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Harry Not So Wild About 3D
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 14, 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I, the penultimate film in the Harry Potter series, will not be released to theaters in 3D. Moviegoers will get it only in 2D on November 19, though its successor (the final installment) will be in 3D next summer.
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Custom Installation How-To
Review: Apple TV
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Oct 14, 2010

I review a lot of gear. While I don't think of myself as jaded, it does take a lot to get me truly excited about a product. The new Apple TV did it. I love this thing, and I am by no means an Apple fanboy.

The reasons why are simple. Apple TV combines several products I use on a regular basis into one user-friendly box. I use a PS3 or Blu-ray player for Netflix streaming, a Wadia 170iTransport for music playback, and my computer if I want to watch a TV show that I downloaded from iTunes. Apple TV takes care of all those things, and more.

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Audio Video News
NHT updates its SubZero speaker to 2.0
SV Staff  |  Oct 13, 2010
NHT has announced an update to its long-running SubZero monitor in the form of the SubZero 2.0. The new speaker has a 4.5-inch pulp cone woofer and a 1-inch silk dome tweeter, and boasts a response range of 100 Hz to 22 KHz. According to NHT, the...
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In-Wall HDMI, Screen Size, Sub Pops
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 13, 2010
Baluncing Act
Is it worth the effort to install HDMI cables "in-wall" given that they update the version so frequently? How long do you expect HDMI 1.4 to last ?
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Home Theater Geeks Podcast
Podcast 37: Mark Waldrep
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 13, 2010
In his second papearance on Home Theater Geeks, Mark Waldrep, AIX Records' founder, president, and chief engineer, discusses his latest recording sessions in which he captured 3D high-def video as well as high-def audio, his concept of recorded private musical performances as opposed to conventional music and concert videos, high-definition surround music, the equipment he uses to capture and mix HD audio, why he prefers dynamic speakers over electrostatics, and answers to chat-room questions.

Run Time: 55:53

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Splice (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Oct 13, 2010
Clive (Adrian Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) specialize in splicing DNA from different animals to create new hybrids. In an attempt to revolutionize science and medicine, they're looking for a bigger challenge and want to use human DNA, but when their funding gets pulled, they secretly take the experiment underground.

Other than the unwelcome horror elements, Splice kept me mildly entertained with its thought provoking premise. One thing's for sure, don't screw around with Mother Nature unless you're willing to deal with the consequences of raising a most unusual being as your own.

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Audio Video News
Google TV Hits
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 13, 2010
The long awaited Google TV products from Sony and Logitech were officially announced yesterday. They'll offer a seamless blend of broadcast/satellite TV and internet video programming with Google search capability. But is it worth the asking price?
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Other Tech
Sony Finally Unveils Their Google TV-Equipped HDTVs
Will Greenwald  |  Oct 13, 2010

Sony has finally drawn the curtain from its Google TV-powered product line. In a press conference today in New York, the company announced the Sony Internet TV, a series of HDTVs equipped with Google TV connectivity features. The Internet TV products use Google's Android OS and Chrome web browser, and are powered by an Intel Atom CPU, making them effectively web-surfing computers with integrated HD screens. They come with a number of streaming media apps, including Netflix, Youtube, Napster, and Pandora.

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Audio Video News
Sony unveils Google TV-powered Internet TV
SV Staff  |  Oct 12, 2010
Sony has finally drawn the curtain from its Google TV-powered product line. In a press conference today in New York, the company announced the Sony Internet TV, a series of HDTVs equipped with Google TV connectivity features. The Internet TV...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)—New Line Cinema (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 12, 2010
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Five teenage friends living on one street all dream of a sinister man with a disfigured face, a frightening voice and a gardener's glove with knives for fingers. But when one among them dies, they soon realize that what happens in their dreams happens for real and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. Buried in their past is a debt that has just come due. To save themselves, they must plunge into the mind of the most twisted nightmare of all: Freddy Krueger. Jackie Earle Haley plays the legendary evildoer in this contemporary reimagining of the seminal horror classic.
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