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Premiere Design
Crystal Blue Persuasion
Scott Wilkinson  |  Nov 12, 2009

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Danish speaker maker <A href="http://www.dynaudio.com">Dynaudio</A> released a special-edition model called the Sapphire in 2007. Limited to 1000 pairs worldwide, the final 30 will be wrapped in an exclusive gloss-blue piano-lacquer finish.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Star Trek (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Nov 12, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/newtrek.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When a massive Romulan ship, Narada, emerges from a spatial anomaly in the year 2233, the USS Kelvin is destroyed as George Kirk (Chris Hemsworth) manually flies the ship on a suicide mission so that his wife and newborn son, James, can escape. This event alters the space-time continuum, and as a result, James T. Kirk grows up without his father's influence, becoming quite the rabble-rouser. Fortunately, he meets Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), who persuades the young man to join Starfleet. The rest, as they say, is history.

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Audio Video News
Blockbuster Rents Movies on SD Cards
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 12, 2009
Would you like to rent a movie on an SD Card? A Blockbuster experiment will let you do just that.
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Audio Video News
PerfectLock HDMI cables can hold 25 pounds
SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2009
You're probably not going to use a locking HDMI cable as a leash for your pug, but it's nice to know the option is there. PerfectPath, one of the cable companies that isn't Monster, showed off its new PerfectLock HDMI cables at the CES Unleashed...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Galaxy Quest (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Nov 11, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/galaxyquest.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Sixteen years after the cancelation of the TV show <I>Galaxy Quest</I>, the ensemble cast ekes out a living signing autographs at fan conventions and making appearances at store openings. Lucky for them, the gig of a lifetime comes along when they're recruited by an alien race&#151;which has been watching the show as the TV signal races through space, believing it to depict real life on Earth&#151;to rescue them from a band of outer-space warriors.

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Ask S&V
Video Processing, LED Backlighting, Big Plasma
Scott Wilkinson  |  Nov 11, 2009
Two For One
I have a Pioneer Elite PRO-111FD plasma with a Denon DVD-3800BDCI Blu-ray player, and I have two questions. First, should I set the Denon to output 1080p/24 manually or just leave it set to Auto? Second, a friend is encouraging me to get the DVDO Edge because, he says, its processing is probably better than either the Pioneer or Denon. Do you think this is true, or is my current gear sufficient?
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Fred Manteghian Blog
Ultrasone Pro 900 Headphones - Review
Fred Manteghian  |  Nov 11, 2009

Germany's Autobahn has no speed limits and the Pro 900 headphones from Germany's Ultrasone have no sound limits either! And like anything good (and German), you're going to pay. They were about $550 on Amazon last I checked (MSRP is $599). I've had a pair since early spring, but didn't crack them open until I went on vacation in July. Sure, I listen to a lot of music every day with earphones, but not much with headphones. But all that's changed since the Ultrasone Pro 900's entered my life!

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Audio Video News
HD Deals: LG 50-Inch Plasma HDTV
SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2009
The Holiday season is just around the corner and today's deal is a perfect gift for anyone looking to upgrade their small HDTV. We found this LG 50-inch plasma for close to half-off at $969.99 (normally $1,699.95). More HD and gadget deals*...
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Audio Video News
ATSC Takes Aim at Loud TV Ads
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 11, 2009
Are those too-loud TV ads wearing you down? The standard-setting body for DTV is taking aim at the problem of blaring commercials by distributing new audio guidelines to broadcasters.
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Other Tech
Gadget Gary: Calibrating Your HDTV
Gary Dell'Abate  |  Nov 10, 2009

I've often heard people who claim to be experts in the A/V business sing the praises of calibrating your TV. Me, I've always been skeptical. Why would I need to adjust something I just paid a ton of money for that's brand new? Isn't that like asking me to take in my factory delivered Porsche for a tune-up before I even put a mile on it? Why would I need that?

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