Mark Fleischmann

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Phase Technology Teatro PC-3.0 L-C-R Speaker System
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 20, 2009
Price: $2,400 At A Glance: 40-inch-wide soundbar speaker includes front left, center, and right channels • Surrounds and sub are extra-cost options • Refined sound

Stars and Bars and L-C-R

Two bars walk into a guy. Sorry to be so gender-specific, but that’s generally how these jokes begin. One bar says, “I’ve got 5.1 channels, including fake surround, to add to the grandeur of your studio apartment.” The other bar says, “I’ve got the front three channels of good, honest sound to accompany the luster of your flat-panel TV.” What does the guy say? Frankly, I haven’t got the slightest idea. The interesting thing is that he has a choice.

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Blu-ray Rental Discs Cracking
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 20, 2009
Some Blu-ray rental discs sent through the mail by Netflix are arriving with cracks.
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HDMI Mechanically Improved
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 17, 2009
The HDMI interface is great for video and audio signal transfer, at least now that it's grown up a bit. But in a mechanical sense, it's no better today than it was at the outset. That's about to change.
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Beeb Meets BitTorrent
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 16, 2009
BitTorrenting is often regarded as a scruffy and perhaps slightly criminal medium. But it will soon gain new respectability when the venerable British Broadcasting Corporation allows a new show to be torrented.
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Circuit City Assets to Be Acquired
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 15, 2009
The contents of Circuit City's coffin are likely to be snapped up by a sharp-eyed operator called Systemax.
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Will Sony License Movies to YouTube?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 13, 2009
YouTube is talking to Sony Pictures about the possibility of licensing full-length movies for viewing through the popular website. While this would not be the first time YouTube has licensed content, it would be the first time major motion pictures have been approved for free YouTubing.
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iTunes Ditches DRM
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 10, 2009
Apple will eliminate digital rights management from all songs sold through iTunes.
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Beatles CD Reissues Announced
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 09, 2009
The Beatles catalogue will be reissued on CD on September 9, the same day the band will make its videogame debut in Rock Band. Unfortunately, the announcement said nothing about when the Fab Four's masterworks will be legally issued for the first time as downloads.
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Music Industry Loses Grip on Young
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 06, 2009
More bad news for the music industry: Not only are young listeners buying fewer CDs--they're also downloading less music, even from illegal sources. They still like music, but they're getting it from new alternative sources, and the shift in listening habits is both remarkable and recent.
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Energy Star 3.0 Makes TVs Greener
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 03, 2009
The federal government's voluntary energy-efficiency standards have moved to the next higher level, encouraging TV manufacturers to use innovative design strategies to save energy.
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