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Music on Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD
SV Staff  |  Jun 28, 2007  | 
Yes, high-def fans, there is music on those formats. There just isn't much of it, relatively speaking. Back in the January 2007 issue of Sound & Vision, I rounded up the first batch of titles in a review called Found What We're Looking For!...
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Asia, Not Minor
SV Staff  |  Jun 28, 2007  | 
One of the things we’ll be doing regularly here in da Bitstream is discuss music and DVDs we’re otherwise unable to get to in the magazine proper or cover over in the website’s Entertainment review section. (Ken Richardson has more on that manifesto...
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Gadget Mania
SV Staff  |  Jun 28, 2007  | 
For those who are camping out all night waiting for an iPhone (they go on sale tomorrow at 6 pm), I say save your money. Check out suckbusters.com and read more. And if you do go ahead and get one, drop me a note and let me know what you think. ...
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Brits Still Love CDs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 28, 2007  | 
In one nation, at least, downloading--illegal or otherwise--hasn't killed CD sales. British music fans were still buying CDs in 2006 at the same rate as in 2005.
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Another View of Music
SV Staff  |  Jun 27, 2007  | 
The view here, as you can see, is merely of the top of my head. Yes, it’s your humble Entertainment Editor with his humble Reporter’s Notebook, covering the 2006 South by Southwest Music Festival. And who are those two tykes? They’re band members,...
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36 Films That Need To Be On DVD
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2007  | 
You can watch it in France, you can watch it in Spain but you can’t watch one of America’s greatest masterpieces on DVD in America — not unless you import it and buy a multi-region player too. Where the heck is my The Magnificent Ambersons DVD? ...
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Always Worrying About the Wrong Thing
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2007  | 
Not always, really, but a lot. So I like it when people start talking about something I consider important but largely overlooked — color, for example. Maybe we take color for granted, or maybe it’s just too vague. The things people get hung up...
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AT&T to Filter Out Piracy
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 26, 2007  | 
AT&T says it will become the first Internet provider to block pirates from using its network. The promise emerged two weeks ago at the Digital Hollywood Summit.
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Fifth Element Again, But With Feeling
 |  Jun 25, 2007  | 

Now here's the kind of of re-release I think we can all get behind. It's no secret at all that longtime DVD demo favorite, Luc Besson's <I>Fifth Element</I>, was released early on Blu-ray in a transfer that was shockingly poor. Sony is essentially admitting it was wrong (excuse me, I think I just saw a pig fly by my window), and is re-releasing <I>Fifth Element</I> on Blu-ray on July 17th and is offering an replacement program for people who bought the original Blu-ray Disc.

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Kenwood and JVC May Merge
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 25, 2007  | 
Kenwood and JVC are likely to merge, according to a Japanese press report quoted by TWICE.
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Bill Proposes 'A La Carte' Cable
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 22, 2007  | 
Ever wanted to pay for the cable channels you want and lose the rest? You might eventually get your way, thanks to a bill just introduced in Congress.
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Snakes & Arrows on Vinyl: It's Here!
SV Staff  |  Jun 21, 2007  | 
The 180-HQ vinyl version of of Rush's Snakes & Arrows arrived on my doorstep yesterday. Yee-hah! Can't wait to do a listening session. One error I noticed on the back cover (yes, I know we've got the front cover pictured here): The last track...
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HDTV and DVRs Expect Major Growth
SV Staff  |  Jun 21, 2007  | 
USA Today reports that PricewaterhouseCoopers is predicting that HDTV sets will be in 59% of homes in 2011, up from 12.7% at the close of 2006. As for DVRs, 39% of all homes will have 'em in 2011, up from 11.8% in 2006. Coolness. Me, I've got three...
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CableCARD Cost to Hit Comcast Customers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 21, 2007  | 
Comcast has become the first cable operator to announce that all subscribers will have to pay a few bucks a month more for CableCARD-capable boxes, whether they opt for a new box or not.
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The Passing of Randy Tomlinson
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jun 20, 2007  | 

Today I bring very sad news. Randy Tomlinson, a valued contributor to Ultimate AV and, more importantly, a close personal friend of over 30 years, dating back to when we were both in the Air Force, was killed this past Saturday morning in the crash of a private plane in northern California.

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