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Sharp recently announced the launch of its new Quattron LCD sets with LED edge lighting. All of them employ the company's new Quad Pixel technology, which adds dedicated yellow pixels to the red, green, and blue pixels present in all LCD displays. The added pixels are said to produce colors that ordinary LCD sets cannot.

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/zhiv.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Doctor/poet Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is married to Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), an aristocratic girl with whom he raises a family. The good doctor is also in love with Lara (Julie Christie) and over a span of many years he's brought together and separated from each of the woman. While he deeply loves Tonya, his poetic side longs for Lara.

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/youngv.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>A young and fiery queen (Emily Blunt) inherits the throne from her uncle in the early 19th century. Spurning the advice of her mother and advisor, she befriends Lord Melbourne (Paul Bettany), a self-serving politician who doesn't have the Queen's best interest at heart. Things turn around for the young monarch when she follows her heart and marries Price Albert (Rupert Friend).

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