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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Jack Ryan Collection—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008
Video: 3/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2.5/5
”The Sum of All Fears” - America's Cold War fears are rekindled after the President of Russia dies and is succeeded by a man with a cryptic past. But East-West tensions erupt when the CIA suspects that renegade Russian scientists are developing more nuclear weapons. Mobilized into action by CIA Director William Cabot , Jack Ryan follows a danger-ridden trail to a shocking conclusion: terrorists plan to provoke a war between the U.S. and Russia - by detonating a nuclear bomb at a championship football game!
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Sleepwalking—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2/5
Jolene Reedy is a disillusioned single mother prone to bad men and reckless behavior. Her younger brother James is a weak-willed underachiever who can't hold a job. But when Jolene abandons her 12-year-old daughter with James, uncle and niece make a fateful decision to flee to the farm of James and Jolene's abusive father. In a past plagued by dark secrets, can family prove to be the most desperate bond of all?
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 3/5
The mother of all destiny. Her son, the future leader of mankind. Their protector, a Terminator from the future. Together they must take back the future as Sarah Connor prepares her son to fight the war against machines determined to annihilate the human race. The clock is ticking. Can they stop Judgment Day.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Mad Men: Season One—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 3.25/5
Set in 1960 New York City, "Mad Men" explores the glamorous and ego-driven "Golden Age" of advertising, where everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems. And no one plays the game better than Don Draper, Madison Avenue's biggest ad man - and ladies man - in the business.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Shine a Light—Paramount Classics (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3/5
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the world’s greatest rock-n-roll band, The Rolling Stones, unite to bring audiences the year’s most extraordinary film event “Shine A Light”. With special appearances by Christina Aguilera, Jack White and Buddy Guy and four Rolling Stones performances not seen in theaters, Shine A Light is a must-own for rock-n-roll fans across generations.
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Audio Video News
New Sony Bravia Home Theater Systems
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2008
Exciting news from the European front. A few months back, we showed off the latest Bravia speaker system from Sony, the HT-IS100, originally only available in Japan. Now Sony has that, plus two more complete systems for the European market. ...
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Audio Video News
Target Targeting Home Installation Market
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2008
Just because you've bought your home theater equipment at bargain retailer Target doesn't mean you're going to be left on your own to figure out how to make it all work. Target just announced a partnership with Zip Express Installation. Zip will...
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Audio Video News
Court Upholds Network DVR
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 07, 2008
Cablevision's network DVR isn't illegal, immoral, and fattening after all, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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Audio Video News
Royale Ripoff?
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2008
First, the facts: Sony Pictures will release a Blu-ray two-disc "collector's edition" of Casino Royale on October 21. This date coincides with a new DVD re-issue. The technical specifications of the new set will be similar to the...
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Fred Manteghian Blog
Something Wicked Good This Way Comes
Fred Manteghian  |  Aug 06, 2008

Okay, this blog isn't <i>really</i> about audio or video. Not directly at least, but I wanted to mention that we've been in search of clean power, cheap power, non-global-warming-controversy-inducing power, for a long time. Nuclear is clean (you know, in the beginning), and so is hydroelectric power, but only a few of us live near enough a river to take advantage of that. Besides, the amount of paper needed to complete the required zoning permits and environmental impact statements to install that bright red waterwheel you've been eyeing would negatively impact your carbon footprint, so forget that.

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