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Music Line-up for HE2006
HT Staff  |  May 09, 2006  | 
HE2006 will feature concerts galore—everything from live classical music to jazz to electronica.
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Music Line-up for HE2006
Ultimate AV Staff  |  May 09, 2006  | 

HE2006 will feature concerts galore—everything from live classical music to jazz to electronica.

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James Bond in High Def
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 08, 2006  | 
In June, FILMFEST HD, one of the VOOM HD Networks, will begin a month-long Bond-fest showing high-definition world premieres of 17 classic James Bond flicks. While the very thought of seeing so many Bond movies in High Definition ought to send orgasmic shivers of delight through the remote controls of any James Bond devotee, the news gets even better. The movies will be uncut and commercial-free. David Hasselhoff will serve as the on-air host.
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Next-Gen Disc Release Calendar
 |  May 06, 2006  | 

The studios have released dates for dozens of films coming to you in either Blu-ray or HD-DVD.

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Industry News
 |  May 05, 2006  | 

<B>Blu-ray Launch Pushed Into June</B>
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The writing has been on the wall with this one for a while. Sony and the other studios participating in the Blu-ray launch have moved off the originally scheduled May 23rd release date, pushing out to late June. This news comes weeks after Samsung announced that its BD player would not be ready for release until June 25th. Shockingly, Samsung's player is currently scheduled to be the first Blu-ray player to market, beating Sony, Panasonic and Pioneer.

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Doggies Do Home Theater
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 04, 2006  | 
The designers at Buro Vormkrijgers, a Dutch design studio, call it "functional kitsch", but you might think of it as a speaker that redefines the meaning of the word "woofer".
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Nintendo Lets You Beat your Children
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 03, 2006  | 
I no longer play video games - at least not in front of other people - because my children regularly beat the snot out of me when I'm foolish enough to engage them in a round of electronic mayhem and destruction. I'm hoping Nintendo's new "Brain Age" game will help push the touchpad in my direction.
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A Desktop Home Theater System with a Kick
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 02, 2006  | 
You'll laugh, as I did, the first time you hear about JVC's sake-soaked wood cone speakers. Soaking speakers in sake? Sufferin' succotash! Say it isn't so, Sam.
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HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc 2006: An In-Depth Report
Ultimate AV Staff  |  May 01, 2006  | 
HD DVD is here, sort of, and Blu-ray Disc is to follow early this summer. While there are a still a lot of ifs, ands, or buts that will only be answered once we've seen a good deal of hardware and software, now is as good a time as any to tell you what we know about the two formats so far.
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HE 2006 Special Events & Giveaways
HT Staff  |  May 01, 2006  | 
The Home Entertainment Show 2006 is only weeks away, running June 1–4 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles. Here is a sampling of some of the giveaways and special events that will take place at the Show. Several of these should be of particular interest to home theater enthusiasts.Ladies' Day
XM Satellite Radio–Oprah's digital radio home–would like to invite all women to the show. It's Ladies' Day on Sunday. All women get into the show for free with any regular adult admission on Sunday, June 4 from 10am–5pm.
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HE 2006 Special Events & Giveaways
Ultimate AV Staff  |  May 01, 2006  | 

<I>The <A HREF="http://www.he2006.com">Home Entertainment Show 2006</A> is only weeks away, running June 1&ndash;4 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles. Here is a sampling of some of the giveaways and special events that will take place at the Show. Several of these should be of particular interest to home theater enthusiasts.</I>

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HD DVD Release News With Dates
 |  Apr 30, 2006  | 

HD DVDs are going to continue to trickle into stores over the next few months from Warner and Universal in particular, and French distributor Studiocanal has announced it will release 20 movies on the format this year. There's a surprising lack of coordination on the part of studios and retailers regarding the release dates of the titles.

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AT&T, Akimbo To Offer VOD Over DSL
 |  Apr 28, 2006  | 

The battle of the TV telcos has barely just begun and we're starting to see the telecommunications giants jockey for position. As a prelude to an offering that will eventually compete with Verizon's FiOS TV service, AT&T and will this summer rollout a "triple play" offering of voice, video and data called Homezone. The service will combine Yahoo High Speed Internet, DISH Network TV via satellite for live TV, and broadband on-demand offerings from <A HREF="http://ultimateavmag.com/news/040906akimboHD">Akimbo</A> and <A HREF="http://ultimateavmag.com/news/040606industrynews">Movielink</A>.

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A Laptop Movie Stand for the Traveling Man
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Apr 27, 2006  | 
Yeah, right, you say you brought your laptop on the plane so you could get some work done - but you and I know you really tucked it in your carry-on bag so you could watch Breakfast on Pluto without having to explain to your kids what a transvestite is. But, in addition to being a horrible place to type or do other computerized work, an airplane seat is not conducive to comfortable movie viewing, either. Thanks to the dude who has to recline all the way in the seat in front of me, I can never get the screen at the right angle to eliminate all the glare on the screen. As a result, most of the time I'm actually happy when the battery runs out before the movie ends.
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Sleep with your iPod
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Apr 24, 2006  | 
If you find it hard to separate yourself from your iPod, now there's one more accessory (yes, another iPod accessory) that will let you keep your lovable, luggable hard drive music box close by even when you sleep.
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