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The HDMI standard was developed with noble intentions. Most people in the home theater hobby know the hazards of cable clutter. When you have a lot of equipment connected this way and that by separate audio and video cables, you wind up with a tangled mess of wires behind your equipment rack or entertainment center. The problem is compounded by component video (three cables just for picture) and multichannel analog audio (six to eight more cables!). Now factor in a DVR, a couple of DVD players, a Blu-ray player, a video processor, and an A/V receiver all interconnected in one theater room. If you want to add or remove any piece of equipment, you’ll have to squat behind the rack with a flashlight and trying to trace each cable from end to end. Which unit did this blue one come from? If I plug that red cable into here, will I get my picture back, or will my speakers start blaring obnoxious noises?

Blu-ray Movie Reviews

Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)

Kris Deering  |  Mar 14, 2009

Video: 5/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 2/5
Watched any great books lately? Now you can. The most celebrated graphic novel of all time that broke the conventional mold continues to break new ground. "Watchmen" illustrator Dave Gibbons oversees this digital version of the graphic novel that adds limited motion, voice and sound to the books strikingly drawn panels.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews

Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)

Kris Deering  |  Mar 14, 2009

Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
From the director of "Watchmen" comes two tales from the celebrated graphic novel that do not appear in the extraordinary "Watchmen" Theatrical Feature. "Tales of the Black Freighter" brings to strikingly animated life the novels richly layered story-within-a-story, a daring pirate saga whose turbulent events may mirror those in the Watchmen's world. Stars from the "Watchmen" movie team in the amazing live-action/CGI "Under The Hood", based on Nite Owl's powerful first-hand account of how the hooded adventurers came into existence.

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