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JVC 4K Camcorder
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 13, 2011
One clear trend at this year's NAB show is the proliferation of digital video cameras with a native resolution of at least 4K (roughly 4000x2000 pixels). Among the entries in this field is a prototype from JVC, which doesn't even have a model designation, much less a price or shipping date.

I was particularly impressed that JVC was displaying the camera's output on a 55-inch 4K flat panel, probably a Sharp, though the rep I spoke with couldn't say for sure. Unfortunately, the photo above, taken directly off the screen, does not do the razor-sharp image justice. Even more amazing was an IBM 4K monitor nearby measuring only 20 inches or so diagonally—I could get close enough so my eyeball was almost touching the screen, and I could barely see the pixels. These flat panels give me hope that 4K will migrate to consumer displays.

Audio Video News
Anywhere, anytime, anyhow
Michael Berk  |  Apr 13, 2011

An interesting argument about the future of the music market is brewing over a newly released Nielsen study of online music li

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Audio Video News
Sidney Harman 1918–2011
SV Staff  |  Apr 13, 2011
Most recently, he was known as the executive chairman of the merger between Newsweek magazine (which he bought last year) and The Daily Beast. But the readers of Sound+Vision — and before that, Stereo Review, Hi/Fi Stereo Review, Hi/Fi...
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Audio Video News
DirecTV Folk Get HBO GO and MAX GO
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 13, 2011
DirecTV subscribers who buy premium channels are in for a pair of new treats. They've gotten HBO Go and MAX GO, allowing instant access to a broad array of HBO shows and Cinemax movies.

On the HBO GO side, that means every episode of every season of selected shows. The service will launch with 1400+ titles from old favorites like The Sopranos to the new Game of Thrones. A Season Pass offers alerts to favorite programs.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Casino Jack—20th Century Fox
Kris Deering  |  Apr 13, 2011
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 2/5
Spacey stars as Jack Abramoff, the real-life Washington power player who resorted to jaw-dropping levels of fraud and corruption. High-rolling excess and outrageous escapades are all in a day's work for Abramoff, as he goes to outrageous lengths to promote the Indian gambling industry, earning him the nickname "Casino Jack." But when Jack and his womanizing protégé Michael Scanlon enlist a dimwitted business partner for an illegal scheme, they find themselves ensnared in a web of greed and murder that explodes into a worldwide scandal.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader—20th Century Fox
Kris Deering  |  Apr 13, 2011
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3/5
When Lucy and Edmund Pensive, along with their cousin Eustace, are swallowed into a painting and transported back to Narnia, they join King Caspian and a noble mouse named Reepicheep aboard the magnificent ship The Dawn Treader. The courageous voyagers travel to mysterious islands, confront mystical creatures, and reunite with the Great Lion Aslan and a mission that will determine the fate of Narnia itself.
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Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
Test Report: Paradigm MilleniaOne Speakers & MilleniaSub Subwoofer
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 12, 2011
Glancing over the stylish, diminutive Paradigm MilleniaOne speaker, you might assume it’s nothing more than a flimsy plastic housing packed with 25-cent drivers scavenged from a parts bin somewhere in the bowels of Guangdong Province. But besides its cute looks, the MilleniaOne has nothing in common with the typical “lifestyle” speaker.
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Audio Video News
Turning the page on the Flip video camera
Michael Berk  |  Apr 12, 2011

Steve Jobs can go ahead and add another notch to his belt. The Flip camera is the latest casualty of the smartphone's charm offensive and ever-expanding role in our lives; it now joins Microsoft's Zune in the dustbin of history.

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Audio Video News
U2360°, wherever you are
Michael Berk  |  Apr 12, 2011

U2 will be webcasting the third and final show of the Sao Paulo stop of their U2360° tour; things get started at 9:30 EST. If you're in South America you can tune in gratis (check here for details and a list of URLs) to check out the action from Morumbi Stadium.

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"Burlesque" vs. the "Burly Q"
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 12, 2011

BurlyQ

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