutes left to live. He must use all his skills to narrow the field of possible suspects and find his killer before it's too late.

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Kim Wilson Blog
To Serve Man
uavKim Wilson  |  Sep 12, 2008

What really stood out at this year's CEDIA in Denver was the number of companies showing media servers. They have certainly grown in popularity, especially within the custom-installation world. Not that many years ago, media servers were the exception, and now they are the norm for those ultra-high-end, multi-zone, music/video systems. As high-resolution downloadable media (audio and video) become more available, then media servers are likely to be our main, if not our only, source device.

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Audio Video News
Toshiba's Sexy Little Pocket Pico Projector
SV Staff  |  Sep 12, 2008
Tiny LED projectors aren't on everyone's wish list, but you gotta admit, this is a sexy little projector. The Toshiba LED pocket projector debuted at Europe's IFA 2008 show. This little specimen weighs in at a scant 100 grams, and measures just 10...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Love Guru—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Myers plays an American raised in India by gurus (Tugginmypudha & Satchabigknoba) and returns to the U.S. in order to break into the self-help business. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player, whose wife left him for a rival athlete Jacques Grande.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Iron Man—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008
Video:4.25 /5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 4.5/5
When jet-setting genius-industrialist Tony Stark is captured in enemy territory, he builds a high-tech suit of armor to escape. Now, he's on a mission to save the world as a hero who's built, not born, to be unlike any other.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Forbidden Kingdom—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008
Video:4.25 /5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Together for the first time, Jet Li and Jackie Chan join forces to create the greatest epic of them all. As ancient Chinese warriors, they must train and mentor a 21st century kung-fu fanatic who's been summoned to fight a centuries-old battle and free the imprisoned Monkey King. If you're a fighting fan, the wait is over. The team is ready. The Kingdom has arrived.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Baby Mama—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008
Video:3.25 /5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 2/5
Kate is a single, successful career woman who wants something more: a baby. But she gets more than she bargained for when she hires Angie, a free spirit from South Philly, to be her surrogate in a hysterical mama match-up.
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