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Shane Buettner Blog
The Future Of HDTV, Blu-ray and LCD
Shane Buettner  |  Feb 24, 2009  |  First Published: Feb 25, 2009
Is There a Future for High-End Displays? I’ve had a running joke for the last couple of years, that the flat panel TV has ruined the entire industry. It never fails to provoke a reaction. But, people say, there are only two kinds of people in the world- those who want to have a flat screen and those who already have them! The flat panel has become a price-driven commodity. Who needs big screen specialty retailers when your HDTV is just another box you throw in the cart next to the 36-roll pack of TP when you’re at Costco? It’s a funny bit. Then I see Pioneer build the best single-piece HDTVs the world has yet seen, and fail. Not a funny bit. Makes me wonder. Is there a future for high-end displays?
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Music Reviews
The Derek Trucks Band: Already Free
 |  Feb 24, 2009
Victor/Sony
Music •••• Sound ••••
Guitarist Derek Trucks has long felt suffocated by his Southern heritage and prodigious lineage - and of course, by all t
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
King Kong (2005)
Brent Butterworth  |  Feb 24, 2009
Universal
Movie •• Picture ••••½Sound ••••• Extras ••
When HD DVD died, home theater enthusiasts fretted
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Audio Video News
VUDU to start offering HD movies to buy, not just rent
SV Staff  |  Feb 24, 2009

Vudu has been streaming for over a year now, and it's a pretty nice service (just ask our own Gadget Gary Del'Abate). Get the Vudu box (now available in rack-mountable flavors for home theater buffs with a big gear closet), hook it up, and watch your favorite movies for a price.

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Audio Video News
Cord Cutting Makes Cable Shudder
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 24, 2009
Want to see your local cable operator choke on his martini? Just say two little words: "cord cutting." This is the new jargon for consumers who cancel their cable service in favor of other options, according to the Associated Press.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Last Emperor
Josef Krebs  |  Feb 23, 2009
The Criterion Collection
Movie •••• Picture ••••• Sound •••• Extras ••••
In 1987, director and co-writer Bernardo Be
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Fred Manteghian Blog
Why I Don't Watch the Oscars
Fred Manteghian  |  Feb 23, 2009

First of all, I think TV is better than movies. Anybody can write a movie script. You need about sixty minutes of material for a two hour movie, and you're done. TV on the other hand, is judged every single week, every single episode, on how well they've woven their pack of lies. It takes a lot of talent to keep a TV series going (<i>Saturday Night Live</i> excepted).

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The Big Picture
Oscar's Opprobrium
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 23, 2009

<B>Opprobrium</B> <I>1: Something that brings disgrace. 2a: Public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong.</I>

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Ask S&V
Fireplaces, Upconversion, Kuro Settings
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 23, 2009
Fireplace Folly
I have a flat screen on a mantelpiece shelf leaning against the chimney of our fireplace. I've been hesitant to use the fireplace because the flat screen lies against the chimney. Will lighting a fire affect the TV?
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Ask S&V
Welcome!
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 23, 2009
Welcome to our new feature, "Ask Home Theater." Each week, I'll answer several reader questions here, and you'll have an opportunity to chime in with your comments and additions. I hope to build a real community with lively discussion, so don't be shy! Send your questions to me at scott.wilkinson@sorc.com, and please add your two cents to any answer I give. I look forward to hearing from you!
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