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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Secret—Image (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 05, 2008
Video: 2.5/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3/5
Hannah and Benjamin are a happily married couple whose love is tested inways they never could have imagined in this touching supernatural drama. But when Hannah is killed in a car accident, the couple's strong bond may be responsible for an unusual twist of fate that keeps their love alive - at the expense of their daughter.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 05, 2008
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 3.75/5
Extras: 4/5
"Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull" finds Indy trying to outrace a brilliant and beautiful agent for the mystical, all-powerful Crystal Skull of Akator. Teaming up with a rebellious young biker and his spirited original love Marion, Indy takes you on a breathtaking action-packed adventure in the exciting tradition of the classic "Indiana Jones" movies.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Forgetting Sarah Marshall—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 05, 2008
Video: 2.5/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 4/5
Struggling musician Peter Bretter has spent six years idolizing his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall. He's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches. But his world is rocked when she dumps him and Peter finds himself alone. After an unsuccessful bout of womanizing and an on-the-job nervous breakdown, he sees that not having Sarah may just ruin his life. To clear his head, Peter takes an impulsive trip to Oahu, where he is confronted by his worst nightmare: his ex and her tragically hip new British-rocker boyfriend, Aldous, are sharing his hotel. But as he torments himself with the reality of Sarah's new life, he finds relief in a flirtation with Rachel, a beautiful resort employee whose laid-back approach tempts him to rejoin the world.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Strangers—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 05, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 3/5
Inspired by true events, this heart pounding, nail-biting frightener mercilessly explores our most universal fears, where simply opening the door to a stranger leads to a grueling night of terror one could never imagine.
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Audio Video News
No Mo MOJO
SV Staff  |  Oct 03, 2008
We've been hearing the rumors. Word on the street was that MOJO was leaving Cox. And, it turns out, the rumors were right. MOJO HD will officially cease scheduled programming on October 29, permanently pulling the plug on Cox customers. Documents...
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Audio Video News
Look Ma! No Wires!
SV Staff  |  Oct 03, 2008
Our friends over at EngadgetHD spotted another mildly interesting product at the CEATEC show in Japan. Hitachi is showing wireless HD camcorder transfer. Obviously a prototype, the camcorder reliably streamed high-definition content to a nearby TV,...
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Audio Video News
Sony: 3D 4K in 09
SV Staff  |  Oct 03, 2008
At a press event yesterday evening in Sony Pictures' Culver City, California, headquarters, Sony took the chance not only to tout its latest advances in digital cinema, but also to show how those advances could make 3D commonplace in movie theaters...
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The Big Picture
A DVD Player Review?
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 03, 2008

This week at <I>UAV</I>, we've posted a review of Toshiba's XD-E500 upconverting DVD player. This might seem a bit odd, since we haven't reviewed a DVD player in quite a while&#151;instead, we focus on Blu-ray these days.

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Toshiba XD-E500 Upconverting DVD Player
David Vaughn  |  Oct 03, 2008

<I>Editor's note: You might be surprised to see a review of a DVD player at </I>UAV<I>, since we haven't published such reviews in quite a while. For more on this, see <A href="http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/scottwilkinson/100308toshibadvd/">my blog about it</A>.</I>

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Audio Video News
RealDVD Brings Real Legal Trouble
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 03, 2008
"RealNetworks' RealDVD should be called StealDVD," asserts the general counsel of the Motion Picture Association of America.
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