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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Road to Perdition (2010)—Dreamworks Pictures(Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010
Movie: 3.5/5 Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3/5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Ip Man (2010)—Well Go USA Entertainment(Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010
Movies: 3/5 Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2.5/5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Hung: The Complete First Season—HBO (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010
Show: 3/5 Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2.5/5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Eclipse (2010)—Magnolia Entertainment(Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010
Movies: 3.5/5 Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2/5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Hot Tub Time Machine—MGM (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010
Movie: 3/5 Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
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Premiere Design
BAlabo BD-1 DAC, BC-1 MK-II Control Amp, & BP-1 MK-II Power Amp
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jul 20, 2010

When I profiled the incredible Transmission Audio Ultimate speaker system last year, I mentioned that the $2,000,000 package includes power amps and a preamp from Bridge Audio Laboratory, otherwise known by the odd contraction BAlabo. Here, I concentrate on these two beauties by themselves, along with BAlabo's new 2-channel DAC.

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Audio Video News
FCC Gets CableCARD Comments
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 20, 2010
When we last left the Federal Communications Commission, it was thinking over ways to improve the CableCARD situation, as well as the card's next-generation successor. As part of that process, it requested comments from all and sundry. Be careful what you wish for.
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Audio Video News
'Predators' trailer fake-out results in disappointment, possible refund
SV Staff  |  Jul 19, 2010
(Warning, mild spoilers!) Predators hasn't exactly wowed critics or fans. While a passable movie and certainly superior to the terrible Alien Vs. Predators films, it doesn't hit the same notes as the beloved original Predator. The most...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jul 19, 2010
Season 3 takes the series in a new direction as the Cylons occupy New Caprica with little resistance from new President Baltar. Colonel Tigh leads a group of resistance fighters and Commander Adama undertakes a daring near-suicidal mission to free the humans from their mechanical captors.

The middle of Season 3 has its ups and downs, but finishes with a flurry with five of its best episodes starting with "Dirty Hands" and culminates with a two-part "Crossroads" with Baltar being tried for treason with Lee has one of his defenders. The finale revolves around some mysterious music that only a select group of humans can hear, but why?

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Cop Out (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jul 19, 2010
Suspended NYPD detectives Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis) and Paul Hodges (Tracy Morgan) search for Monroe's stolen 1952 collectable baseball card which he was planning to sell in order to pay for his daughter's wedding. Along the way, the two stumble into an ongoing investigation of a deadly drug cartel and are given an opportunity to resurrect their careers and reputations by taking the bad guys down.

The 1980s saw its share of some great buddy-cop films with 48 Hours and Beverly Hills Cop, but sadly this doesn't come close to delivering the laughs or a fraction of the entertainment value. Morgan's act is tiresome and the script from Mark and Rob Cullen is far from original.

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