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Audio Video News
Flat Panels Surging
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Aug 30, 2004

All bodes well for those who've waited for flat-panel display prices to drop.

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Tower Speaker Reviews
Focal Profile Speaker System: Short Take
Ultimate AV Staff  |  May 26, 2006

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Audio Video News
H.264 Codec OK'd for HD DVD
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Jun 28, 2004

Score another breakthrough for HD DVD. On June 23, Apple Computer announced the ratification by the DVD Forum of the "H.264 Advanced Video Codec" (AVC) and its inclusion in the company's upcoming software releases. The standard will be included in specifications for the High Definition DVD format, the next great leap forward for the 5" optical disc.

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Power Amplifier Reviews
Halcro MC50 Amplifier: First Look
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Jul 10, 2006

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<LI>Channels/Power: Five channels; 350-Watts per channel into 4 ohms </LI>
<LI>Inputs: Single-ended and balanced</LI>
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AV Receiver Reviews
Harman Kardon AVR-745 AV Receiver: First Look
Ultimate AV Staff  |  May 24, 2006

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Audio Video News
HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc 2006: An In-Depth Report
Ultimate AV Staff  |  May 01, 2006
HD DVD is here, sort of, and Blu-ray Disc is to follow early this summer. While there are a still a lot of ifs, ands, or buts that will only be answered once we've seen a good deal of hardware and software, now is as good a time as any to tell you what we know about the two formats so far.
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Audio Video News
HD DVD and Blu-ray Release Calendar
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Jun 08, 2006
The studios have released dates for dozens of films coming to you in either Blu-ray or HD-DVD.
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Audio Video News
HDTV Forum 2004 Expanded
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2004

HDTV Forum 2004 will be bigger and better than last year's inaugural event, thanks to the addition of dozens of heavyweights from a cross-section of participating industries. Scheduled for August 24&ndash;26 at the Westin Century Plaza in Los Angeles, the theme of this year's confab is "Accelerating the HDTV Transition."

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Audio Video News
HDTV Forum a Big Hit
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Sep 06, 2004  |  Published: Sep 07, 2004

Overshadowed by the Athens Olympic Games and the start of the Republican National Convention, the second annual HDTV Forum 2004 was a resounding success. Held the last week of August at the Westin Century Plaza in Los Angeles, the event was completely sold out, according to organizing companies DisplaySearch of Austin, TX and Insight Media of Norwalk, CT.

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Audio Video News
HE 2004 Day One
Ultimate AV Staff  |  May 21, 2004

With two days completed and two days to go, Home Entertainment 2004 is packing them in at the NY Midtown Hilton.

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