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PowerdomeVELVET Heavenly Projector
SV Staff  |  Sep 30, 2008
Sure, some HDTVs are boasting dynamic contrast ratios of 500,000:1. Be prepared to be humbled. Lens giant Carl Zeiss has developed a projector that blasts that number into the stratosphere. The new powerdomeVELVET Planetarium Projector has a...
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Panasonic Wary of OLED TV
SV Staff  |  Sep 30, 2008
Before they've even hit the market, Panasonic seems to have doubts about the viability of OLED TVs. They don't have an OLED on the market, but they were working on one. CNET is reporting from Ceatec 2008 in Japan that Panasonic's AVC Networks...
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Integra PrePro Introduces Advanced Video Calibration
Kim Wilson  |  Sep 30, 2008

Integra is the first manufacturer to offer Imaging Science Foundation's Certified Calibration Controls (ISFccc), which provides a simplified facilitation of individual calibration for different video sources. The Integra DHC-9.9 ($2000) is the first preamp/controller to include this technology (along with 2 new Integra AVRs) that ensures optimal image quality for every HDMI video input.

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Wal-Mart DRM Downloads Are Toast
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 30, 2008
Wal-Mart has become the latest online music retailer to shut down the encryption-key servers for its DRM-encrusted downloads. As a result, anyone unfortunate enough to have bought the latter will have to burn them to CDs for archiving. Otherwise it will become impossible to transfer them to other computers and players in the future.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
David Vaughn  |  Sep 29, 2008  |  First Published: Sep 30, 2008

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/40yearoldvirgin.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Forty-year-old Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) works at a big-box electronics retailer, lives in a nice apartment with an extensive action-figure collection, and rides his bike to work every day. No wonder he's a virgin. His friends take his virginity personally and vow to do whatever it takes to get him laid.

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall
David Vaughn  |  Sep 29, 2008  |  First Published: Sep 30, 2008

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/sarahmarshall.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When his TV-star girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), leaves him for a famous British rock star (Russell Brand), Peter Bretter (Jason Segal) sees his life fall to pieces. He decides to take a trip to Hawaii to forget about his troubles and runs into Sarah, who is on vacation with her new beau. Peter splits his time between stalking her and hanging out with the hot hotel receptionist (Mila Kunis), who, for some unknown reason, is attracted to him.

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Sony Bravia KDL-46Z4100 46-inch LCD HDTV
Al Griffin  |  Sep 29, 2008
The Short Form
$2,300 ($2,800 list) / SONYSTYLE.COM / 877-865-7669
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Rooftop of Dreams
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 29, 2008

Ah, sweet home Chicago. I remember partaking in a number of great local traditions when I used to call the Windy City my backyard: Going to Buddy Guy's Legends club for a late night of tasty blues. Seeing the Chicago River dyed green for St. Patrick's Day. Taking in a Chicago Cubs game in the bleachers at Wrigley Field.

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Sony Bravia KDL-46Z4100 46-inch LCD HDTV
Al Griffin  |  Sep 29, 2008
The Short Form
$2,300 ($2,800 list) / SONYSTYLE.COM / 877-865-7669
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Custom Installer Spotlight: David & Zachary Davis of Davis Audio & Video
 |  Sep 29, 2008

Did you get interested in consumer electronics when you were kids? David (above, right): Yeah. Zach's been tinkering with electronics since he could stand.

Zachary (above, left): There are stories of me taking apart my grandma's clock radios back when I was a kid.

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