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Tower Speaker Reviews
Definitive Technology Mythos STS SuperTower Speaker System
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 06, 2009

Performance
Value
Build Quality
Price: $4,355 At A Glance: Slender, gloss black, extruded-aluminum towers • Dual built-in powered subs with passive radiators • Superb dialogue reproduction

Hide the Sub—No, Subs!

Why build a system around powered towers like Definitive Technology’s Mythos STS SuperTower? Wouldn’t it be easier to live with a subwoofer? Maybe. Maybe not.

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Audio Video News
Circuit City Closes This Weekend
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 06, 2009
Circuit City will close all existing stores on Sunday, ending a long-drama over the electronics mega-chain's struggle for survival and its lengthy goodbye.
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Other Tech
Gadget Gary: The Bold and the Blackberry
Gary Dell'Abate  |  Mar 05, 2009

The first thing I noticed about the new Blackberry Bold ($300 with a 2-year AT&T contract and rebate; blackberry.com, att.com) when I took it out of the box was how good-looking it is.

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Music Reviews
Changing to a country horse . . .
Rob O'Connor  |  Mar 05, 2009
ATO
Music ••• Sound ••••
Let's hear it for Kitt Kitterman!

Who?

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
"Blindness" on DVD
Ken Korman  |  Mar 05, 2009
Miramax/Buena Vista
Movie •••½Picture •••• Sound •••• Extras ••••
The end-of-the-world movie has evolved
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AV Receiver Reviews
Sony STR-DA5400ES A/V Receiver
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 05, 2009
Price: $2,000 At A Glance: Superior sound quality and ergonomics • HDMI connectivity • Auto calibration and speaker equalization • Three-zone operation

Sony Adds Major Value

Like the old canine joke punch-line, “Because he can,” electronics designers seem to be adding greater functionality and features to their A/V receivers more because they can rather than because consumers need them, want them, or are likely to use them.

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Audio Video News
Philips Ultrawide LCD
user  |  Mar 05, 2009
If CES 2009 was any indication, it looked like Philips was getting out of the consumer-electronics business, seeing as how the company had no booth or press conference this year. But the Dutch megacorp recently announced a stunning innovation in LCD TVs—the world's first with an aspect ratio of 21:9 (2.33:1). This nearly matches the cinematic aspect ratio of 2.35:1, allowing it to display such movies without the hated black bars above and below the image.
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Audio Video News
Dish Network terminates 10 retailers
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2009
In a rather short press release issued this morning, Dish Network announced that it has terminated 10 retailers across 7 states and Puerto Rico. The company believes that the ten retailers have "engaged in illegal activity including fraud and...
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Audio Video News
The Beatles. Rock Band. 09-09-09.
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2009
Just received the official press release this morning. Here it is, in its entirety: Apple Corps Ltd., MTV, and Harmonix announce The Beatles: Rock Band, worldwide release set for 9/9/09 New York, NY - March 5, 2009 - Apple Corps Ltd., Harmonix,...
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Audio Video News
Blockbuster Busted?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 05, 2009
Will Blockbuster Inc. be the next new face on the bankruptcy soup line?
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