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To Serve Man
uavKim Wilson  |  Sep 12, 2008

What really stood out at this year's CEDIA in Denver was the number of companies showing media servers. They have certainly grown in popularity, especially within the custom-installation world. Not that many years ago, media servers were the exception, and now they are the norm for those ultra-high-end, multi-zone, music/video systems. As high-resolution downloadable media (audio and video) become more available, then media servers are likely to be our main, if not our only, source device.

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Audio Video News
Toshiba's Sexy Little Pocket Pico Projector
SV Staff  |  Sep 12, 2008
Tiny LED projectors aren't on everyone's wish list, but you gotta admit, this is a sexy little projector. The Toshiba LED pocket projector debuted at Europe's IFA 2008 show. This little specimen weighs in at a scant 100 grams, and measures just 10...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Love Guru—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Myers plays an American raised in India by gurus (Tugginmypudha & Satchabigknoba) and returns to the U.S. in order to break into the self-help business. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player, whose wife left him for a rival athlete Jacques Grande.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Iron Man—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008
Video:4.25 /5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 4.5/5
When jet-setting genius-industrialist Tony Stark is captured in enemy territory, he builds a high-tech suit of armor to escape. Now, he's on a mission to save the world as a hero who's built, not born, to be unlike any other.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Forbidden Kingdom—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008
Video:4.25 /5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Together for the first time, Jet Li and Jackie Chan join forces to create the greatest epic of them all. As ancient Chinese warriors, they must train and mentor a 21st century kung-fu fanatic who's been summoned to fight a centuries-old battle and free the imprisoned Monkey King. If you're a fighting fan, the wait is over. The team is ready. The Kingdom has arrived.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Baby Mama—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008
Video:3.25 /5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 2/5
Kate is a single, successful career woman who wants something more: a baby. But she gets more than she bargained for when she hires Angie, a free spirit from South Philly, to be her surrogate in a hysterical mama match-up.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Married Life—Sony Pictures Classics (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008
Video:3.5 /5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Harry decides he must kill his wife Pat because he loves her too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry and his much younger girlfriend Kay are head over heels in love but his best friend Richard wants to win Kay for himself. As Harry implements his awkward plan for murdering his wife, the other characters are occupied with their own deceptions. Like Harry, they are overwhelmed by their passions, but still struggle to avoid hurting others. Married Life is an uncommonly adult film that surprises and confounds expectations. While it plays with mystery and intrigue, its ultimate concern is: What is Married Life? In its sly way, Married Life poses perceptive questions about the seasonal discontents and unforeseen joys of of all long-term relationships.
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Audio Video News
FlyCast Tunes on iPhone
SV Staff  |  Sep 12, 2008
FlyCast, formerly known as FlyTunes, has just released a new free application for iPhone and iPod touch that should make satellite radio providers a bit nervous. Pandora might be a little shaky too. FlyCast has over 1,000 digital channels ranging...
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Audio Video News
S&V Internationale?
SV Staff  |  Sep 12, 2008
Is imitation the best form of flattery? We like to think that this store located in the Zurich airport loves our name and concept so much that they just had to copy it for themselves. I mean, really, Sound & Vision. Covers it all. We think so...
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AV Receiver Reviews
Pioneer Elite SC-09TX A/V Receiver
David Vaughn  |  Sep 12, 2008

What separates a good A/V receiver from a great one? The line has certainly blurred over the past few years, and you can find phenomenal values for under $2000 that offer many of the features once included only in the flagship models, minus a few bells and whistles.

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