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Digeo Moxi HD DVR gets Rhapsody, PlayOn, more
SV Staff  |  Apr 09, 2009
Digeo has announced that it is adding several new features to its Moxi HD DVR, making the box even more of a competitor against the current king of the ring, Tivo. (See our test report on the Moxi in the current April/May print issue.) With a...
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Audio Video News
Beatles remasters: "Listen"
SV Staff  |  Apr 09, 2009
Verlyn Klinkenborg has done it again. Bitstream browsers will recall that, one week ago, I linked to his New York Times editorial on Maurice Jarre. Now, in today's paper, he has submitted a similarly rhapsodic piece on the coming CD remasters...
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Audio Video News
Beatles CD Reissues Announced
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 09, 2009
The Beatles catalogue will be reissued on CD on September 9, the same day the band will make its videogame debut in Rock Band. Unfortunately, the announcement said nothing about when the Fab Four's masterworks will be legally issued for the first time as downloads.
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Other Tech
Tech Trends '09: Gently Down the Stream
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 08, 2009

Okay. Let's begin by taking a deep breath. Breathe in and then out. Again. Good! Now, let me explain that it might be time for another paradigm shift. Remember the first time you drove a car? Or kissed your sweetheart? Or chugged an entire spray can of cheese? Yes, your life was never the same afterward.

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The Big Picture
Keystone Kops
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 08, 2009

<I>I am building a dedicated home theater, and I have completed most of the design work. One of the last details is the projector position. I have a 100-inch 16:9 screen and the Panasonic PT-AE3000.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
8 Mile (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Apr 08, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/8mile.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>In the slums of Detroit, it's a daily fight to keep hope alive. For trailer-park kid Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. (Eminem), his music is the only way out of the ghetto, but he must overcome many obstacles to realize his dreams.

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Audio Video News
Best Buy Recalls LCD TVs
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 08, 2009
Best Buy is voluntarily recalling one model of its house-brand Insignia LCD TV, the 26-inch IS-LCDTV26, 13,300 of which were sold from August 2005 through June 2006.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
No Country for Old Men: Collector's Edition
Josef Krebs  |  Apr 07, 2009
Miramax
Movie •••• Picture •••½ Sound •••• Extras •••½
I recently rewatched the Joel and Ethan
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Other Tech
30 Iconic Voices American Idol Would Hate
Mike Errico  |  Apr 07, 2009

AI has launched some big musical careers, but what would Simon and Co. have said if these bonafide talents had stepped on stage with a number pinned on their shirt?

Trent Reznor

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Doubt (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Apr 07, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/doubt.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Set in 1964 at St. Nicholas Church in the Bronx, Fr. Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is accused by principal Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep) of inappropriate conduct with 12-year-old Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), the school's first black student. Is Fr. Flynn's interest deviant or is he just looking out for the well being of a social outcast? John Patrick Shanley's Oscar-nominated scrip deals with truth, emotion, and belief, and asks if any decision is ever free from doubt.

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