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Toshiba's Upscaling LCDs
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008
We've got to say this: Perhaps it was good for most of us that HD DVD failed. It seems that failure has prompted Toshiba to really step up the developments for standard-def DVD. Not long ago, we talked about Toshiba's upscaling DVD players. Now...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Nixon—Hollywood Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  First Published: Aug 29, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Nominated for four Academy Awards, "Nixon" takes a riveting look at a complex man whose chance at greatness was ultimately destroyed by his passion for power, when his involvement in conspiracy jeopardized the nation's security and the presidency of the United States.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Stargate Continuum—MGM (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  First Published: Aug 29, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Baal travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from ever being started. SG-1 team must somehow restore history and once again save the galaxy from oppressive domination.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Dude, Where’s My Car?—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  First Published: Aug 29, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.75/5
Extras: 1/5
Meet Jesse and Chester, two dimwitted yet lovable party animals who wake up one morning with a burning question: "Dude, Where's My Car?" Their only clues are a matchbook cover from Kitty Kat Strip club and a year's supply of pudding in the fridge. As they retrace their steps, these dudes are in for the ride of their steps, these dudes are in for the ride their lives, encountering hot alien chicks, dodging killer ostriches, and trying to score "special treats" from their ticked off twin girlfriends.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Cool Hand Luke—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  First Published: Aug 29, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 2.5/5
Extras: 2/5
A defiant chain-gang prisoner suffers a "failure to communicate" in this searing drama.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
CJ7—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  First Published: Aug 29, 2008
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.75/5
When a poor father brings home a mysterious alien "pet" from a local junkyard, he and his son learn a valuable lesson about the true nature of family and the things money can't buy.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Perfect Storm—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  First Published: Aug 29, 2008
Video: 3.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Near Gloucester, Massachusetts, the six members of the Andrea Gail, a sword fishing boat, head out to sea for their last trip of the season. Unbeknownst to them, a shockingly brutal storm is slowly gaining steam. Before the National Weather Bureau has a chance to inform the crew of the impending danger, it's too late. The resulting battle with three merging weather fronts - an unheralded natural disaster - is grueling and tragic.
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Audio Video News
Toshiba's Regza Rising in Europe
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008
More news from Berlin's IFA, courtesy of EngadgetHD. Toshiba has announced new additions to the Regza line of LCD HDTV's, with a greater variety of sizes and features. These additions are across many series. For example, the XV line has more...
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Ahoy, Capt. Jack!
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008
Join Jack Sparrow and his crew for the ultimate pirate adventure. That's right. The cannon are loaded and the fuses are lit for The Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy, a 6-disc Blu-ray Hi-Def set. You'll get all three swashbuckling adventures...
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Sharp's Super Skinny Lineup
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008
News out of IFA 2008 is clear. According to Sharp, you can never be too thin. At the Berlin show, Sharp was showing off their new XS1 Aquos LCD products, slated for release in the UK in October. The XS1 is available in either a 52-inch or 65-inch...
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