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James Cameron's 3D vision will go to Mars
SV Staff  |  Apr 30, 2010
It sounds surreal, but Avatar's massive success could influence our real-life space program. According to CBS News, James Cameron has convinced NASA to use a 3D camera on its next Mars mission. The Curiosity mission, set to launch next year,...
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3D Tech
Samsung 3DTV Briefing
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 30, 2010

On Tuesday, I visited Samsung's QA (Quality Assurance) Labs in Los Angeles to discuss the company's 3D technology in some detail. Of course, there was a Samsung 3DTV on hand—the UN55C7000 LED-edgelit LCD—along with a BD-C6900 3D Blu-ray player and a high-def media server with some additional 3D content.

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Audio Video News
TiVo Pleads for Cable Parity
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 30, 2010
TiVo is pleading with Congress to make its DVRs, and retail set-top devices in general, as powerful as those leased by cable operators to their subscribers.
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Audio Video News
Obvious: Avatar is the most pirated Blu-ray Disc
SV Staff  |  Apr 29, 2010
First Avatar became the highest grossing film of all time. Now it looks like Avatar is the most illicitly downloaded Blu-ray Disc of all time. According to BitTorrent blog Torrentfreak, over 200,000 copies of the Avatar Blu-ray Disc have been...
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Premiere Design
Scaena Model 1.4 Speaker System
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 29, 2010

I've written about line-array speakers in this blog several times, and for good reason&#151;tall stacks of drivers deliver smooth horizontal dispersion and sound levels that fall off more gradually than point-source speakers, creating a coherent, open soundstage. That's the idea behind the so-called iso-linear speakers from American maker <A href="http://www.scaena.com">Scaena</A>, whose name is Latin for "stage."

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Custom Installation How-To
Sony BDP-S570
Al Griffin  |  Apr 29, 2010

Sony took its sweet time in matching other major Blu-ray Disc player makers on the media-streaming front — not surprising, given the company’s history of doing things its own way.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Tombstone (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Apr 29, 2010

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/tombstone.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>After a successful career as a lawman in Dodge City, Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and his two brothers retire to Tombstone, AZ looking for peace and quiet as entrepreneurs. When a band of outlaws called the Cowboys descend upon the town, the Earp's and their good friend Doc Holiday (Val Kilmer) take-up arms in order to protect the town from the ruthless villains.

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Audio Video News
Avatar Breaks Blu-ray Records
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 29, 2010
Avatar is breaking Blu-ray records all over the place, and it's not even out in 3D yet.
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Sanyo announces new, cheaper 3LCD projector
SV Staff  |  Apr 28, 2010
After two years, Sanyo is finally rolling out a follow-up to its 3LCD PLV-Z3000 home theater projector. The PLV-Z4000 is a 1080p home theater projector with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 1,200 lumen lamp, and Deep Color and x.v.Color compatibility....
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Cracked Screen, Bitstream Indicators, Ceiling Speakers
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 28, 2010
Superkid
I recently bought a 58-inch Samsung plasma for only $1200, and I loved it—that is, until my 4-year-old threw a small toy and cracked the screen. This totally disabled the TV; it would not even turn on. Is it normal for plasma screens to crack so easily, and if so, are LCD TVs more durable? Thank goodness I was able to return the TV and get a full refund, but I do not have the money to take another chance like that. I have a 1-year-old and a 4-year-old in the house, so what should I do to protect the TV?
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