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Celebrity Antics Bore Public
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 24, 2007
Are you tired of relentless celebrity "news" coverage? Had you had enough of their drug 'n' alcohol problems, fender benders, public meltdowns, legal woes, spells in the slammer, and unburied corpses? Turns out you have plenty of company.
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Audio Video News
Did the Industry Just Yell Ouch?
SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2007
Just when it seemed like the Blu-ray camp was starting to gain an upper hand in the high-res DVD format war, HD DVD scored a major coup. But did the industry shoot itself in the foot again? Paramount Home Entertainment announced this week that all...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD Review: Inland Empire
Michael Gaughn  |  Aug 23, 2007

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A/V Veteran
A Failure to Communicate Part II
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 23, 2007

According to one industry source with whom I spoke recently, the odd communication problem reported on in <I>Part 1</I>, below, is an artifact of CEC. CEC is a new feature offered by many manufacturers that allows the user to control various components through their HDMI connections. Often, these operations are automated.

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Audio Video News
Genesis Update: Hey, They're Late!
SV Staff  |  Aug 23, 2007
As a postscript to my Genesis scoop below: Rhino has just announced that Genesis: 1983-1998, the second boxed set of the band's complete studio recordings in surround sound, has been bumped from October 23 to sometime in November. Meanwhile, an...
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Audio Video News
HD DVD Victory Dissected
user  |  Aug 23, 2007
Tuesday's surprise announcement that Paramount and DreamWorks would drop Blu-ray for HD DVD caused quite a flutter in the home theater community. Following are a few notes in the aftermath of the PR explosion.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD Review: Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4
Mel Neuhaus  |  Aug 22, 2007

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
The Balancing Act
Rebecca Day  |  Aug 22, 2007

<I>A wild theater with a sonic edge shows you how to balance acoustics, design, and living space.</I>

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
Advice From an Audio Insider
Krissy Rushing  |  Aug 22, 2007

<I>Harman engineer Dr. Floyd Toole's own home theater is surprisingly achievable. That's because he's a regular guy like you.</I>

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
DIY Reader Home Theater: Kern
Thomas Kern, homeowner  |  Aug 22, 2007

I've always loved going to the movies. Most of my childhood Saturday mornings were spent at the Palace Theater in Winchester, Virginia, where I could watch two films, cartoons, a newsreel, a short, and coming attractions&mdash;all for a quarter. About three years ago, I was surfing eBay and ran across a listing for a movie poster from the 1956 horror film The Mole People. I became obsessed with that poster and soon found myself in a fierce bidding war. Later, I realized what was really going on. The Mole People poster had rekindled those childhood memories, and I somehow wanted to go back in time and relive those special Saturdays. That's when I decided to design and build an ornate 1950s style home theater.

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