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Home Theater Heroes
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 12, 2008

When asked how he'd like to see his own role defined in our ever-escalating high-definition home-entertainment world, Masi Oka, star of NBC's hit fantasy/sci-fi series Heroes, reaches for the stars. "I'd like to be known as a visionary Blu-ray Bluetooth," he smiles.

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The Big Picture
Getting Started
Scott Wilkinson  |  Aug 12, 2008

Robert is just getting started in the whole home-theater game, and he has some basic questions:

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Audio Video News
Soundmatters' SLIMstage40 Soundbar
SV Staff  |  Aug 12, 2008
Soundbars are in. No, not the kinda bar you regret through your hungover haze the next morning. Slim, single speaker cabinet that blends in seamlessly with your TV-type of soundbar is what we're talking about. The new SLIMstage40 is an amplified...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Patton
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 12, 2008

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/patton.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Released in 1970, <I>Patton</I> is the cream of the crop of World War II films released recently on Blu-ray by 20th Century Fox. The film won eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. George C. Scott, in the title role, famously turned down the honor as he didn't believe in competing with other actors. That takes nothing away from one of the most compelling performances ever put on film.

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Audio Video News
DTV Audio Glitches
SV Staff  |  Aug 12, 2008
While no one can complain about the visual advantages of digital TV, the audio department is hearing plenty of complaints. The Dolby Digital standard does provide 'CD-quality' sound in the home, but other audio problems are plaguing the new format....
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Audio Video News
Integrated Digital TV's on the Rise
SV Staff  |  Aug 12, 2008
Set-top boxes, your days are numbered. That's according to a new study from IMS Research. Integrated digital TVs (iDTVs) will replace set-top boxes, with shipments of iDTV expected to hit 143 million by 2013. Japan has already seen the decline in...
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Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
BG Z-62 Speaker System
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 12, 2008
On a different planar.

Recorded music is a cozy conspiracy between conventional speaker technology and listening expectations. Most speakers are made of cones and domes, so we’ve gotten used to their particular dispersion patterns and regard them as a normal part of music. The first experience of planar speakers, like BG’s Z-62, can come as a shock to the listener who’s never heard a planar tweeter before.

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Audio Video News
CEA Mulls 3D Video Standard
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 12, 2008
The Consumer Electronics Association is putting its considerable standard-setting might behind an effort to bring 3D video into the home.
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Audio Video News
Deep Tracks - Universal's Lost Tunes
SV Staff  |  Aug 11, 2008
Imagine finding all the deep tracks, random recordings that you loved but the general public never got, or even just a beloved favorite that's too old for the mainstream sites to carry. Now, imagine finding them without copy-protection. Wanna...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Redbelt—Sony Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 11, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.75/5
Extras: 3/5
Set on the westside of the Los Angeles fight world, a scene inhabited by bouncers, cage fighters, cops and special forces types, "Redbelt" is the story of Mike Terry, a Jiu-jitsu master who has avoided the prize fighting circuit, choosing to instead pursue a life of honor and education by operating a self-defense studio with a samurai's code. Terry and his wife Sondra struggle to keep the business running to make ends meet. An accident on a dark, rainy night, between an off duty officer and a distraught lawyer puts in motion a series of events that will change Terry's life dramatically introducing him to a world of promoters and movie star Chet Frank. In order to pay off his debts and regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time in his life.
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