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Audio Video News
Changing Channels Challenges
SV Staff  |  Oct 17, 2008
If digital's so good, why does it take so freakin' long to change channels? It's become painfully obvious that all this new technology has slowed down the one thing people take for granted: clicking the clicker and getting instantaneous results. ...
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Audio Video News
LG Shows Off Double-sided Reflective LCD
SV Staff  |  Oct 17, 2008
LG had quite the interesting display to show off at the International Meeting on Information Display in Korea. Looking at the specs, it's certainly nothing to write home about. Pixel count is 512 x 384, reflectance ratio is 20%, color gamut is 12%,...
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Audio Video News
Blu-ray Alternative for Mac
SV Staff  |  Oct 17, 2008
Just days after Steve Jobs called Blu-ray a "bag of hurt," Amex Digital has announced a Blu-ray solution for Macs. Not some schlocky-looking external drive, this sleek, slim beauty is designed to complement Apple MacBooks, but it will...
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Audio Video News
Shake, Rattle and Roll at the Cinema
SV Staff  |  Oct 17, 2008
High-end home theater owners might not be the only ones who'll get to experience D-Box motion-simulation chairs.  Some commercial theater owners are considering adding these electromechanical rides to their theaters. For most folks, they were...
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Audio Video News
NEC Displays 12.1-inch 3D LCD
SV Staff  |  Oct 17, 2008
No goofy glasses required! This HD screen (SVGA with 800 x 600 pixels) uses a special alignment of pixels to display 3D without needing specs. Right now, this is a prototype, and the press release is in Japanese, but from what the Google...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Poltergeist—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 17, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3/5
"They're here," playful at first...but not for long. A storm erupts, a tree attacks and little Carol Anne Freeling is whisked into a spectral void. As her family confronts horrors galore, something else is here too: a new benchmark in Hollywood ghost stories.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Sleeping Beauty—Walt Disney Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 17, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 5/5
When an enchanted kingdom and the most fair princess in the land fall prey to the ultimate mistress of evil, the fate of the empire rests in the hands of three small fairies and a courageous prince's magic kiss. Their quest is fraught with peril and a fire-breathing dragon if they are to set the Beauty free.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Happening—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 17, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 4/5
Mark Wahlberg stars as Elliot Moore, an ordinary man trying to save his family from a terrifying, invisible killer. As Elliot begins to discover the true nature of what is lurking out there, it soon becomes clear that no one - and nowhere - is safe.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Made of Honor—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 17, 2008
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3/5
Platonic friends since college have never entertained the prospect of romance - he's a womanizer who never wanted to commit; she wants marriage but has never found the right man. Just as he begins to think he's ready to settle, she gets engaged to a handsome Scotsman - and asks her longtime male pal to be her "maid" of honor. He agrees, but only so he can sabotage the wedding and woo her before it's too late.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Incredible Hulk—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 17, 2008
Video: 4.75/5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 4.5/5
We find scientist Bruce Banner living in shadows, scouring the planet for an antidote. But the warmongers who dream of abusing his powers won't leave him alone, nor will his need to be with the only woman he has ever loved, Betty Ross. Upon returning to civilization, our brilliant doctor is ruthlessly pursued by The Abomination, a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and aggression whose powers match The Hulk's own. A fight of comic-book proportions ensues, as Banner must call upon the hero within to rescue New York City from total destruction.
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