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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Lost Boys—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 17, 2008
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.25/5
Sam and his older brother Michael are average, everyday teens. But after they move with their mother to peaceful Santa Clara, California, things mysteriously begin to change. Michael's not himself lately. And Mom's not going to like what he's turning into. The Lost Boys reshapes the vampire tradition, deftly mixing heart-pounding terror, rib-tickling laughs and a body-gyrating rock soundtrack.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Bank Job—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 17, 2008
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.75/5
Extras: 3/5
A small-time crook takes on a bank heist when an old friend offers him an inside track to the vault. Along with his hastily assembled team of low-rung criminals Terry finds himself deep into this real-life heist and quite suddenly the target of ruthless mobsters the police government officials at the highest level and even the royal family
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Audio Video News
The Dark Knight's IMAX Footage Goes Blu
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2008
The latest Batman movie is barely breaking out in theaters, yet The Dark Knight's director is already talking about the Blu-ray release. Some sequences of the movie were shot in the IMAX format. For the theatrical 35mm release, they did 35mm...
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Audio Video News
John Mellencamp's High-resolution DVD
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2008
John Mellencamp's latest album, Life, Death, Love and Freedom is coming out in an interesting format included with the usual CD release. (And downloads available from hearmusic.com. Use the code LDLF8 for two free cuts.) The new release will come...
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Audio Video News
Colorizing Still Around -- "Forbidden Zone" on DVD
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2008
How come we don't know about this cult classic? Legend films is releasing Forbidden Zone on DVD and on-demand digital download - now in color!  Who knew they were still colorizing films?  How fun is that? Forbidden Zone was directed by...
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Audio Video News
Toshiba Towering Over Times Square
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2008
Next time you're in New York City, look up in the sky!  It's a bird! It's a plane!  Nope -- it's the new Toshiba LED display taking over the prime spot on top of One Times Square, 285 feet over the crowds on Broadway. This spot used to...
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Audio Video News
Some Confuse TVs with Audio Systems
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 17, 2008
The horrifying part of a survey by Parks Associates is not that two-thirds of consumers in the U.S. and Canada listen to music on their PCs. No, the horrifying part is that one-third are listening to music on their television sets. Cue soul-piercing scream from somewhere offstage.
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Audio Video News
World's Largest Subterranean Subwoofer
SV Staff  |  Jul 16, 2008
Leave it to our friends over at DVICE to dig up the dirt on this.  The story's a bit old, but nonetheless, still fascinating. While most people just head to their local hifi shop when they need a new subwoofer, an audio designer dug around...
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Other Tech
Q&A: Channeling Surround
Al Griffin  |  Jul 16, 2008

Where's the 7.1?

Q. I spent big money for a 7.1-channel speaker setup, but all the new high-def discs have 5.1-channel soundtracks. So, where are the 7.1 discs? Elias J. Vujovich / Southington, OH

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Rookie; The Final Season
Rad Bennett  |  Jul 16, 2008
Disney Blu-ray Disc
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