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Is Blu Cheap Enough for You?
Shane Buettner  |  Nov 11, 2008  |  First Published: Nov 12, 2008
Month in and month out I receive letters from readers about pricing on Blu-ray, and noting that the public won’t buy in until Blu-ray is cheaper. What the public at large will or won’t buy into isn’t quite the same thing as what Home Theater readers will buy and for how much. For you, as a Home Theater reader, how cheap is cheap enough? Cheaper than an iPhone or an iPod? Walking through Costco the other day I saw every day pricing on players that was well below $299, and I’m sure we’ll see cheaper prices around the holidays. But realistically, is Blu-ray cheap enough to make it down your chimney this year? Was there ever a case to make that Blu-ray was genuinely “expensive” to begin with?
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Other Tech
Panasonic Viera Sweepstakes
SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2008

Nothing brings family and friends together like the big, lifelike picture and sound of Panasonic's new line of VIERA HDTVs with standard SD memory card sl

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
U-571 Blu-ray review
Brent Butterworth  |  Nov 11, 2008
Universal
Movie •••• Picture •••• Sound ••••• Extras ••
At home, U-571 has always suffered a reputation as a
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The Custom Installer: Seen at CEDIA '08
John Sciacca  |  Nov 11, 2008

The CEDIA Expo - held this year in Denver, Colorado - is usually buzzing with people talking about at least three or four must-see things. But at this year's show, a common response to, "What have you seen that's really cool?" was, "Nothing much." And for the first time in years, attendance was down.

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Audio Video News
Sirius XM Radio's New Channel Lineup for XM
SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2008
It's the end of the world as we know it. Okay, maybe not. It's the end of the world as I know it. I've been a fan of XM Radio literally from day one, and I'm not taking too kindly to the merger. I'll get over it. What I will...
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Audio Video News
Circuit City Receives a Lifeline
SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2008
Circuit City is not going down without a fight. Just a day after filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Bank of America comes to the rescue. To the tune of $1.1 billion. Yowza.Not sure if that's even going to be enough — the company is $2.3 billion in...
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Audio Video News
Circuit City Receives a Lifeline
SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2008
Circuit City is not going down without a fight. Just a day after filing chapter 11 bankruptcy, Bank of America comes to the rescue. To the tune of $1.1 billion. Yowza.Not sure if that's even going to be enough - the company is $2.3 billion in...
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Audio Video News
Is this Some Kind of Record?!?
SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2008
The next time your spouse starts needling you to toss out the vinyl records taking up valuable real estate in the living-room bookcase, score some points by explaining that your stockpile pales in comparison to the one now up for sale by Neiman...
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Audio Video News
Surprise, Surprise: Flat Panel TV Growth Slowing
SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2008
This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who's taken a peak at the economy. While there's some growth, the flat panel TV markets are slowing, according to the latest report from DisplaySearch. Even though the economy tanked in the...
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Audio Video News
Happy Birthday Big Bird, and Welcome to the 'Net!
SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2008
Sesame Street just turned 39!  Happy Birthday! To celebrate, Sesame Street is hitting the Internet, in a big way. They're heading to iTunes, YouTube, and Hulu. Talk about covering all your bases. It makes sense - their target audience...
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