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Ask The Expert: Cable Length Limits
 |  Sep 03, 2006

Q. Can you please tell me the maximum length for component and HDMI cables? Eric Paul via email

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Audio Video News
Warner To Release 10 HD Discs On Same Day
 |  Sep 03, 2006

Warner is behind HD on disc in a big way. On September 26th it will release a total of ten titles from the Warner catalog to the Blu-ray and HD DVD formats, including the recent <I>Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride</I> on Blu-ray.

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Surround Processor Reviews
Outlaw Audio Model 970 Preamplifier/Processor and Model 7075 Power Amplifier
Daniel Kumin  |  Sep 02, 2006

Outlaw Audio helped pioneer the direct web-to-consumer channel for audio/video electronics and is among the most successful in that small but growing arena. Its latest introductions include an aggressively priced preamp/processor and compact 7-channel power amp that ask the question: Is an A/V receiver your only sensible choice with less than a couple grand in hand?

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BackTalk: Geena Davis
 |  Sep 02, 2006

You played the first woman president on your TV series Commander in Chief, and now you have the honor of being the first woman to be featured in this column. Oh wow. Well, it's a series of firsts.

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The Custom Installer: Your Home Theater's Newest Addition
John Sciacca  |  Sep 01, 2006

With all the hullabaloo over format wars and switching to server-based storage, many of you are probably planning new additions to your home theater system. Well, I'm planning one, too, but it won't be a Blu-ray or HD DVD player, a hard-disk video server, or any other cutting-edge piece of technology.

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15 Minutes with the Goo Goo Dolls' Johnny Rzeznik
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 01, 2006

Buffalo's favorite sons the Goo Goo Dolls are at it again, this time barnstorming on a cross-country shed tour to support the ever-catchy Let Love In (Warner Bros.) while teamed up with the Counting Crows. Singer/songwriter and all-around nice Goo guy Johnny Rzeznik recently took some time out from the road to chat Web-exclusively with S&V.

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Step By Step: How to Run Wire Through a Wall
John Sciacca  |  Sep 01, 2006

Jeremy Levee of Houston, Texas, wrote to say that he enjoyed my "Step by Step" column on how to mount a flat-panel TV. But he realized that a TV on the wall is just artwork until you've fed it the proper cabling and asked if I might shed some light on wiring behind walls. Jeremy, your wish is my command!

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The Final Conflict
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 01, 2006

Oh, boy. Another tremendous battle is brewing. It will be the mother of all battles - as well as the father, the son, and the daughter. More than likely, it will be the family pet of all battles, too. It's nothing less than warfare for world domination. Once and for all, it will settle the question: Who makes the coolest toys?

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Custom Installation How-To
Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc Player
Rob Sabin  |  Sep 01, 2006
The Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc player had been out just a couple of days when my phone began ringing with some interesting reports from the field. It didn't take long to realize that this would be no ordinary product launch.
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Custom Installation How-To
Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc Player: Second Opinion
Al Griffin  |  Sep 01, 2006

I'd been eagerly looking forward to the arrival of a Blu-ray Disc player at Sound & Vision since - well, ever since the rival HD DVD format launched last April. But our first round of Blu-ray movie watching ended with executive editor Rob Sabin and I walking away disappointed and confused.

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