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Grey Poupon? Just Eat the French's
Fred Manteghian  |  Nov 01, 2007

I remember sitting in a CES press conference sometime in the year $149 D.V.D. listening to Toshiba whine about how no one was making any money selling DVD players any more. But moments later, they were announcing new models with new features and even lower price points. I guess you can't blame them. After all they had a lot of competition back then.

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Audio Video News
$98 HD DVD Player At Wal-Mart Tomorrow
 |  Nov 01, 2007

Maybe HD has finally hit the big-time. According to reports around the web, tomorrow consumers will be offered the inestimable opportunity to trample one another at Wal-Mart to buy an HD DVD player on the cheap. How cheap? Really cheap.

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Audio Video News
Will Warner Dump HD DVD?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 01, 2007
Warner currently releases high-def DVDs in both Blu-ray and HD DVD. But the studio may be about to concentrate on Blu-ray only, an executive recently hinted.
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A/V Veteran
A Blu Love Fest
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 31, 2007

Sponsored by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment but involving all the major studio supporters of the Blu-ray format, a so-called "Blu-ray Festival" was held in Hollywood over the past two days (October 29th and 30th).

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Ears On
Integra Combi Is Major Player in Reference System
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 31, 2007
Recent ruminations over the contents of my rack have given short shrift to a major player. A disc player, in fact--the Integra DPS-10.5. It has long served as the main signal source in my reference system. Occasionally I make a note to that effect in reviews but I've never really done justice to the Integra. Let's remedy that now.
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Music Reviews
Reference CD Review: Umphrey's McGee
Andrew Nash  |  Oct 30, 2007

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Music Reviews
CD Review: Rascal Flatts / Kenny Chesney
Billy Altman  |  Oct 30, 2007

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Audio Video News
The Reprise of PIP
SV Staff  |  Oct 30, 2007
I hate to admit this, but despite the appeal and all the hard work that go into the extras supplied with DVD movies, I rarely have taken the trouble to access that content. Part of it is that I don't like to be interrupted when I'm engrossed in a...
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Audio Video News
New Profile 1.1 Blu-ray Disc Player From Panasonic!
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 30, 2007

Panasonic has announced the introduction of its next generation Blu-ray player, the $499 DMP-BD30. It is claimed to be the first Blu-ray player to support the Blu-ray Final Standard Profile (BD-ROM Profile 1.1). This will enable it to access and play streaming picture-in-picture special features in upcoming Blu-ray titles, as well as audio mixing enabling switching between main- and sub-windows.

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The Really Great Outdoors: Part 3
Nikhil Burman  |  Oct 30, 2007
How About Some More Options?
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