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Restorer of the /Star Wars Trilogy/ and /THX 1138/: John Lowry
 |  Sep 30, 2004  |  0 comments

[This is an extended version of the interview that appears in the October 2004 Sound & Vision to accompany Carrie Fisher's exclusive interview with George Lucas.] John Lowry designed his first image-processing system to clean up the live TV pictures from the Apollo 16 and 17 lunar landings.

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Lucas Interview Extras
 |  Sep 30, 2004  |  0 comments

The Empire Strikes Back director: Irvin Kershner Restorer of the Star Wars Trilogy and THX 1138: John Lowry

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The /Empire Strikes Back/ director: Irvin Kershner
Josef Krebs  |  Sep 30, 2004  |  0 comments

[This is an extended version of the interview that appeared in the October 2004 Sound & Vision to accompany Carrie Fisher's exclusive interview with George Lucas.]

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Star Wars Trilogy
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 27, 2004  |  0 comments

<B><I>Star Wars IV: A New Hope</I></B><BR>
<I>Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, and Alec Guinness. Directed by George Lucas. 123minutes. 1977 and 2004. </I>

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Dolby Gets Double HD Nod
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Sep 27, 2004  |  0 comments

<A HREF="http://www.dolby.com">Dolby Laboratories</A>'s audio technologies have been selected as mandatory formats for both High-Definition Digital Versatile Disc (HD DVD) and Blu-ray Disc, according to a recent announcement. The DVD Forum chose Dolby Digital Plus and MLP Lossless as mandatory audio formats for HD DVD; while the Blu-ray Disc Association announced that Dolby Digital would be a mandatory technology on its new format, the Blu-ray Disc. Both formats are designed to deliver high-definition picture quality.

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Hollywood Quality Video for Home Theaters
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Sep 27, 2004  |  0 comments
It used to be that truly high-quality video, the pristine jaw-dropping images previously available only to the "Golden Eyes" of Hollywood post production and broadcast facilities (and anyone else with a spare $60,000 to spend), was simply beyond the bounds of the typical home theater. But Silicon Optix intends on changing all that with the introduction of their new Realta with HQV single-chip video processor.
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Component Video Through Thin Air
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Sep 27, 2004  |  0 comments
Wireless audio/video senders are nothing new, but until now such accessory devices were limited to the composite video outputs of your DVD player, cable box, VCR, or discretely positioned X10 camera. Belkin Corporation's new PureAV RemoteTV not only lets you send analog audio and video from composite or S-video sources wirelessly, Belkin claims it's the first to incorporate component-video connectivity.
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Sony Opens NYC "Qualia" Store
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Sep 27, 2004  |  0 comments

Sony Electronics has launched its <A HREF="http://www.sony.com/QUALIA ">first US store</A> dedicated to its new Qualia line of upscale electronics.

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Senators Cave to NAB
Barry Willis  |  Sep 27, 2004  |  0 comments

The long-discussed and often-postponed changeover from analog television broadcasting to a purely digital format is still somewhere over the rainbow, thanks to a September 23 vote by the Senate Commerce Committee (SCC).

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Added to the Archives This Week
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Sep 27, 2004  |  0 comments

Robert Deutsch sets up the <A HREF="/videoprojectors/704marantz">Marantz VP-12S3 DLP projector</A> and asks, "Does the new projector represent a significant improvement over the excellent VP-12S2? If so, what is the nature of the improvement?"

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