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We Give a Critical Eye to 'High Definition Glasses.'
John Sciacca  |  Jul 30, 2008
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Audio Video News
Another One Bites the Dust
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2008
The TiVo webstore has a glaring omission. The popular Series3 unit is AWOL. The Series2 is chugging along, and the TiVo HD is prominent, but the Series3 is gone and labeled "Out of Stock." Retailers still have inventory ($593 at Amazon)...
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Audio Video News
The (almost) $12,000 surround sound processor
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2008
Halcro, in case you haven't heard, makes some of the most bad-ass hi-fi gear on the planet. In a world gone mad for iPods and earbuds, Halcro is perfecting the art of really, really excellent componentry.  It's also really, really expensive...
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Audio Video News
New Meridian Projector Announced
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jul 30, 2008

If you thought 1080p is as good as it gets, think again. Long known for its reference-quality audio products, Meridian has announced a new video projector with <I>five times</I> the resolution of 1080p. Dubbed the 810 Reference Video Projector, this 140-pound behemoth uses three D-ILA panels, each with a resolution of 4096x2400 for a total of nearly 10 megapixels.

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Audio Video News
Yahoo Music DRM Keys Go Poof
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 30, 2008
If you paid for downloads from the Yahoo Music Store, your purchases are in big trubs. The store will close on September 30, 2008, taking its digital rights management encryption keys with it.
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Audio Video News
Meridian demos $185K 10-megapixel projector
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2008
Last Tuesday, high-end audio/video company Meridian put on what was surely one of the most dazzling home video demos ever. The demo, which took place at Stewart Filmscreen's Torrance, CA, headquarters, featured Meridian's new 10-megapixel video...
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The Big Picture
THX Tech Training
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jul 30, 2008

My blog is a bit later than usual this week, but I've been pretty busy. Tom Norton and I are taking the newly developed video-technician training course offered by THX at the company's headquarters in San Rafael, California, just north of San Francisco in Marin County. Tuesday was the first of three full days of instruction and hands-on lab work, after which some of us went out to dinner and caught Hugh Masekela's set at Yoshi's, a famous jazz spot in Oakland. After a wrong turn by Laurie Fincham, THX's brilliant but directionally challenged chief scientist&#151;thanks for the grand tour of San Francisco, Laurie!&#151;I just got back to my room.

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Audio Video News
Toshiba's Feature-Packed Budget Camileo
SV Staff  |  Jul 29, 2008
Who can resist a budget-priced piece of gear that still packs in the features you want? If you've put off buying a camcorder, this one deserves a closer look. The Toshiba Camileo H10 is an SD-based high-definition camcorder that records in 720p....
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LCD TV Reviews
Toshiba 52XF550U LCD TV
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jul 29, 2008

Now that HD DVD is off its plate, Toshiba can concentrate more of its corporate energy on LCD TVs&mdash;not that it ever slacked off in that regard. Despite the silly marketing moniker REGZA (Real Expression Guaranteed by amaZing Architecture), Toshiba has been a heavyweight in the LCD TV realm for many years.

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Audio Video News
MPAA's Helping Hand Movie Listings
SV Staff  |  Jul 29, 2008
Say what you want. The MPAA is about as popular as the RIAA, more known as a policing agency tackling pirates and illegal downloads than a helpful ally - right up there with the IRS in a lot of people's minds. But, maybe the MPAA is beginning to...
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