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Leon Horizon 212 Speaker System
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 23, 2010
Price: $5,385 At A Glance: Ultra-thin bar for skinny flat panel display • Passive sub can fire forward or down • Sub amp offers lots of adjustability

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There’s one basic truth about home theater that I can never repeat often enough: It is the union of big-screen television and surround sound. They do not operate in isolation from each other. Instead, successive waves of video technology have affected the way people think about audio for video.

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Audio Video News
CEA Bucks FM Portable Mandate
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 23, 2010
The Consumer Electronics Association, a manufacturer trade group, is opposing a mooted requirement that all portable music devices be required to include FM radio tuners.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Fanboys—Vivendi Entertainment (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 22, 2010
Movie: 3/5 Video: 2.5/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Date Night—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 22, 2010
Movies: 3.5/5 Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
After.Life—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 21, 2010
Movie: 3.5/5 Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Square—Sony Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 21, 2010
Movie: 3.5/5 Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2/5
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Audio Video News
'The Office' S6 Blu-ray will stream S7 episodes
SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2010
This is a very interesting use of BD-Live. Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that users of The Office Season 6 Blu-ray Disc will be able to stream the 5 most recent episodes of season 7 whenever they want. The episodes will be...
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Premiere Design
Digital Projection HIGHlite Cine 260 DLP Projector
Scott Wilkinson  |  Aug 20, 2010
As my previous profiles of the Titan Reference and Titan Reference 3D projectors from Digital Projection International (DPI) make clear, they are nothing if not ultimate gear. But if $70,000 to $104,500 is a bit too much for your bank account, you can still get 3-chip DLP performance for much less with the company's HIGHlite Cine 260 models.
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Audio Video News
Gird Your Loins for 3D Demo Day
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 20, 2010
A weekend of 3D demo events will entertain a grateful nation next month. The 3D demo days will be sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association and ESPN with the additional participation of AT&T, Comcast, and DirecTV.
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Audio Video News
NFL on FOX now showing in 16:9
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2010
For years, FOX has shown NFL games in 4:3, even when in high-def. This was fine for SD TV users with old-fashioned 4:3 screens, but for widescreen HDTV users this meant two huge bars on either side of the screen, wasting space that could better be...
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