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Music Reviews
King Crimson: In the Wake of Poseidon
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Mar 02, 2011
 
Discipline
Music •••½DVD-Audio Mix ••••½Extras ••••

The latest reissues in King Crimson’s 40th Anniversary Series capture the band at difficult junctures in Phase 1 of its quixotic history.

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Music Reviews
Duffy: Endlessly
Brett Milano  |  Mar 02, 2011
 
Mercury
Music ••1/2 Sound ••

 

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Music Reviews
Kid Rock: Born Free
Jeff Perlah  |  Mar 02, 2011
 
Top Dog/Atlantic
Music •••1/2 Sound ••••

 

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Music Reviews
Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3: Northern Aggression
Brett Milano  |  Mar 02, 2011
 
Yep Roc
Music •••• Sound •••1/2

 

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Music Reviews
Marshall Chapman: Big Lonesome
Steve Simels  |  Mar 02, 2011
 
Tall Girl
Music •••• Sound •••

 

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Love & Other Drugs—20th Century Fox
Kris Deering  |  Mar 02, 2011
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anything, including a formidable personal challenge, tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie Randall, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Waiting for “Superman”—Paramount Vantage
Kris Deering  |  Mar 02, 2011
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 3/5
"Waiting for 'Superman'", a deeply personal exploration of the current state of public education in the U.S. and how it is affecting our children. Fueled by his conscience and electrified by the possibilities for change, Guggenheim sets off on a probing journey into the lives of five unforgettable kids whose dreams, hopes and untapped potential reveal all that is at stake at this critical moment. In addressing questions through dynamic storytelling, Guggenheim sparks a vital national conversation and introduces us to a group of education reformers currently defying the odds. But when the credits roll, the story hasn't ended. It has only just begun - because what Guggenheim reveals is that the superheroes we've been waiting for to save our schools are all around us. In fact, they might just be me and you.
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TV Reviews
LG Infinia 50PX950 3D Plasma HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Mar 02, 2011
Price: $1,800 (3D glasses: $130/pair) At A Glance: THX 3D certified • Superb color and resolution • Poor black level

THX Goes 3D

I was wandering through the Magnolia section of my local Best Buy the other day when I struck up a conversation with a visitor from Oregon. She had recently bought a 42-inch LCD set. I asked her why she didn’t consider a plasma. She thought for a moment, and the first thing that popped into her head was that someone had told her that plasmas could break if you shake them. A vision of our Sacramento Governator jiggling a 70-pound plasma like a pair of maracas as he bossa-novas down the capitol steps for the last time quickly passed. I assumed she meant a plasma could break if you bump it.

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Ask S&V
Plasmas, Bi-Amping, Lossless Audio
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 02, 2011
Should I stay away from plasma TVs? Will bi-amping my speakers sound significantly better? Does lossless audio sound significantly better than lossy?
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Home Theater Geeks Podcast
Podcast 55: JJ Johnston
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 02, 2011
JJ Johnston, Chief Scientist at DTS, talks about acoustics and audio perception, how audio codecs work, his emphasis on increasing audio quality rather than decreasing bitrates as codecs improve, the tendency in commercial music toward increasing loudness while decreasing dynamic range, how audio production differs between commercial cinema and the home, 3D audio, the latest DTS codec called Neo:X, the Neural downmixing algorithm, some hints about future developments from DTS, and answers to chat-room questions.

Run Time: 57:05

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