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Joogle
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

Google won't let me get to www.google.com. It forces me to www.google.co.jp when I use my Mozilla Firefox browser.

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The Invitation Said No Guests, So I Thought of You
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

Mitsubishi, Philips, Sharp, Panasonic, Pioneer and Hitachi were showing protype BluRay players they think they might build.

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Luxman Lives
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

I remember Luxman products fondly. In the eighties, they had a classy look and feel that set them apart from many of their Japanese counterparts.

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Sidecars Are For Bitches
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

Microsoft's HDMI-less HD-DVD-less XBox 360 has a tumor of an add-on. For $200, you can only play HD-DVD discs <i>through </i> your 360's component output. The sign in front of the unit summarizes my thoughts on the subject succinctly.

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So Many Discs, So Few Working Players
Fred Manteghian  |  Oct 04, 2006

The blue packaging used for BluRay releases in the US market is skipped in Japan.

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Other Tech
Ask the Expert: Din in the Den
 |  Oct 03, 2006

Q. I'm moving into a new home, and the den that will house my home theater is 24 x 18 feet. What can I do myself to treat the room acoustically? There's a fireplace on one of the short walls, and our 60-inch rear-projection HDTV will go on the other. The long walls have a sliding glass door on one side and a picture window opposite that.

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Pioneer Elite PRO-FHD1 50-inch 1080p Plasma Monitor
Al Griffin  |  Oct 03, 2006

Over the past 2 years, new flat-panel LCD TVs with 1080p resolution have turned up in stores regularly, causing plasma-TV enthusiasts like me to wonder: Where are all the 1080p plasmas? A number of such sets have been announced, but the one I've been waiting for is the Pioneer Elite PRO-FHD1 50-inch 1080p plasma monitor.

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New Products
Eclipse AVN5495 DVD Receiver
Doug Newcomb  |  Oct 03, 2006

NAV AT IT Car stereos with hard-disk drives (HDD) made a splash a few years ago - then quickly sank into obsolescence beneath the rising tide of iPods. But the double-DIN Eclipse AVN5495 DVD receiver is buoyed by its split personality: Its 30-gigabyte HDD doubles as a navigation database in addition to functioning as a music server.

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Other Tech
Screen Innovations Viságe Front-Projection Screen
Al Griffin  |  Oct 03, 2006

Aside from a huge, costly flat-panel TV, the easiest way to put a big video image up on your wall is to buy a front-projector/projection screen combo. And with good high-rez front projectors now selling for as little as $2,000, that option can be particularly budget-friendly.

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Other Tech
Geneva Lab Sound System Model L iPod Speaker System
Al Griffin  |  Oct 03, 2006

The ongoing iPodification of audio has generated a huge number of products designed to sync up with, amplify, and otherwise expand the possibilities of Apple's ubiquitous player. Many first-wave iPod add-ons got the cosmetic part right (white plastic cabinet? check!) but failed to impress when it came to music reproduction.

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