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Toshiba HD-A30 HD DVD Player
 |  Dec 02, 2007

  • $399
  • Audio Decoding: DD, DD+, Dolby TrueHD, DTS
  • Ins and Outs: HDMI
  • Feature Highlights: 3rd gen HD DVD player with 1080p/24 output, DD+ and TrueHD decoding/transcoding (output as PCM over HDMI), upconverting HDMI and component outputs for standard-def DVDs
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Other Tech
Boxed Sets: Music
 |  Dec 01, 2007

Deck the halls with boughs of Bowie…or Pearl Jam, or Coltrane, or even Haydn. And since we're talking boxed CD sets here (plus some music titles on DVD), there's plenty with which to deck.

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Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
Paradigm Reference Signature Series Loudspeakers
Daniel Kumin  |  Dec 01, 2007

Ed. Note: Readers are advised that prices for this system and its individual elements as reported in the December print edition of Sound & Vision were incorrect. Current prices, including premiums for the birds-eye maple finish on our review system, are provided here.

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Other Tech
Raimi Loves Working Blu
Mike Mettler  |  Nov 30, 2007

So, Sam, have you had a chance to breathe yet? It seems like you've been going, well, forever on all the Spider-man projects, especially Spider-Man 3. This is the longest movie cycle I've ever worked on. But yes, now I have a chance to breathe and spent time with my family, do some writing, and read some great books. I'm really enjoying myself.

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Samsung's Blu/HD Combo Player: BD-UP5000
Al Griffin  |  Nov 30, 2007
Samsung's Blu/HD combo player: BD-UP5000 36725607873 Samsung BD-UP5000 Both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD deliver fantastic picture and sound, and their onscreen menus and interactive features are light-years ahead o
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S&V Apple iPhone Giveaway
 |  Nov 30, 2007

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Are the Holidays Make or Break In the Format War, or Just Break Even?
Shane Buettner  |  Nov 30, 2007

Way back when, say July of this year, the holiday shopping season seemed poised to be make or break time for the format war, and HD DVD in particular. Blu-ray was rolling along, outselling HD DVD handily in software, and looking to a holiday season with a broad number of exclusive to the format titles that would mop the floor with poor HD DVD, and leave it in the scrap heap next to the BetaMax.

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Audio Video News
Back to . . . Open-Reel?!
SV Staff  |  Nov 29, 2007
You say you've (re)discovered vinyl? Fuhgeddaboudit! The LP simply isn't old-fangled enough. To really go reelin' in the years, it seems, you must go all the way back to open-reel tape! The Tape Project, a label for reissuing recordings on...
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Fred Manteghian Blog
mStation 2.1 Stereo Tower – What the Wii is to Gaming
Fred Manteghian  |  Nov 28, 2007

Do you find that others in your home don't bond with electronics as well as you do? Do you get calls at work that start with "how do I . . ." and end with "your [optional expletive deletive] [brand and function of your last electronic purchase]?

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Audio Video News
HD DVD Players Hit 750,000 Mark
 |  Nov 27, 2007

Black Friday was apparently very good to HD DVD. Riding another wave of deep discount sales on the day after Thanksgiving, the HD DVD group, citing "retailer reports and other point of sale data," issued a press release claiming 750,000 dedicated HD DVD players have been sold.

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