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BackTalk: Steve Buscemi
 |  Sep 05, 2005  |  0 comments
From Reservoir Dogs.
I hear you're calling in from the set of The Sopranos. I'm directing the next episode - Episode 5. We're in preproduction right now.
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Talking TV on DVD with /The Job'/s Peter Tolan
 |  Sep 05, 2005  |  0 comments
I watched the show when it was first on the air in 2001 and 2002 and have been waiting for it to come to DVD for a long time myself - so it must be satisfying for you to finally have all 19 episodes in one place on DVD. Yeah, it really is.
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Talking TV on DVD with /Remington Steele'/s Michael Gleason
 |  Sep 05, 2005  |  0 comments
It must be very satisfying for you to see one of your pet creations finally make it to DVD. My wife and I were just watching the DVD, and it looks terrific. It was fun to see again after all these years.

You did commentary tracks on the first two episodes ["License to Steele" and "Tempered Steele"] along with your co-creator, Robert Butler.

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Audio Video News
CEDIA EXPO 2005: Sneak Preview
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 05, 2005  |  0 comments

CEDIA Expo 2005 is nearly upon us, and with it comes a rash of new audio and video goodies. The annual trade-only event of the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association, held this year as most in Indianapolis, Indiana, has grown in a dozen years from a small education and demonstration event into an industry powerhouse second only to the immense January Consumer Electronics Show.

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Utopia Theater: The Storm Before the Storm
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 05, 2005  |  0 comments

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/headshot150.mf.jpg" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=180 HSPACE=6 VSPACE=4 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>This column had to be submitted just <I>before</I> I left home for CEDIA so predictions are all I have to offer you here. Based on the feeding frenzy of calls and emails coming my way in the months leading up to the convention from manufacturers and PR flaks alike, this year's Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association's annual EXPO is going to be a frantic carnival of a convention.

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Ultimate AV Editors' Choice Awards 2005 Introduction
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 05, 2005  |  0 comments

Our Editor's Choice awards began as an annual event back in the January 1999 issue of the <I>Stereophile Guide to Home Theater</I>, <I>Ultimate A</I>'s predecessor.

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Yamaha RX-V657 Digital Surround Receiver
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 04, 2005  |  0 comments

Starved for new music? For talk (left, right, or center)? Sports? Comedy? Weather and traffic? Satellite radio delivers all these and more by the dozen. Yamaha is among the first A/V receiver makers to bring satellite radio home, via a new XM-ready line that includes the RX-V657 model here.

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SkipJam iMedia A/V Distribution System
Michael Antonoff  |  Sep 04, 2005  |  0 comments

What time-shifting was to the VCR generation, place-shifting is becoming to the home-network-enabled. Extending personal entertainment to every room in your home is the mission of SkipJam, a company whose main product is the iMedia Center, a box you can attach to multiple A/V components including your cable or satellite receiver, home theater receiver, DVD player, and TV.

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My Digital Adventure
Barry Sonnenfeld  |  Sep 02, 2005  |  0 comments

When we last visited director Barry Sonnenfeld (February/March 2004), he was a man without a home theater. Having sold his house in Amagansett, New York, and not yet ready to move to Telluride, Colorado, he had to watch DVDs in the screening room at his East Hampton, New York, offices.

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Audio Video News
HDTV Conference 2005, Day 2
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 02, 2005  |  0 comments

The second day of the DisplaySearch HDTV Conference 2005, held on August 24 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, began with a session on the current state&mdash;and future&mdash;of the HDTV market. The presentations from DisplaySearch, Samsung, and Panasonic were heavy on statistics. I won't report them in eye-glazing detail here, but a few will inevitably be scattered throughout this report.

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