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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 1
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 02, 2008
Warner
Movie •••½Picture •••• Sound •••• Extras •••½
Can a great TV drama have an endoskeleton
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Other Tech
Gadget Gary: Myvu Crystal
Gary Dell'Abate  |  Oct 02, 2008

If you travel a lot like I do, you probably lug along a laptop or a personal DVD player. The Myvu Crystal is much lighter and less bulky. Screen angle and glare are no longer issues - and best of all, you don't have to worry about other people seeing what you're watching.

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So Good, It Hertz?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 02, 2008

What is Reality?

The "Plato's Cave" allegory goes something like this: Imagine a deep underground cavern where prisoners have lived their entire lives chained to rocks, their heads immobile and facing one cave wall. Behind them is an illuminating fire. Between the fire and prisoners, statues of all sorts move back and forth.

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Audio Video News
All Obama All The Time
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
I'm Barack Obama, and I want YOU to watch my TV channel. If you don't, I'll raise your taxes. Actually, Senator Obama does have his own TV channel. Channel 73 on the Dish Network is now The Obama Channel. As with any campaign, the Obama campaign...
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VUDU Ups the Ante
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
The online movie rental business is quickly stepping up and offering high-quality stuff. The latest move comes from VUDU, a provider of Internet-delivered entertainment to consumer's HDTVs and home theaters. VUDU has announced 1080p"'HDX"...
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JVC's Pseudo 3D Converter
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
Just when you thought it was safe to watch 3D TV without the dorky glasses, theeey're back. Our buddies over at Gizmodo have found a JVC prototype TV at the CEATEC show in Japan that converts high-def 2D video into pseudo 3D, in real-time, using a...
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CircleVision 360!
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
Tough sledding, kids. We're not going to Wally World. I'm not paying 4 bucks a gallon to buckle you into the Hummer and drive your little butts cross-country to that place. And for the last time, we're not getting a damn Prius. But, if you agree to...
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Blu-con 1.0: Be There or Be Square
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
Mark your calender. December 8th at the swank Beverly Hills Hotel. Be there or be square. Blu-con 1.0 will be a one-day summit for Blu-ray developers, marketers and producers. As the website says, "This workshop is designed to provide a forum...
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Audio Video News
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Glasses
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
Ha! Look at those dorks in the picture! What dopes! They are wearing those crazy cardboard glasses to watch 3D TV! Idiots! Haven't they heard that Philips is showing a 56-inch Quad Full 3D HDTV? And, you don't have to wear glasses (at least the...
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Bye Bye Mr. Matsushita
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
Does the gentleman in the picture (and on the cover of Time magazine) look bummed to you? Well, you would be too, if shareholders took your name off your own company, the one you founded and poured your heart and soul into. Not that there's...
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