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Worse and Worser
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 05, 2006  | 

From the vantage point of Sony BMG'S corporate headquarters, it probably seemed like a good idea at the time. With music piracy up and profits down, it made complete sense to add some get-tough digital-rights management (DRM) to certain CDs. But what seemed smart in the corporate world led to a royal debacle in the real world.

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Tech Talk: Concertgebouw at Carnegie
 |  Feb 15, 2006  | 
Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra basking in a well-deserved standing o' at Carnegie Hall

davids_dartboard_logo 02/15/2006 Last night I attended a stupendous concert at Carnegie Hall: the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from Amsterdam conducted by Mariss Jansons played Shostakovich

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S&V Q&A — February/March 2006
Ian G. Masters  |  Feb 26, 2006  | 

TOO-LOUD TV

Q. Why does the volume jump 20 dB whenever I switch from CBS to Fox News on my cable box? Shouldn't there be a standard broadcast volume to prevent us from blowing out our $2,000 speakers? William B. Fankboner Indio, CA

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30 Minutes with David Gilmour
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 06, 2006  | 

On an Island has a nice cinematic sound to it, and it gets better on repeat listens. Well, good. I'm glad you agree with me [laughs], because I think that, too. I don't know how modest one has to be these days, but I'm really, really pleased with it. There wasn't really a master plan.

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Blu-ray to Debut May 23
Rob Sabin  |  Mar 06, 2006  | 

March 6 - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) now says it will release its first Blu-ray high-definition discs on May 23 - the same day the first Blu-ray player goes on sale.

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Hollywood Blu's
Rob Sabin  |  Mar 06, 2006  | 
March 7 - If your ears have been buzzing lately, I can guess your problem.
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David's Dartboard: Fashion Statements
David Ranada  |  Mar 14, 2006  | 

03/17/2006 Last weekend I went shopping for a protective jacket for the iPod Nano I bought recently. (Yes, even Sound & Vision reviewers buy gear at retail.) The buzz was that the Nano's high-gloss finish was more easily scratched than the finish on earlier iPods, something I can't verify.

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Broadband Penetration
 |  Mar 15, 2006  | 

You've got to read this article: Two-Thirds of Active U.S. Web Population Using Broadband, up 28 Percent Year-Over-Year to an All-Time High, According to Nielsen//NetRatings. Bottom line: 68% of Web-users now connect via broadband.

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Bob Lefsetz  |  Mar 20, 2006  | 

There was a curious note on the front page of the L.A. Times Business section at the end of last week. They were dropping stock tables from the paper (Times Trims Stock Tables, Expands Business Coverage).

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Backtalk: Jeff Daniels
 |  Apr 01, 2006  | 

How did a nice Midwestern guy like you end up playing an urban Jewish professor in The Squid and the Whale? Hmmm. The short answer is I guess I understood the part - I could see the comedy in it. When I expressed that to [writer/director] Noah [Baumbach], he said, "You're one of the first people to tell me they think it's funny.

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Digital Silk Purse?
David Ranada  |  Apr 02, 2006  | 

Apparently, Dolby isn't satisfied with getting its 7.1-channel Dolby Digital Plus and 8-channel lossless TrueHD technologies into the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc systems (as requirements in the former, as options in the latter). At the Consumer Electronics Show, Dolby's Audistry subsidiary was demonstrating some new technology intended for the other end of the sound-reproduction scale.

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Is the Cell Phone the New Killer App of A/V?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 02, 2006  | 

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Simultaneous Theater/TV/DVD Release Riles Cinema Owners
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 02, 2006  | 

It's directed by Steven Soderbergh, whose credits include everything from Sex, Lies, and Videotape to Traffic, Erin Brockovich, and Ocean's Eleven. It's scored by Robert Pollard, the former Guided by Voices leader, composing his first film music.

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S&V at CES
 |  Apr 02, 2006  | 

The Lure Nightclub at the Wynn Las Vegas was the scene of our Editors' Choice Awards on January 5 at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Among the highlights:

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CES Showstoppers 2006
 |  Apr 02, 2006  | 
The Consumer Electronics Show is all about the neatest, sexiest, highest-tech products we'll get to see in 2006, right? Well, sort of, because CES isn't just about hardware anymore. Getting all that neat, sexy, high-tech gear to play nice together has become just as important as the gear itself.
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