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SV Staff | Sep 21, 2007

Pepcom held its annual Holiday Spectacular this week in New York, where several dozen companies set up booths to promote products that will be in stores for the holidays. During the event, the technology press shuffles along from booth to booth,...

Blu-ray Movie Reviews

Elizabeth

Tom Norton | Sep 20, 2007 | First Published: Sep 21, 2007

When it was released in 1998, Elizabeth (HD DVD) was nominated for a bushel of awards, but most of them went to a competing Elizabethan drama, Shakespeare in Love. The latter was more accessible, crowd-pleasing, and fun. Elizabeth on the other hand, was a dark take on the early years of Elizabeth I, with the emphasis on the international intrigue and court politics that both preceded and followed her accession to the throne.

Blu-ray Movie Reviews

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Tom Norton | Sep 20, 2007 | First Published: Sep 21, 2007

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a cross-genre blend of sci-fi and computer animation, more Japanese anime than cuddly Disney. Check out the flood of Japanese names in the end-credits. Released in 2001, it was one of the first attempts at photo-realistic animation, and in that respect, at least, was startlingly successful. While you'll never confuse the images here with those of real people, they're as close to it as anyone has come, either before or since. Unlike the more recent Polar Express, the characters here don't have creepy, zombie-like eyes.

Blu-ray Movie Reviews

Surf's Up (Blu-ray)

| Sep 20, 2007 | First Published: Sep 21, 2007

Surf's Up (Blu-ray, available October 9), a new computer animated film, isn't as groundbreaking as Final Fantasy. Nor is it likely to grab the Academy Award as best animated feature in a Ratatouille year. But despite all that, and despite the fact that this is the 196th movie in the past two years to feature penguins (OK, the third, unless I somehow missed the other 193), it's still a lot of fun.

Blu-ray Movie Reviews

The Last Starfighter

Tom Norton | Sep 20, 2007 | First Published: Sep 21, 2007

I confess to a serious weakness for The Last Starfighter. Even by 1984 standards, the year of its release, it wasn't a great science fiction film. But there is something immensely appealing in its old-fashioned innocence.

Audio Video News

New DVD Format Coming, Shoot Us Please

Mark Fleischmann | Sep 20, 2007

Why should blue lasers have all the fun? HD DVD and Blu-ray will get some competition next month when New Media Enterprises drops its first red-laser-driven HD VMD players and titles on an unsuspecting world.

Blu-ray Movie Reviews

DVD Review: House of Games

Ken Korman | Sep 19, 2007

Blu-ray Movie Reviews

DVD Review: Disturbia

Ken Korman | Sep 19, 2007

Blu-ray Interactivity Blog

Shane Buettner | Sep 19, 2007

Alright, this is the least interesting Blog I've posted in some time. But I thought some of you might want to kick around the piece that posted today on Blu-ray Disc interactivity. So, here's a spot to ask me any follow-up questions you wish. Fire away!

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Audioengine 2 Amplified Speaker System

Mark Fleischmann | Sep 19, 2007

Is less of a good thing better? You're about to find out as Audioengine returns to these webpages with a smaller version of the previously reviewed Audioengine 5 powered speaker system. The new Audioengine 2 scales down the formidably chunky form factor of its larger sibling into something that won't dwarf your video monitor or earn dirty looks from boss or spouse.

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