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Audio Video News
Pio/Panny/Plassie Update: Kuro Lives On?
SV Staff  |  Mar 07, 2008
[UPDATE TO THIS UPDATE: Pioneer has officially announced that it's no longer in the plasma-making business. Go to the end of this post for a link to a Pioneer press release.] Don't give up on the super display qualities that made Pioneer's Kuro...
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Audio Video News
Pioneer Confirms Will No Longer Make Plasmas
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 07, 2008
Today Pioneer confirmed a previous report that it would cease making--but not marketing--plasma DTVs. Pioneer's exit from plasma manufacture adds another name to a list of casualties that already included Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, and NEC, from whom Pioneer purchased two of its plasma production lines.
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AV Receiver Reviews
Sony STR-DA4300ES A/V Receiver
David Vaughn  |  Mar 07, 2008

The A/V receiver marketplace is a crowded world these days. At one end are low-cost models sold through retailers such as Best Buy and Circuit City, while the other end is occupied by upscale brands with upscale prices. (Interestingly, some of these upscale brands are now showing up at the big-box retailers as the average selling price of AVRs increases, due in part to the influence of Blu-ray.)

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A/V Veteran
After You've Gone
Thomas J. Norton  |  Mar 06, 2008  |  First Published: Mar 07, 2008

So now we have a single HD disc format. Hallelujah. No more excuses for sitting on the fence. No more "my upconverted DVDs look almost like high definition" claptrap. The clouds will part, angelic choirs will sing, and…oops, wrong blog.

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Music Reviews
CD Review: Drive-by Truckers
Jeff Perlah  |  Mar 06, 2008
Brighter Than Creation's Dark New West
Music ••••½Sound ••••

A band that can steamroll through a 4-hour gig,

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Audio Video News
$200 Blu-ray in a Year, Says Sony
SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2008
They say the waiting is the hardest part. For HD DVD early adopters and other Blu-ray hold-outs, a Blu-ray player priced around $200 would be the only motivation needed to make the plunge into that high-def format. Unfortunately, its going to be a...
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Audio Video News
Pioneer: Reports of Plasma's Death Greatly Exaggerated
SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2008
Okay, plasma-lovers. Take a deep breath. We know that news of Pioneer's plans to exit the plasma-making business caught a lot of you off guard. Not because all home theater enthusiasts own a beautiful, industry-leading model from Pioneer's Kuro...
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Audio Video News
Samsung Junks Combo Players
SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2008
By Samsung's estimation, the market for combo Blu-ray/HD DVD players collapsed on itself when Toshiba exited the HD DVD business last month. Consumers still interested in purchasing such an obsolete machine will have to make do with just one...
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Audio Video News
Musicians Demand Copyright Cash
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 06, 2008
The major record labels have sucked in millions of dollars in settlements of copyright-infringement suits--but little of the money has been shared with recording artists.
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Audio Video News
Circuit City Feels HD DVD Owners' Pain
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2008
According to a Circuit City employee tip-off to Gizmodo, the retailer plans to take back HD DVD players from consumers who've become casualties of the high-def format war. Instead of its typical 30-day return policy, Circuit City will extend...
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