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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Dexter: The Complete Second Season—Showtime (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 03, 2009
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3/5
Although committed to carrying out his twisted brand of vigilante justice - Dexter begins to doubt his murderous capabilities and continues to be haunted by his tortured past. His difficulties multiply when evidence of his deadly after-hours activities begins to surface and the FBI is brought in to investigate the city's new serial killer dubbed the "Bay Harbor Butcher". Dexter can't pause for a breath as the noose tightens and the questions keep mounting. Will he be able to continue his serial-killing ways? Or will Dexter's dark past finally be uncovered.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Matrix - 10th Anniversary (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 03, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/matrixdigi.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT><i>"Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?"</i>

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
X-Men Trilogy (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 03, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/xmen.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT><i>Mutation: it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to grow from a single-cell organism into the dominating species on the planet. This process is slow, taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward.</i> &#151;Prof. Charles Frances Xavier

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Audio Video News
Coldplay's live album to be free May 15
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2009
Let me start off by saying that I don't really want a Coldplay album, even if it is free, but fans of Chris Martin and co. will be glad to know that they can download the band's nine-track live record, Left Right Left Right Left, at no cost...
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Audio Video News
Star Trek Blu-ray gives fans daily Fedcon updates
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2009
Today through Sunday, Star Trek fans are meeting in Bonn, Germany for Fedcon, Europe's largest Star Trek convention. If you're stateside right now, you're probably not heading to Fedcon. Fortunately, if you have the Star Trek Season One Blu-ray...
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Burn-In, Foot-Lamberts, Commercial Volume
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 01, 2009
No TV!
I want to replace the aging rear-projection TV in my home theater, possibly with a Pioneer Elite PRO-111FD. I will be watching mostly Blu-rays with no broadcast viewing at all. Since most Blu-rays have some sort of letterboxing, will there be a problem with image retention or burn-in? If so, what 50-52 inch LCD do you recommend?
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The Big Picture
Color My World
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 01, 2009

<I>My question is about "color" in sound. I hear audiophiles talk about this all the time. What is "color" in sound? How do you measure it? How do you remedy it? I'm kinda lost with the jargon. Please help me to understand how to tell if there's too much "color" in my system.

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Audio Video News
Audyssey DSX
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 01, 2009

<A href="http://www.audyssey.com/">Audyssey Laboratories</A>, the developer of MultEQ auto-equalization and other technologies now available in a wide range of A/V receivers and pre/pros, has long been a proponent of increasing the number of channels in an audio system. With its newly announced DSX technology, it has now brought that capability to home theaters.

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Audio Video News
MIT's Second Skin: Mocap system for $1,000
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2009
It's easy to write off movie special effects as "computer generated," and leave it at that. Take film, run it through a computer, and effects happen! Of course, the actual production of these effects is much more complex than simply feeding video...
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Invisible is Better
Kim Wilson  |  May 01, 2009
Sonance has long held the lead position in the architectural, in-wall and in-ceiling speaker marketplace. Now, the company that invented—and popularized—this category has announced the availability of their latest innovative variation—the Invisible Speaker Series. The flat-panel driver technology developed by Sonance is featured in three new models, two of which utilize improved planar technology. The Sonance Invisible Series speakers are entirely flat and vanish into the room design, delivering ambient music that emanates from the walls and ceilings.
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