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LCD TV Reviews
Sharp LC-60E77UN LCD HDTV
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 22, 2010
Price: $3,000 At A Glance: Great color and detail • Excellent video processing • Mild-mannered frame interpolation • Mediocre blacks and shadow detail

A Worthy Contender

Many companies have gotten into the LCD HDTV game over the last few years, hoping to capitalize on the high demand for flat panels. But most are newcomers compared with Sharp, which was one of the first companies to offer LCD TVs in Japan back in 1988. Since then, Sharp has remained ahead of the curve in terms of manufacturing and environmental concerns. It has invested billions of dollars in new plants and processes.

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Audio Video News
Bringing atmosphere into gaming: "Bioshock 2"
SV Staff  |  Feb 20, 2010
Not enough video games really take advantage of the opportunity for immersion that a good home theater offers. A big screen and a 5.1 surround system with enough power behind it can take gaming from a passive button-pushing pastime to an engaging...
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Audio Video News
HD Deals: LG 32LH30 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2010
Amazon has some good deals on HDTVs today. One of the better ones we found was this LG 32LH30 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV for $379.99 (normally $599.95). But if you aren't in the market for a TV we also found some video game and Blu-ray deals after...
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Premiere Design
HD-ACC Scalable Audio Codec
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 19, 2010

Data compression is probably the single most important factor in the meteoric success of digital audio, especially when it comes to online downloads and portable players like the iPod. Lossy compression formats such as MP3 discard as much as 90 percent of the original data—hence the term "lossy"—so that music tracks can be quickly downloaded. In addition, such files require very little memory, allowing thousands of songs to be stored in a device no bigger than a matchbook.

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Audio Video News
Sony 3D BD 'Fully Capable' of 1080p
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 19, 2010
Sony's new BDP-S470 and BDP-S570 Blu-ray players "will be fully capable of 3D playback of Full HD 1080p for each eye," company spokesperson Greg Belloni has told Engadget HD. And yet these players are nominally HDMI 1.3 compatible, as opposed to 1.4, which is supposed to be the 3D version.
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Dali Fazon Sat Speakers and Lektor Sub Subwoofer
Brent Butterworth  |  Feb 18, 2010
Key Features
$2,500 (as tested) dalispeakers.com
• Fazon Sat Satellite Speaker
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Anthem AVM 50v Preamp/processor
Al Griffin  |  Feb 18, 2010
Key Features
$5,500 anthemav.com
• (8) HDMI (v1.3) inputs; (2) HDMI (v1.3) outputs
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Audio Video News
Sony announces its first 3D A/V receiver
SV Staff  |  Feb 18, 2010
It's even more news from the 3D front! Sony is joining the fray with its very first 3D-capable A/V receiver, the STR-DN1010 AV. The STR-DN1010 is a 7.1-channel A/V receiver with 3D HDMI 1.4 passthrough to allow 3D content to run from a source,...
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Premiere Design
NBS Universal Power Amplifier
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 18, 2010

<A href="http://www.nbscables.com">NBS</A> is perhaps best known for high-end cables&#151;its URL is nbscables.com, after all&#151;but this American boutique audio company also makes a few unusual speakers and electronic components. I'm especially intrigued by the Universal Power Amplifier (UPA), a unique monoblock that is truly universal in design and operation.

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Audio Video News
HD Deals: X-Men Trilogy, Origins on Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2010
If you're a fan of Professor X and the rest of the mutants on the X-Men, today's deal is what you've been waiting for. Get not only the original Trilogy, but also the latest film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, on Blu-ray for only $50.99....
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