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LCD TV Sales Buck Economic Woes
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 01, 2010
The world economy may be tottering, but TV sales are on the rise, especially LCD TV sales.
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Audio Video News
Panasonic 2010 Product Preview
Thomas J. Norton  |  Feb 26, 2010
Panasonic's traveling road show for its new 2010 product line came to Los Angeles this week, and we were there. Most of the products shown or described at the event were first announced at last January's CES, where the featured attraction was 3D, with other new products taking second billing—if not in Panasonic's eyes, then in the eyes of most attendees. It was not that the new products were uninteresting; far from it. But 3D was king of the video mountain at CES 2010.
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Audio Video News
Panasonic 2010 Product Showcase
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 26, 2010

Panasonic just finished a bi-coastal press briefing about its 2010 lineup of TVs, Blu-ray players, HTIBs (home-theater-in-a-box systems), and soundbars, but 3D was conspicuously absent. In fact, we were told that the company would be back in the late Spring or early Summer with more specifics about its 3D offerings.

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Blockbuster busting up 500 stores
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2010
Things are looking very bleak for the former video rental juggernaut Blockbuster Video. After shuttering 374 stores last year, the company is now planning to close an additional 500 locations. The news comes after Blockbuster posted a quarterly...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
A Serious Man
David Vaughn  |  Feb 26, 2010
It's 1967, and poor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) isn't having a good year. His wife is leaving him, his unemployed brother (Richard Kind) is sleeping on his couch, his kids are deviants, and he's being blackmailed by a student at the Midwestern university where he serves as a physics professor. Diving into his faith, Larry seeks the advice of three rabbis. But do they have the answers he seeks?

I'm generally a fan of the Coen brothers' films, but this bizarre tale confused the hell out of me with all the Jewish references. Despite my bewilderment, I couldn't stop thinking about the plot for days afterward, and when revisiting some scenes for this Ultimate Demo, I found myself laughing out loud, and I will certainly revisit it in the future to not only laugh but to enjoy the demo-worthy video presentation.

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FCC to Propose DTV Giveback
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 26, 2010
As part of a National Broadband Plan, the Federal Communications Commission will try to persuade broadcasters to relinquish some of the spectrum allocated just last year in the DTV transition.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning—Magnolia (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 25, 2010
Movie: 3
Picture/Sound: 3.5/4
Extras: 3
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
New York, I Love You—Vivendi (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 25, 2010
Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 4/4
Extras: 2.5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Amelia—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 25, 2010
Movie: 2.5
Picture/Sound: 3.5/4
Extras: 3.5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Informant—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 25, 2010
Movie: 3.5
Picture/Sound: 2.5/4
Extras: 3.5
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