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Blu-ray Player Reviews
Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2009

Among Sony's vast array of audio/video products, a select few carry the Elevated Standard (ES) designation, which indicates the company's top-flight—and top-price—models. There are two Blu-ray player in this elite club, including the flagship BDP-S5000ES, which lists for the extravagant sum of $2000. Now that some Blu-ray players have achieved mass-market status for a tenth of that and many more can be had for $400 to $500, can Sony hope to sell many of these? Do you really get what you pay for? Let's find out...

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Audio Video News
HD Deals: Pre order "Gladiator" on Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2009
If you've been waiting for Gladiator to hit Blu-ray your wait is nearly over. Pre order it here for a great price and check out more great HD and gadget deals* after the jump. Samsung PN50B650 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV for $1,399.00...
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Audio Video News
Sennheiser's little headphones for big gaming
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2009
Most gaming headsets are big, bulky cans with boom mics for voice chatting. After all, when you're sitting in front of a computer, why do you need portability? Ear cups can immerse you cheaper and easier than quality ear buds, and a boom mic is...
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Custom Installation Equipment ReviewsCustom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
Runco's Ultimate Plasma TVs
Kim Wilson  |  Aug 07, 2009

Runco. always know for their premier video displays. has added multiple new 1080p plasma monitors to its line of high-end video display solutions. The five new CinemaWall and PlasmaWall displays are the world's first to feature Runco's exclusive OPAL (Optical Path ALignment) technology. While other manufacturer's seem to be abandoning plasma TV, Runco is enhancing its performance to exceed anything currently available.

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Premiere Design
Prime Meridian
Scott Wilkinson  |  Aug 07, 2009
I clearly remember my first demo of Meridian's digital speakers at CEDIA several years ago. The star of that show was the company's first D-ILA projector, which looked fine, but I was even more impressed with the sound of those speakers.
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Custom Installation Equipment ReviewsCustom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
One DVR; Multi-room Access
Kim Wilson  |  Aug 07, 2009

Digeo, makers of the Moxi HD-DVR set-top box (only available to digital cable subscribers) has released the Moxi Mate, as a companion piece. The Moxi Mate enables multi-room access to video content from a connected Moxi HD-DVR as well as PCs and other devices connected on a wired or wireless in-home network. The unit will carry an MSRP of $399, though for a limited time you can purchase it for $199.

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You Want Thin?
Kim Wilson  |  Aug 07, 2009

As flat panel TV's get even thinner, speaker manufacturers are working overtime to supply soundbars, the latest speaker craze, that will unobtrusively sit underneath these newer sets, The latest entry is Leon Speakers with their Horizon 212, designed expressly for the newest ultra-thin TVs. Available in an enclosure that is only 1.5" deep and 3.25" high, the L/C/R speaker features dual 2" Peerless woofers surrounding a 1" Morel cloth dome tweeter for each channel. The Left and Right channels are rated at 60-watts RMS (@8 ohms) while the center channel is rated at 90 watts RMS (@6 ohms). The Horizon can be flush mounted directly to the wall or with the use of the Leon Under Mount bracket, the speaker can be mounted to any articulating wall bracket.

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Audio Video News
Earthquake Sound's Titan-ic new loudspeakers
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2009
Earthquake Sound has just announced the newest addition to its Titan series of speakers, the Telesto towers. These full-range loudspeakers run the gamut from 30Hz to 35KHz, with 5 drivers built into its glossy black profile (produced by a 3mm-thick...
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Audio Video News
The $2 million speaker system
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2009
Sweden's Transmission Audio might have developed the most expensive speaker to date. For a hefty $2 million (that's a 2, followed by six 0's), you can purchase the company's Ultimate system, a massive speaker setup containing several dozen drivers...
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Audio Video News
080709seeadsanyway
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 07, 2009
When the phrase "video revolution" was in vogue, a generation of viewers weaned on commercial broadcast TV suddenly found they could skip ads in a whole bunch of new ways. With a VCR, they could time-shift programming and fast-scan through ads. They could rent ad-free movies at a video store (trailers don't count). And they could subscribe to pay-TV channels, paying for hipper programming almost without ads. But the heirs to those technologies--DVRs and video on demand --are increasingly overrun by ads, even though consumers have paid to avoid them.
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