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TV Reviews
Panasonic TC-P46G10 Plasma HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jun 08, 2009
Price: $1,700 At A Glance: Good performance out of the box • Excellent resolution • Impressive black level and shadow detail • Accurate color

It Keeps Getting Better

When I visited Panasonic in Japan in the fall of 2004, with a gaggle of other journalists, plasma was the dominant flat-panel technology. But it was still pricey. On that visit, Panasonic told us that its goal was to get plasma prices down to $100 per diagonal inch.

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Projector Reviews
DreamVision Dream’E SXRD Projector
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 08, 2009
Price: $5,295 (with anamorphic lens kit: $9,595) At A Glance: Superb detail and shadow detail • Excellent anamorphic performance • Oversaturated greens and reds

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You may not have heard of French projector maker DreamVision, but I sure have. Whenever I’ve seen its projectors at trade shows, I’ve always been impressed by their stylish cabinets, high performance, and high prices.

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Audio Video News
Obama: Get Ready for the DTV Transition
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 08, 2009
President Obama has added his voice to the chorus of warnings about the impending DTV transition.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Defiance—MGM (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jun 07, 2009  |  First Published: Jun 08, 2009
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
"Defiance" is a riveting adventure that showcases the extraordinary true story of the Bielski brothers, simple farmers - outnumbered and outgunned - who turned a group of war refugees into powerful freedom fighters. Tuvia, along with his unyielding brother, Zus, motivate hundreds of civilians to join their ranks against the Nazi regime. Their "Inspirational story" is a true testament to the human spirit.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Eden Log—Magnet (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 07, 2009  |  First Published: Jun 08, 2009
Video: 3.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2/5
A man wakes up deep inside a cave. Suffering amnesia, he has no recollection of how he came to be here or of what happened to the man whose body he finds beside him. Tailed by a mysterious creature, he must continue through this strange and fantastic world.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The International—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 07, 2009  |  First Published: Jun 08, 2009
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Interpol agent Louis Salinger is determined to expose an arms dealing ring responsible for facilitating acts of terrorism around the globe. But as his investigation leads Salinger and his partner, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman, deeper into the secret world of greed, corruption and murder, they become targets of a deadly conspiracy so vast, they soon find the only people left to trust are each other.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
My Bloody Valentine 3-D—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 07, 2009  |  First Published: Jun 08, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 4/5
Ten years ago in the town of Harmony, an inexperienced coal miner caused an accident that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a coma. When Harry awoke, exactly one year later on Valentine's Day, he wanted revenge and brutally murdered 22 people with a pickax before being killed himself. Now, after years of peace, something from Harmony's dark past has returned. Wearing a miner's mask and armed with a pickax, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. As his footsteps come ever closer, the townspeople realize in terror that it just might be Harry Warden who has found his way back.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Revolutionary Road—Dreamworks Pictures (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jun 07, 2009  |  First Published: Jun 08, 2009
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.75/5
Based on the bestseller by Richard Yates, this mesmerizing and moving story follows the lives of a passionate young couple living in suburban Connecticut who decide to risk everything to pursue their dreams. They're willing to break away from the ordinary - but can they do it without breaking apart?
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Big—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jun 07, 2009  |  First Published: Jun 08, 2009
Video: 3/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 3.5/5
At a carnival, young Josh Baskin wishes he was big - only to awake the next morning and discover he is! With the help of his friend Billy, Josh lands a job at a toy company. There, his inner wisdom enables him to successfully predict what children want to buy, making the awestruck, naive Josh irresistible to a beautiful ladder-climbing colleague. But the more he experiences being an adult, the more Josh longs for the simple joys of childhood.
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Polk I-Sonic Entertainment System 2 Review
Fred Manteghian  |  Jun 07, 2009

I'm hardly the first reviewer to get my mitts on this do-everything Polk iPod docking station, and yeah the official name is a mouthful, so "I-Sonic ES2" will do just as well here on in. The ES2 is a direct outgrowth of the original ES which lacked an iPod dock. We all remember those pre-Apple-monopoly days with fondness, but the truth is, if you don't iPod dock, you don't rock. And one the thing I want you to come away with from this review is that the Polk I-Sonic ES2 <i>really</i> rocks!

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