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Heavyweights Form AllVid Alliance
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 23, 2011
Say hello to the AllVid Tech Company Alliance, which intends to promote a next-generation interface that would seamlessly combine distribution of traditional and internet video. This puts the members of the alliance on a collision course with Big Cable.

The Alliance's founding members are Best Buy, Google, Mitsubishi, Sony, TiVo, Nagravision, and SafeTV.

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
European Delight
Kim Wilson  |  Feb 22, 2011
Beginning with some postcards depicting old european towns and villages, the homeowners of this “French cobble-stone town” wanted a themed area that would lead into their theater. Designed by JP Themed Theaters along with systems integrator Audio Advice, this basement theater whisks you away to an early 20th century French Quarter.
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The Big Picture
Dual-Projector 3D at Home
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 22, 2011
Recently, I came across a blog by George Walter, VP of home cinema at Digital Projection, about why dual-projector 3D systems should be avoided in the home. It's important to note that Digital Projection makes single-projector 3D systems, so Walter has a dog in this fight, but his arguments make sense for all but the richest home-theater owners.
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Premiere Design
NBS Eva & Butter/Fly Speaker Systems
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 22, 2011
Almost exactly one year ago, I profiled the Universal Power Amplifier from NBS, an American boutique audio company known mostly for its high-end cables. It also offers some audacious speakers, including the Eva (shown above) and Butter/Fly.
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Audio Video News
Comcast Bows Latest 3D Channel
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 22, 2011
The latest 3DTV channel to hit the scene is Xfinity 3D from Comcast.

The 24-hour channel launched Sunday, February 20 (just last weekend) at 6 p.m. Its debut offering was the 2011 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic with the Montreal Canadiens squaring off against the Calgary Flames. Next up was a Kings of Leon concert. The channel plans to show concerts, sports, movies, and original programming.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Blu-ray Disc Review: Salt
 |  Feb 21, 2011
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Sony
Movie •• Picture ••• Sound ••• Extras •••

Coming across like a Bourne wannabe that also steals a lot from Bond, Salt tells of Soviet sleeper spies attempting to assassinate the Russian president, blow up the world, and generally keep

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Unstoppable—20th Century Fox
Kris Deering  |  Feb 21, 2011
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3/5
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Scranton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Next Three Days—Lionsgate
Kris Deering  |  Feb 21, 2011
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Megamind—Dreamworks Animation
Kris Deering  |  Feb 21, 2011
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 4/5
Megamind is the most brilliant super-villain the world has ever known... and the least successful. Over the years, he has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way. Each attempt, a colossal failure thanks to the caped superhero known as "Metro Man," until the day Megamind actually defeats him in the throes of one of his botched evil plans. Suddenly, the fate of Metro City is threatened when a new villain arrives and chaos runs rampant, leaving everyone to wonder: Can the world's biggest "mind" actually be the one to save the day.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Bambi – Diamond Edition—Walt Disney
Kris Deering  |  Feb 21, 2011
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 4/5
Now "Bambi", Walt Disney's beloved coming-of-age story, will thrill a new generation of fans with its breathtakingly beautiful animation, soaring music and characters who will touch your heart - Bambi, the wide-eyed fawn, his playful pal Thumper, the lovable skunk Flower and wise Friend Owl.
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