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Pandora's Last Stand
SV Staff  |  Aug 18, 2008
Horrible news for fans of Pandora Internet Radio.  In fact, it's not looking good for any Internet radio sites - my beloved Slacker.com is in jeopardy too. Why? Looks like the government has a hand in bringing down what might be the best thing...
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Burn this flag!
SV Staff  |  Aug 18, 2008
Several months ago, I lamented about how my Scientific Atlanta cable box repeatedly refused direct orders to record Survivor. Week after week I would say, "Record all showings," and week after week I looked in vain through my recorded list. My...
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AV Receiver Reviews
Pioneer VSX-918V A/V Receiver
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 18, 2008
Happy with what you have to be happy with.
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AV Receiver Reviews
Onkyo TX-SR606 A/V Receiver
Kim Wilson  |  Aug 18, 2008
If you want bang for your buck, look no further.

The great thing about technol-ogy is that everything eventually becomes affordable. The latest generation of A/V receivers certainly demonstrates this, and the Onkyo TX-SR606 exemplifies the extraordinary features and performance capabilities of AVRs under $600.

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Toshiba Shows Smarter DVD Player
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 18, 2008
Toshiba showed a DVD player with advanced upconverting capabilities last week, following through on an idea mentioned by its CEO five months ago in the wake of HD DVD's demise.
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Best Buy Tests Airport Kiosks
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 18, 2008
Best Buy Express is the name of a program that will put CE retail kiosks in airports. If you're waiting for a plane, would you like to buy a digital camera? Cell phone? Flash drive? Music player? Headphones, speakers, gaming portables? Surely a travel adapter or charger!
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Cabasse Debuts $140,000 Spherical Speaker
SV Staff  |  Aug 17, 2008
We professional journalist types are too careful to call La Sphere the strangest-looking speaker ever created, so let's just say it's in our top five-and we can't think of what the other four might be. The $140,000-per-pair speaker from French...
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Inteset Adds Blu-ray to Movie Collection Module
SV Staff  |  Aug 15, 2008
If you've been using Inteset's Movie Collection to rip and organize your movie collection, today's your lucky day.  Well, lucky if you're adding Blu-ray Discs to your collection. Simply insert a Blu-ray (or DVD) and the application will scan...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
What Happens In Vegas—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 15, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 2.75/5
Two strangers awaken together to discover they've gotten married following a night of debauchery in Sin City, and one of them has won a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. The newlyweds devise ever-escalating schemes to undermine each other and get their hands on the money - only to find themselves falling in love amid the mutual backstabbing.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Smart People—Miramax Films (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 15, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant - but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy. His collegiate son won't confide in him, his teenage daughter is an acid-tongued overachiever who follows all too closely in dad's misery-loving footsteps, and his adopted, preposterously ne'er-do-well brother has perfected the art of freeloading. A widower who can't seem to find passion in anything anymore, not even the Victorian Literature in which he's an expert, it seems Lawrence is sleepwalking through a very stunted middle age. When his brother shows up unexpectedly for an extended stay at just about the same time as he accidentally encounters his former student Janet, the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with often comical, sometimes heartbreaking, consequences for himself and everyone around him.
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