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10 Things I Hate About You (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jan 06, 2010

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/10things.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>High school sophomore Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik) has two invitations to the prom and one big problem: her father (Larry Miller) won't let her go unless her antisocial older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) attends as well. Things start to look up for Bianca when Kat catches the eye of Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), who's been paid $300 by her sister's suitors (Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Andrew Keegan) to woo her.

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Audio Video News
CES 2010: Toshiba Introduces CELL TV
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2010
Toshiba has just unveiled CELL TV, a new image processing engine the company claims is 143 times more powerful than the engines found in previous models. At the heart of the CELL TV is the Cell Broadband Engine, the same processor used by the...
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Audio Video News
CES 2010: LG's 3D-ready, THX-certified TV with Skype
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2010
LG's INFINIA LE9500 Series LCD TVs (available in 55- and 47-inch screen sizes) head up a broad line of LCD and plasma models unveiled by the company today at CES. The THX-certified flagship models feature LED backlights with 240-zone local...
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CES 2010
The Head Monster Delivers Again
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 06, 2010
Noel Lee is always good for a quotable line or two. For instance: "We loooove 3D!" And, if your 3D experience isn't all you wished for, "don't blame the TV. Blame that cheap-ass HDMI cable you bought." Monster's four classifications of HDMI cable speed have now gone to six, topped by the 17Gbps Hyper Speed cable. HDMI wasn't the only thing on Lee's cable agenda, of course. He also discussed USB 3.0 cables for next-gen drives, players, cameras, etc.
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Audio Video News
CES 2010: New Sling gear coming to service providers only
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2010
  If you have been waiting for Sling to drop some new products on us, this post will probably be bittersweet for you, since all four of their new products will only be available through cable or satellite providors. Dish Network is the...
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CES 2010
Let There Be LightSpeakers
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 06, 2010
The future of mainstream multi-room entertainment is wireless, whether it be Wi-Fi, Powerline, RF, or some other magical, yet-to-be-discovered communication protocol. Easy end-user installation is important, too. (Thus the popularity and success of multi-room audio systems such as Sonos.) Klipsch is getting into the act with a new product called the LightSpeaker. Although it was impossible to hear a demo during last night’s CES Unveiled event, the LightSpeaker’s particulars make it something we’ll be searching for on the CES floor. The LightSpeaker combines an LED light with a powered speaker and fits most 5-inch and 6-inch recessed lighting fixtures using a standard Edison socket. Klipsch says there are only about 620 million recessed can light fixtures in the U.S. alone. (Now that’s a market worth paying attention to.)
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Audio Video News
CES 2010: Vizio updates XVT series, announces a 21:9 HDTV
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2010
The CES news bombs have started dropping and Vizio is on the front lines with some ambitious announcements. Their XVT series is getting three new additions in the form of a 47-inch, a 55-inch and a monsterous 72-inch, each running at 480 Hz and...
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Other Tech
In-Ear Headphones Face Off
Rob Sabin  |  Jan 05, 2010
Back in the early days of portable music players and digital downloads, your average audiophile could legitimately look down his (or her) nose at the whole notion and say, "Feh!" Boy, have times ever changed. Thin-sounding low-resolution MP3 files...
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CES 2010
Something Fishy at CES2010
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 05, 2010
Despite what you’ll hear from the other journalistic types, the only real reason why anyone who pontificates about electronics makes the annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show is the free food and booze. And the free hats and t-shirts…and the pampering of the press…and the potential for (maybe) a free set of earphones or iPod case… Then, of course, there are all the attractive female booth greeters and canned-demonstration presenters who make you feel like you’re the first person they’ve talked to all week and that you’re someone very special…if you’d only sit through this incredibly fascinating presentation. I guess there are also some cool gadgets and gear to see here, too, but it really comes down to the free food. (Did I mention free booze, too?) Tonight, it’s the “Annual Pre-CES Sushi Feast 2010” sponsored by DTS. Can life get any better?
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Home Theater Geeks Podcast
Podcast 4: Don Eklund
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jan 04, 2010  |  First Published: Jan 05, 2010
Don Eklund, Executive VP of Advanced Technology at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, provides a studio's perspective on 3D, 4K, online content, what happened with the original Blu-ray release of The Fifth Element, and more.

Run Time: 45:02

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