Shane Buettner

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CEDIA 2009
Hydra Power
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 13, 2009  |  Published: Sep 14, 2009
It’s not every show that I see a truly unique new display category emerge, but Seura’s displays are just that. Damned difficult to photograph, but fascinating. Building flat panel displays into pretty looking art and picture frames is one thing, and Seura does that too. But Seura is building flat panels seamlessly into mirrors, kitchens, bathrooms and even showers. Shown here is the waterproof Hydra and its color matching options. I tried to get a shot of one of the mirror displays, but the reflections were out of hand. You have to see it to believe it. Utterly unique. I can’t wait to shower with Monday Night Football!
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I Am Dangerous, Iceman
Shane Buettner  |  Jun 04, 2006

Oh yeah, other than that oddly uncomfortable beach volleyball scene and the Kenny Loggins music, we all love <I>Top Gun</I>.

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I Got Served By Sony
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 06, 2007

Up on stage during Sony's gala press conference Wednesday night was a dark, rectangular column. The front projectors and Blu-ray players got the bulk of the run during the presentation, but the HES-V1000 Home ENtertainment Server is no less fascinating.

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I Shall Call Him Mini-Aperion
Shane Buettner  |  Jun 02, 2006

Aperion Audio also showed a nifty and thrifty small system called the 422 S8, which retails for $799. It includes four 422-LR satellites, a 422-C center channel, and, you guessed it, an S8 powered sub.

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I Want a Dream Vision So I Don't Have To Dream Alone...
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 14, 2007

DreamVision showed two three-chip 1080p D-ILA projectors that featured stunning, curvaceous industrial design.

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If you build them (and sell them really cheap), will they come?
Shane Buettner  |  Nov 12, 2007

If you build them (and sell them really cheap), will they come? Toshiba is sure as hell hoping so. And no, I"m not talking about consumers. We know that around 100,00 of them will show up. I'm talking about the studios.

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If You Can't Laugh At Yourself...
Shane Buettner  |  Feb 24, 2007

Here's a freebie. I love this industry, and I love HDTV in spite of the format war. But this is too funny to not pass along to as many people as possible. Check out this <A HREF="http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72768-0.html?tw=wn_index_11">HDTV FAQ</A>, and have a good laugh. As an industry, we probably deserve this.

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Projector Reviews
InFocus IN76 Front Projector: On the Bench
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 12, 2006  |  Published: Sep 13, 2006
  • $2,999
  • 1280x720 single-chip DarkChip2 DLP
  • Key Connections: One HDMI input and one DVI-HDCP input, one component input
Features We Like: Dual digital video inputs in this price range rocks!, Pixelworks 10-bit video DNX video processing
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Inside Llewyn Davis
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 08, 2014
Have You Heard About the Lonesome Loser?

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The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis is a fascinating but bleak amalgam of people, places, and events at the dawn of the folk music scene in 1961 Greenwich Village, viewed through a visual pastiche inspired by the album cover for The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and a titular character who channels early folk institution Dave Van Ronk (in look and vocation, not temperament). While outrageously funny at times, with superbly chosen music exuberantly performed, this isn’t a farcical romp through the ’60s; it’s a black comedy about the artist versus the entertainment business that’s thematically reminiscent of the Coens’ polarizing Barton Fink.

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Shane Buettner Blog
Is Blu Cheap Enough for You?
Shane Buettner  |  Nov 11, 2008  |  Published: Nov 12, 2008
Month in and month out I receive letters from readers about pricing on Blu-ray, and noting that the public won’t buy in until Blu-ray is cheaper. What the public at large will or won’t buy into isn’t quite the same thing as what Home Theater readers will buy and for how much. For you, as a Home Theater reader, how cheap is cheap enough? Cheaper than an iPhone or an iPod? Walking through Costco the other day I saw every day pricing on players that was well below $299, and I’m sure we’ll see cheaper prices around the holidays. But realistically, is Blu-ray cheap enough to make it down your chimney this year? Was there ever a case to make that Blu-ray was genuinely “expensive” to begin with?
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