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Plasma Partners
Doug Newcomb  |  Nov 06, 2005

A flat-panel TV is probably in your future, if not already in your home. But many new owners of big-screen plasma and LCD sets find that their setups need some reconfiguring to accommodate these newest and leanest members of their home-entertainment families. In other words, the big and bulky cabinets designed to accommodate large tube TVs are out and thin is in.

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HD Radio: Ready for Prime Time?
Ivan Berger  |  Nov 06, 2005

Digital sound from FM and AM? It's here, in the form of HD Radio, which drapes digital data like saddlebags over the existing FM and AM carrier waves. Broadcasters already use that added digital capacity to enhance their signals' sonics, to carry several programs at once, and to tell you what they're transmitting.

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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEWS: Franz Ferdinand
Mike Mettler  |  Nov 06, 2005
You Could Have It So Much Better Domino/Epic
Music •••• Sound ••••
It's actually quite telling that the second album from G
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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEW: Kanye West
Jeff Perlah  |  Nov 06, 2005
Late Registration Roc-a-Fella
Music ••••½Sound ••••½
When you claim you're The Greatest, you better
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MUSIC REVIEW: Death Cab For Cutie
Rob O'Connor  |  Nov 06, 2005
Plans Atlantic
Music ••• Sound ••••
Death Cab for Cutie's Plans has Seattle's emo leaders jumping to a major l
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CD REVIEW: Paul McCartney
Ken Richardson  |  Nov 06, 2005

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Music Reviews
CD REVIEW: A Band of Bees
Sue Macphee-gray  |  Nov 06, 2005
Free the Bees Astralwerks
Music ••• Sound •••
To their credit, the Bees are more adept than most at cross-pollination.
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CD REVIEW: Gretchen Wilson
Billy Altman  |  Nov 06, 2005
All Jacked Up Epic
Music •••½Sound •••½
Granted, "Redneck Woman" Gretchen Wilson's second
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The Flaming Lips DVD-Vs
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Nov 06, 2005
The Fearless Freaks Shout!
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Tracking Surround
Ken Richardson  |  Nov 06, 2005

DIRE STRAITS. The guitar-driven, chart-topping Brothers in Arms became the first big blockbuster of the digital era, signifying that the CD format had crossed over to the mainstream. And now, the 20th Anniversary Edition on DualDisc (Warner Bros.; Music •••••, DualDisc Mix •••••, Extras ½) enhances the album's stat-us as a sonic benchmark.

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