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Premiere Design
The World's Most Expensive TV
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 18, 2010

As you may have surmised by now, the Ultimate Gear blog is dedicated to A/V products that are extreme in terms of performance, design, and/or price. I normally try to find items that embody all three elements, but sometimes, one of them takes center stage. So it is with the PrestigeHD Signature Rose LCD TV from British luxury purveyor <A href="http://stuarthughes.com">Stuart Hughes</A>, which can be yours for only &#163;1.5 million, or about $2.2 million as of this writing.

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Audio Video News
UFC to stream pay-per-view to Roku boxes
SV Staff  |  May 17, 2010
Roku has just announced a partnership with UFC to start showing pay-per-view events live over its streaming Internet content box. The service will also offer a premium UFC Channel, offering older fights, training videos, and other content...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Valentine’s Day—New Line Cinema (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 17, 2010
Movie: 2
Picture/Sound: 3/3.5
Extras: 3.5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Road—Dimension/Sony Home Video (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 17, 2010
Movie: 3.5
Picture/Sound: 4/5
Extras: 2.5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The New Daughter—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 17, 2010
Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 4/4.5
Extras: 3
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Dirty Dancing: Limited Keepsake Edition—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 17, 2010
Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 3.5/3.5
Extras: 3.5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Legion—Screen Gems (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 17, 2010
Movie: 3
Picture/Sound: 4/5
Extras: 4
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Invictus—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 17, 2010
Movie: 4.5
Picture/Sound: 4.5/4
Extras: 4
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LCD TV Reviews
Hitachi UltraVision L46S603 LCD HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 17, 2010
Price: $1,399 At A Glance: Impressive absolute black level • Sharp, crisp image • Below average video processing

Keeping It Affordable

It’s been an eternity in video-years since I last reviewed a Hitachi HDTV. In fact, the last one I reviewed was in November 2002 for Stereophile Guide to Home Theater. The subject then was the 51-inch Hitachi 51SWX20B HD-ready CRT RPTV. It was the smallest sibling in what was arguably the best line of CRT RPTVs Hitachi—and perhaps anyone else—ever produced.

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Curtain Call
I Know Nothing, But It Doesn’t Stop Me!
Michael J. Nelson  |  May 17, 2010
Mistaking my confidence for actual knowledge, many of my friends have inundated me with home theater questions lately. I don’t know why this is happening more now. Perhaps waves of unemployed people finally have the time to do that installation they’ve put off. Or maybe they’re preparing for the Blu-ray release of Twilight: New Moon (sexy shirtless werewolves are a powerful motivator). I thought I’d answer these questions in a feature called A Socratic Dialogue with an Imaginary Amalgam of All the People Who Have Been Asking Me Home Theater Questions as of Late.
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