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Cable Must Carry Broadcast Channels
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 07, 2008
Following the DTV transition next February, cable systems will be required to carry broadcast channels, under a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals that upheld requirements of the Federal Communications Commission. Must-carry rules are nothing new. What is noteworthy here is that they will continue after the transition.
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Audio Video News
Laser Projectors Hit Digital Cinema
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2008
Lasers have left science fiction movies and just gone to the movies. The Chinese Academy of Science has developed a projector with lasers as the key ingredient. Unlike plasma TVs that display about 50% of the color range visible to the human eye,...
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Audio Video News
Umbrella Speaker: Singing In the Rain
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2008
One of the most fascinating facts I learned in college was that microphones and loudspeakers are really physically the same. Well, you know those parabolic microphones you see on the sidelines of football games? You know, the ones that look like...
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Audio Video News
YouTube Gets Feature Films: Watch Out Hulu
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2008
Long the home for user-created video clips, YouTube is looking at offering feature films. Yup — full-length feature flicks from one of the biggest Hollywood studios. Hulu better watch out. According to a report on CNET news, an exec with inside...
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The Big Picture
Specsmanship
Scott Wilkinson  |  Nov 06, 2008

Joel Hoekstra asks a couple of common questions about TV specs:

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Audio Video News
Dolby Digital Plus Hits the Airwaves
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 06, 2008
Dolby Digital Plus will make its broadcast debut in France's recently launched HDTV platform.
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3D Projector Hits Home: JVC DLA-RS2
SV Staff  |  Nov 05, 2008
Just in time for the 3D release of Journey to the Center of the Earth on Blu-ray in 3D, JVC is launching a 3D projector designed for the home market. This is the world's first 3D projector for the home. The DLA-RS2 uses D-ILA projection, and...
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Other Tech
The Top 50 Albums of All Time
 |  Nov 05, 2008

Eleven months into the 50th-anniversary year of this magazine, we still just want to celebrate. And ever since we ran our "Top 50 DVDs of All Time", you just knew we'd have to do the music side of the Sound & Vision equation.

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Audio Video News
MartinLogan Powered "Feature" Speaker
SV Staff  |  Nov 05, 2008
Sometimes the best approach is the simplest. Put a high-end 150-watt amplifier right into the chassis of a high-end speaker that can be placed in any position in your home theater. Simple enough.The MartinLogan "Feature" is an...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Polar Express 3D
David Vaughn  |  Nov 05, 2008

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/polarexpress3d.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>A boy (Daryl Sabara) has lost the Christmas spirit and doesn't believe in Santa Claus. He awakes on Christmas Eve to the sound of a train arriving in his front yard. Invited to join the Polar Express on its journey to the North Pole by the train conductor (Tom Hanks), a magical world opens his eyes to the spirit of Christmas.

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