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Music Reviews
Simon & Garfunkel: Live 1969
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Jul 22, 2008
Columbia/Legacy
Music •••• Sound •••½

Unlike the case with Bob Dylan, there has been precious little in the way of 1960s concert recordings b

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Samsung's Bread and Butter HDTV - With Some Jam on Top
Rob Sabin  |  Jul 22, 2008
The Short Form
$2,400 ($2,799 list) / SAMSUNG.COM / 800-726-7864
Snapshot
Samsung's latest LCD delivers solid HDTV picture quality and some innovative features
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Audio Video News
Intel's Road Trip to the FCC
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2008
Intel Corp just went lobbying. A road trip to the FCC. Oh how fun! Seems that Intel wants the FCC to require Ethernet ports with IP capability on all cable set-top boxes. How convenient for them. The filing said, "Given the marketplace...
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Audio Video News
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2008
How many times has this happened to you? You're giving a big presentation to the boss, and the projector bulb burns out. The boss gets mad and fires you and you're poor and your wife leaves you and your kids hate you. Well, that's happened to me...
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Audio Video News
LCD vs. Plasma Salesperson Smackdown
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2008
It's no secret that LCD TVs are outselling plasma displays, but a new study by J.D. Power and Associates and Market Force Information have unearthed one clue as to why. And, apparently, those online ads for mystery shoppers aren't complete scams....
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Audio Video News
Is There a Future in 3D?
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2008
In our Top Five Tech Trends for 08, we picked 3D television as one the most exciting. Laugh all you want at the funny glasses (and we've done our share of laughing too) but 3D TV is the real deal. Movie studios are ramping up production of 3D movies...
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The Big Picture
Receiver or Separates?
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jul 22, 2008

Colin Robertson, a thoughtful commentator on many <I>UAV</I> blogs, is facing the age-old question as he contemplates upgrading from 2-channel to surround sound:

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Audio Video News
Got Fluorine?
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2008
Recently, we reported on an environmentally unfriendly aspect of LCD screen manufacturing - the use of nitrogen trifluoride as a cleaning agent in the production process. (Some sites are incorrectly reporting that NF3 is contained in LCD TVs...
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Audio Video News
Millions of OLEDs - Little OLEDs
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2008
While everyone is chomping at the bit waiting for some big-screen OLED displays, Toshiba and Matsushita's joint display group is making news at the other end of the spectrum. Their new factory, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co. is set to...
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Audio Video News
Telescopic Pixel Display Saves Light, Power
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 22, 2008
Microsoft and the University of Washington are jointly working on a new video display technology that would more efficiently use the backlight in flat-panel displays, potentially cutting power consumption in these increasingly energy-conscious times.
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