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Sony Bravia KDL-46Z4100 46-inch LCD HDTV
Al Griffin  |  Sep 29, 2008
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$2,300 ($2,800 list) / SONYSTYLE.COM / 877-865-7669
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Other Tech
Custom Installer Spotlight: David & Zachary Davis of Davis Audio & Video
 |  Sep 29, 2008

Did you get interested in consumer electronics when you were kids? David (above, right): Yeah. Zach's been tinkering with electronics since he could stand.

Zachary (above, left): There are stories of me taking apart my grandma's clock radios back when I was a kid.

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Audio Video News
Do-It-Yourself Rear Projection Theater
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2008
It kind of makes sense. If a rear projection TV works by reflecting an image onto a fixed screen, why can't you put any size screen in front of it? It happened to one man. He had a 50" Sony rear projection set. Shortly after buying it, it...
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Audio Video News
LG: One Phone To Rule Them All
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2008
LG has an interesting view of the future of mobile phones. According to a report on Gizmodo, LG voiced their opinion on convergence at a meeting in London. While showing off their new KC-910 phone, they're implying that there's nothing stopping...
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Audio Video News
A Peek at TiVo's New Testing Interface
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2008
TiVo is looking at improving their user interface. Lord knows that with so many new features, they have to develop an easier way to let you find everything. The new interface, that's in focus-group testing, has features such as ads on top of the...
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Audio Video News
Toshiba's HD DVD Updates: Too Little Too Late?
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2008
Nothing like beating a dead horse, but Toshiba has just released version 4.0 software updates for their HD DVD players. Umm . . . Does someone want to tell them the format isn't really around anymore? Granted, there are a lot of players out there,...
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Audio Video News
TiVo'ing Your PC
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2008
There are so many ways to interface between your home entertainment system and your home computer. The lines between the two are disappearing, but one product seemed to be stuck firmly on the entertainment side. The DVR seemed to only exist in the...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Sex and the City: The Movie - Extended Cut
David Vaughn  |  Sep 29, 2008

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/sexandthecity.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Four years after the end of the hit TV series <I>Sex and the City</I>, life continues for Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte York (Kristen Davis), and Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon). Carrie and Mr. Big (Chris Noth) are taking their relationship to the next level; Samantha has moved from New York to Hollywood with her boyfriend of five years, Smith Jarrod (Jason Lewis); Charlotte is happily married to Harry (Evan Handler) with their three-year-old daughter; and Miranda is struggling through a less-than-happy marriage to Steve (David Eigenberg) in hell (aka Brooklyn).

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Audio Video News
Academy Screeners in Blu
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2008
Those "For Your Consideration" movie screeners are turning Blu. You know, the movies sent to members of the Academy so they can view them before voting for the Oscar winners? You didn't really think they expected voting members to see...
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LCD TV Reviews
JVC LT-47X899 LCD TV
Scott Wilkinson  |  Sep 29, 2008

LCD TVs with a refresh rate of 120Hz are becoming quite common these days&mdash;all the high-end models now sport this feature, which is supposed to sharpen the image of objects in motion, a bugaboo of virtually all LCDs. JVC's 47-inch, 1080p LT-47X899 is no exception, providing 120Hz operation for a list price of $2600. Can it compete with the other TVs in its class? Only a good, hard look will tell...

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