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Tower Speaker Reviews
B&W 803D Speaker System
Chris Lewis  |  Oct 22, 2005
Diamonds can be everyone's best friend.

If truth be told, I have little use for diamonds in their conventional form. This probably stems from all the pomp and pageantry that surrounds them—not to mention my disdain for those people who drape themselves in the stones and attempt to outshine everyone else with their brilliance. This hardly means that I have little respect for diamonds, though, even if this respect is far more about material than materialism. Since ancient times, mankind has recognized the value of the diamond for pragmatic applications, in everything from grinding and engraving tools, to drill bits, to turntable styli and semiconductors.

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Sequence Strata Speaker System, Primare DVD26 DVD Player & SPA21 Surround Processor/Amplifier
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Oct 22, 2005
Feed your hungry eyes and ears on an attractively entertaining meal of lean on-wall speakers and tender, choice electronics.

Whether by nature or nurture, I'm a speaker guy. I'm more captivated by speakers than any of the associated electronics in a home theater system. As a result of this singular infatuation, I've always believed, as a general rule of thumb, that you should allocate at least half of the total cost of the audio portion of your system to the speakers. I don't know why the math seems to work out that way, but, in my mind, it just does. So what am I to make of a system in which the Primare electronics cost twice as much as the Sequence/REL speaker package?

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Audio Video News
Coming Soon To A Set-Top Box Near You: MPEG-4
 |  Oct 20, 2005

DirecTV and LG Electronics made a joint announcement that the Korean electronics giant has begun production of the first DirecTV set-top boxes that will decode signals encoded using MPEG-4 video compression. The boxes will be sold under the DirecTV brand name and will empower a massive increase in DirecTV's lineup of HDTV channels that is scheduled to begin this fall.

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Other Tech
Bits at the Bijou
David Ranada  |  Oct 19, 2005

To the acclaim of filmmaking luminaries like George Lucas and James Cameron, the Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) group has released Version 1.0 of its Digital Cinema System Specification, which details how a filmless, fully digital movie theater will work. Because the Hollywood studios formed DCI, the standard has their full blessing and stands a good chance of revolutionizing moviegoing.

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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous—Warner Brothers
Aimee Giron  |  Oct 18, 2005
Video: 4
Audio: 4
Extras: 2
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National Lampoon's Going the Distance—MGM/UA
Tony DeCarlo  |  Oct 18, 2005
Video: 3
Audio: 2
Extras: 0
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xXx: State of the Union—Sony Pictures
Nikhil Burman  |  Oct 18, 2005
Video: 3
Audio: 4
Extras: 4
If you've rented or purchased xXx: State of the Union, chances are you're not looking for something too heady. In fact, if you're not really in the mood to have things like logic or character development get in the way of fast-paced action, explosions, and the occasional shocking stunt, then you've come to the right place.
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Casino Special Edition—Universal
Monica James  |  Oct 18, 2005
Video: 5
Audio: 5
Extras: 5
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Because of Winn-Dixie—20th Century Fox
Christina C. De Pari  |  Oct 18, 2005
Video: 4
Audio: 3
Extras: 3
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In Good Company—Universal
Christy Grosz  |  Oct 18, 2005
Video: 4
Audio: 4
Extras: 4
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