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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Tom Norton  |  Sep 20, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 21, 2007

<I>Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within</I> is a cross-genre blend of sci-fi and computer animation, more Japanese anime than cuddly Disney. Check out the flood of Japanese names in the end-credits. Released in 2001, it was one of the first attempts at photo-realistic animation, and in that respect, at least, was startlingly successful. While you'll never confuse the images here with those of real people, they're as close to it as anyone has come, either before or since. Unlike the more recent <I>Polar Express</I>, the characters here don't have creepy, zombie-like eyes.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Surf's Up (Blu-ray)
 |  Sep 20, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 21, 2007

Surf's Up (Blu-ray, available October 9), a new computer animated film, isn't as groundbreaking as Final Fantasy. Nor is it likely to grab the Academy Award as best animated feature in a Ratatouille year. But despite all that, and despite the fact that this is the 196th movie in the past two years to feature penguins (OK, the third, unless I somehow missed the other 193), it's still a lot of fun.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Last Starfighter
Tom Norton  |  Sep 20, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 21, 2007

I confess to a serious weakness for <I>The Last Starfighter</I>. Even by 1984 standards, the year of its release, it wasn't a great science fiction film. But there is something immensely appealing in its old-fashioned innocence.

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Audio Video News
New DVD Format Coming, Shoot Us Please
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 20, 2007
Why should blue lasers have all the fun? HD DVD and Blu-ray will get some competition next month when New Media Enterprises drops its first red-laser-driven HD VMD players and titles on an unsuspecting world.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD Review: House of Games
Ken Korman  |  Sep 19, 2007

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD Review: Disturbia
Ken Korman  |  Sep 19, 2007

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Blu-ray Interactivity Blog
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 19, 2007

Alright, this is the least interesting Blog I've posted in some time. But I thought some of you might want to kick around the piece that posted today on Blu-ray Disc interactivity. So, here's a spot to ask me any follow-up questions you wish. Fire away!

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Audioengine 2 Amplified Speaker System
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 19, 2007
Is less of a good thing better? You're about to find out as Audioengine returns to these webpages with a smaller version of the previously reviewed Audioengine 5 powered speaker system. The new Audioengine 2 scales down the formidably chunky form factor of its larger sibling into something that won't dwarf your video monitor or earn dirty looks from boss or spouse.
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Audio Video News
Downsizing Again
SV Staff  |  Sep 19, 2007
Bose is up to its old tricks. The company first pulled the faux speaker cabinet caper on audio journalists back in the late 1980's when it introduced the Acoustimass system. Lee Ritenour's On the Line came pouring  out of a sub box and a pair...
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Blu-ray Player Reviews
Blu-ray Disc Interactivity and You
HT Staff  |  Sep 19, 2007
Hi, I'm Troy McClure, and you might remember me from such educational films as. . . Sorry couldn't help myself. The Simpsons are on the big screen as I write this, and obviously that's gotten to my head. But seriously folks, the reaction to a recent Blog I wrote on next-gen interactivity brought to my attention that now is a very good time to catch you up on what is going on with Blu-ray Disc interactivity and how the players currently on the market and about to be on the market will (and won't) handle these features.
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