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Universal to Test No-DRM Downloads
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 10, 2007  | 
Recent moves by Universal Music Group, the world's largest music label, may result in a more freewheeling DRM-free download retail environment.
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Toshiba Leaks, Er, Bows 3rd Gen HD DVD Players
 |  Aug 09, 2007  | 

Late last week Amazon inadvertently posted and started taking pre-orders on 3rd-gen HD DVD players from Toshiba. The posts were quickly pulled, but obviously the cat was out of the bag. This week Toshiba went ahead and offically announced the trio of third generation players, which will go on sale in September and October.

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Purple Fudge
SV Staff  |  Aug 09, 2007  | 
How's this for a double bill - Vanilla Fudge and Deep Purple at Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday night (8/7). Or, to be more specific, the original Vanilla Fudge and Deep Purple Mark 8. Either way, it was a must-do event. Local Long Island boys...
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David Gilmour on Blu-ray and HD DVD
SV Staff  |  Aug 09, 2007  | 
Hot on the heels of the big Led Zeppelin announcement (see my post below) comes word that David Gilmour's imminent DVD, Remember That Night: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Columbia), will also be available on both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. Each of...
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Sharp: LCD Prices to Drop 25%
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 09, 2007  | 
Just when you thought HDTV prices couldn't go any lower, Sharp is forecasting a 25 percent drop for larger LCD-based flat panels.
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Swingin' at the Vineyard with Pete Farrelly
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2007  | 
Of all the directors I've ever talked to, no two have ever taken the same approach to watching movies at home - which isn't too surprising, since each has had an extremely idiosyncratic approach to making movies.   Pete, with his son Bob...
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Hazy, Hot, and Humid? Merry Christmas!
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2007  | 
What a day : NJ train late, NYC subways halted, temperature headed to 97º, humidity already at 5,000%. By the time I melted in to work today (having walked/sweated 20 blocks, my chestnuts long since roasted), I wasn't merely ready to let it snow....
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HD DVD 3G On the Way
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 07, 2007  | 
Toshiba isn't wasting any time in unveiling the latest generation of HD DVD players. The third-gen line is already listed on Amazon and a press release now lists official ship dates in the fall.
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"Because Sound Matters": DVD-Audio?
SV Staff  |  Aug 06, 2007  | 
Perhaps you noticed the phrase that has been touting, among other things, the Neil Young Archives/Performance Series: "Because Sound Matters." It refers to the fact that each CD+DVD title includes 96-kHz/24-bit "high-resolution...
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Cops N' Bloggers
SV Staff  |  Aug 06, 2007  | 
Saw the last U.S. show of this first leg of the Police's '07/'08 tour at Giants Stadium last night. Having never caught them back during their heyday, this was a must-see gig. (Geez, did I really pay THAT MUCH [take a guess] for these tickets back...
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Illegal P2P Rampant in U.K.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 06, 2007  | 
Despite the fact that U.K. residents are among the world's steadiest CD buyers, apparently they're also among the world's most avid illegal downloaders.
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Spider-Man Trilogy Spinning Blu Web In October
 |  Aug 05, 2007  | 

Yet another high profile series is hitting HD on a disc this October 30th- the entire blockbuster <I>Spider-Man></I> trilogy is hitting Blu-ray, day and date with the DVD release of <I>Spider-Man 3</I>. According to the press release, while <I>Spider-Man 3</I> will be available as a separate two-disc Blu-ray Special Edition, the first two films in the trilogy will only be available in the <I>Spider-Man High Definition Trilogy</I>, which will carry an MSRP of $99.

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GooTube to Go Legit
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 03, 2007  | 
When last we checked on YouTube, the Google-owned site was having trouble keeping its promises to the entertainment industry. Users were illicitly posting copyrighted material and the legal bills mounted. By September, the YouTubers hope, all that will change.
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Michelangelo Antonioni 1912 – 2007
SV Staff  |  Aug 02, 2007  | 
"All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks." "Hollywood is like being nowhere...
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Who's Going Blu?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 02, 2007  | 
Is the end near for HD DVD? A recent spate of bad news suggests that the format is running out of retail friends. But the situation may not be as bad for Toshiba's favorite format as it first appears.
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