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My Majestic Theater
Carmine Gallo  |  Mar 05, 2010

Long before I met my wife I dreamed of having my own home theater, many ideas have come and gone since then, but I always knew that I wanted a dedicated theater in a classic style. I finally came one step closer to my dream in 1999 when my wife and I bought a new home in the suburbs, although it would be years before I would actually start my project. I began researching and collecting items from the past, and in 2006 I finally got the nod from my financial advisor (that would be my wife) though there was one caveat ... I was put on a very strict budget.

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Audio Video News
Pioneer Becomes Second 3D AVR Maker
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 05, 2010
Pioneer has announce some 3D capable a/v receivers.
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Samsung UN46B8500 46-Inch LCD HDTV Page 2
Al Griffin  |  Mar 04, 2010
Key Features
$3,600 (list) samsung.com

• 46-inch, 1080p-resolution screen

• Slim, 1.6-inch-deep cabinet • LED backlight with local dimming

• 240-Hz display with Auto Motion Pro blur-/judderreduction processing

• SRS TruSurround

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Samsung UN46B8500 46-Inch LCD HDTV Page 3
Al Griffin  |  Mar 04, 2010
Key Features
$3,600 (list) samsung.com

• 46-inch, 1080p-resolution screen

• Slim, 1.6-inch-deep cabinet • LED backlight with local dimming

• 240-Hz display with Auto Motion Pro blur-/judderreduction processing

• SRS TruSurround

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Other Tech
Gadget Gary: Vudu Child
Gary Dell'Abate  |  Mar 04, 2010

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Samsung UN46B8500 46-Inch LCD HDTV
Al Griffin  |  Mar 04, 2010
Key Features
$3,600 (list) samsung.com

• 46-inch, 1080p-resolution screen

• Slim, 1.6-inch-deep cabinet • LED backlight with local dimming

• 240-Hz display with Auto Motion Pro blur-/judderreduction processing

• SRS TruSurround

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Audio Video News
YouTube adds closed captioning to videos
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2010
The web's biggest video site is now adding captions to its videos. From now on, all videos uploaded will have optional captions transcribed from the audio through Google's speech recognition system. This is a massive expansion of YouTube's...
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Premiere Design
Burmester 069 Belt-Drive CD Player
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 04, 2010

When I first heard about the flagship 069 CD player from German high-end manufacturer <A href="http://www.burmester.de/en/">Burmester Audio</A>, I was surprised to learn that it is belt driven. Of course, many LP turntables use belt drives, but I'd never heard of a CD player with such a mechanism, which is said to decouple the platter from the rest of the chassis, eliminating vibrations and allowing the data to be read with considerably higher precision and less jitter.

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Audio Video News
Skype Signs Up Third TV Brand
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 04, 2010
Skype has signed up a third TV maker with Samsung adding Skype internet phone capability to its LED 7000 and 8000 Series TVs.
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Other Tech
Interview: Tom Petty On The Live Anthology Box Set
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 03, 2010

To disregard the hi-fi end of what we do is wrong," says Tom Petty of his decision to include a Blu-ray Disc with 62 live tracks mixed in 5.1 as part of the Deluxe Edition of his career-spanning boxed set with the Heartbreakers, The Live Anthology (Reprise). That edition, is impressive indeed.

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