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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Babel (HD DVD)
Shane Buettner  |  Feb 14, 2007

It would take a much better film writer than I to do justice to this film, so I'll limit the damage by being brief. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's <I>Babel</I> brilliantly intertleaves the lives of four families across three continents, and links them in way that are mostly believeable and emotionally captivating and compelling from beginning to end. Almost like Jim Jarmusch meeting Robert Altman in the Int'l terminal.

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Other Source Component Reviews
Xploder HDTV Player for PlayStation 2
Chris Chiarella  |  Feb 14, 2007
It’s curious timing for a new PS2 accessory, but this one is a dandy. For those of you who just couldn’t wait for the debut of the PS3, or, more to the point, couldn’t afford to buy one of the scarce wonder boxes off of eBay, there’s no reason you can’t enjoy your favorite PlayStation titles in high definition right now, thanks to the Xploder HDTV Player for PlayStation 2 ($40).
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Audio Video News
Canton Jazzes Up New Speakers
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Feb 14, 2007
German speaker manufacturer, Canton, has replaced the company's popularly priced LE series with the new GLE series of full-range speakers. Canton says the new speakers utilize some of the materials and designs from the higher-end Vento, Ergo, and Karot lines. The GLE series includes a total of six models: two floorstanders, two bookshelfs, a horizontal center channel, and an on-wall version.
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Ears On
HDTV Expert Parties
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 14, 2007
There are ordinary mortals who throw Super Bowl parties. And then there is Pete Putman, occasional Home Theater contributor and the HDTV expert of hdtvexpert.com. He put the big game on nine different screens scattered throughout the house (and one outside it). So whose display chugged away in sub-freezing weather? Which had pride of place in Pete's workshop theater? How did the portable pocket projector do? And whose screen was featured in the bathroom, "positioned at an angle to viewers at the door, the sink, and on the throne"? Check out the fully illustrated story for yourself.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD REVIEW: The 49th Parallel
Mel Neuhaus  |  Feb 13, 2007

The Criterion Collection

Movie ••• Picture ••• Sound ••• Extras •••½

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD REVIEW: Babel
Ken Korman  |  Feb 13, 2007
Paramount

Movie •••• Picture •••• Sound •••½ Extras None

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Ears On
Amazon, TiVo Form Download Team
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 13, 2007
Hot on the heels of Wal-Mart Video Downloads, Amazon is looking to attract more customers to its Unbox service by teaming up with TiVo. Currently in beta, "Amazon Unbox on TiVo" would allow owners of Series2 or -3 TiVos to download and play Unbox videos. Sorry, Series1 and DirecTV TiVo owners can't participate. Besides the TiVo, you'll also need an Amazon account, and you'll need to link it to your TiVo account. A movie download will take anywhere from an hour (with broadband) to five hours (with dial-up). Your downloads will appear on the TiVo's now-playing list. They will not work with the TiVoToGo or multi-room features, but you can download to other devices using Unbox RemoteLoad. More details from Amazon or TiVo.
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Audio Video News
HDTV Homes around the World
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Feb 13, 2007
Research firm Informa Telecoms & Media forecasts that there will be 151 million HDTV homes worldwide by the end of 2011 - a three-fold increase over the current total of almost 43 million.
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New Products
New Product: Cambridge SoundWorks Radios
Ken Richardson  |  Feb 12, 2007

Sure, satellite radio is great. But for many listeners, there are still times when they want to come back to earth, so to speak. For those listeners and those times, Cambridge SoundWorks offers a new line of high-performance radios, including this trio of terrestrials.

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Premiere/Sound & Vision Blu-ray Disc Giveaway
 |  Feb 12, 2007

Blu-ray Prize Pack!

Bullish on Blu-ray? Need something to watch on that new player? Premiere.com and Soundandvisionmag.com have joined forces to give away a prize pack of eight Blu-ray discs, including The Usual Suspects, The Sentinel, Phone Booth, and Planet of the Apes to one lucky visitor.

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