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Audio Video News
Pioneer's TV division hits the dusty trail
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2009
For the last two years, Pioneer Kuro plasmas have sit squarely at the top of our HDTV heap. Both the PRO-110FD and the PRO-111FD earned their years' respective Editor's Choice award for Best Product of the Year, and they've been roundly considered...
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Custom Installation How-To
Sooloos music storage and server system Page 2
John Sciacca  |  Feb 25, 2009
The Short Form
$11,600 / SOOLOOS.COM / 866-606-0333
Snapshot
Audiophile-level build quality and a terrific user interface let this server do much more than just manage a music collection
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Music Reviews
Jazz trio revamps rock and more
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Feb 25, 2009
Do the Math/Heads Up/Concord
Music •• Sound •••½
The Bad Plus have made their first album that's, well, not so good.
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Music Reviews
Steven Wilson: Insurgentes
Mike Mettler  |  Feb 25, 2009
K-Scope
Music ••••½DVD-Audio Mix ••••• Extras ••••½
The once and future king of surround has done it again - or,
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Rad Bennett  |  Feb 25, 2009
Sony
Movie •••½Picture ••• Sound ••• Extras •••

When a group of teens goes blitzing around lower Manh

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Custom Installation How-To
Sooloos music storage and server system
John Sciacca  |  Feb 25, 2009
The Short Form
$11,600 / SOOLOOS.COM / 866-606-0333
Snapshot
Audiophile-level build quality and a terrific user interface let this server do much more than just manage a music collection
Continue Reading »
The Big Picture
Finally Feasible
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 25, 2009

Last week, Canadian cable operator Shaw Communications introduced a new Internet service called High-Speed Nitro in Saskatchewan, offering download speeds up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps), the fastest residential Internet speed in North America. By contrast, Verizon FiOS claims download speeds as high as 50Mbps, but customers typically see speeds in the 10-to-20Mbps range due to various factors such as the distance from your home to a Verizon central office, configuration of your computer, and condition of the wiring inside your home.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Capote/In Cold Blood—Sony Pictures Classics (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 25, 2009
Capote: Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3/5
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Beverly Hills Chihuahua—Walt Disney Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 25, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Chloe a diamond-clad, bootie wearing Beverly Hills Chihuahua enjoys her luxurious life so much she hardly notices Papi, a tough looking Chihuahua who happens to be head-over-paws for the pampered pooch. But when Chloe gets lost in the rough streets of Mexico with only a street-wise German Shepherd to help her find her way home, Papi heads south of the border - joining forces with a motley crew: two humans, a sly rat and a nervous iguana - to rescue his true love.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Vanishing Point—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 25, 2009
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Barry Newman stars as Kowalski, the last American hero, who set out to prove that he can drive from Denver to San Francisco in just fifteen hours. Along the way, he meets an old prospector, a snake worshipper, a nude woman on a motorcycle, and a blind D.J. who "sees" danger ahead in this super-charged, action-packed adventure.
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