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Michelangelo Antonioni 1912 – 2007
SV Staff  |  Aug 02, 2007
"All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks." "Hollywood is like being nowhere...
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Who's Going Blu?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 02, 2007
Is the end near for HD DVD? A recent spate of bad news suggests that the format is running out of retail friends. But the situation may not be as bad for Toshiba's favorite format as it first appears.
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AC/DC: Dirty Deeds Done Digital
SV Staff  |  Aug 01, 2007
Hell's bells! AC/DC is at last offering its entire back catalog for sale online. However . . . for those about to click, we advise you: Catch No. 1: It's not on iTunes. It's only on Verizon Wireless (at least until March 2008). Catch No. 2: It's...
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Ears On
Diablog: The Glass and Breath Machine
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 01, 2007
This chiming electronic music is pretty. But why do we have to listen to it every night at bedtime?
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CD Review: Smashing Pumpkins
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 31, 2007

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Dave Davies, Kinks, Sinead, and more - from Koch
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2007
No, not that Koch. I'm talkin' Koch the record label, which seems to be especially frisky these days. Yeah, Koch the distributor - which has been around for nearly 20 years - is the main claim to fame for parent company Koch Entertainment. But the...
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Michelangelo Antonioni dies at 94
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2007
It was with shock that within hours of learning, belatedly, of the death of one of my two closest cinematic heroes — Ingmar Bergman — I now hear of the passing of the other. What a week this has been, and it’s still only Tuesday. A generation of...
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The Gray Lady Is Behind the Times
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2007
Extra! "The multichannel sound available for homes has arrived for the car." So says a teaser on the front page of the Automobiles section in this Sunday's edition of The New York Times. This must be news indeed to engineer Elliot...
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SACD in the Car: It's Too Late, Sony?
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2007
That's right, if you've been waiting to play that multichannel Tapestry in the car, now you can finally do it. A full six years after the dawn of surround SACDs, Sony has introduced the first car SACD player, the MEX-DV2000 (above, $280). I...
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TiVo. HD. $299. Any Questions?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 31, 2007
TiVo HD isn't the first high-def-capable or digital cable ready product from the world's winningest DVR brand. That would be the Series3. But the new model is the first HD-capable TiVo to sell for $299.
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