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Sony recently announced the upcoming release of the PS3 Slim and the discontinuation of the current PS3 models. While the company detailed everything from the chips to the orientation of the hardware, they neglected one major fact for home theater consumers. The PS3 Slim will have the ability to pass Dolby TrueHD and [...]

“Duplicity” is an original twist on a standard caper plot. When the trailer first began airing I was dying to see the film. It was edited nicely, drawing in the audience, with an entertaining relationship between the two lead characters. Then, the film dropped off the face of the earth. I [...]

While companies like Dell and Lenovo are trying to enter the home theater PC market at the low end, with unassuming processors and nary a Blu-ray drive to brag about, Okoro is heading in the opposite direction with its new OMS-BX300 “Blu-ray Digital Entertainment System.” Forget an Intel Atom or AMD Athlon CPU—Intel’s high-performance Core [...]

I know plasmas are becoming popular again, but I didn’t realize they were this “hot.” According to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle, con artists are using fake HDTVs to lure marks in store parking lots and then robbing them. There may be nothing new about the technique—crooks have been “selling” speakers from their [...]

I have confessed it before, and I will say it again, I have a soft spot for romantic comedies. I adore Kate Hudson and find this film to be on of my favorite romantic films. I was really excited to take a look at this film again. Unfortunately, it is not as [...]

How does he do it? How does Quentin Tarantino continually and consistently create film after exhilarating film, each with its own unique style, but a voice that is undeniably Tarantino's? And how is it that he can make a single scene with two characters talking be so absolutely riveting? What is the secret? If I [...]

In a study released by the NPD Group this week, it was determined that iTunes makes up one fourth of the entire music market in the United States. Physical media in the form of compact discs still comprise the majority of the share, 64 percent. This percentage has been falling steadily over the [...]

NAD is pushing out new versions of their T 785, T 775 and T 765 AV Receivers and will be showcasing them at Cedia in early September. The input circuitry has been placed on removeable plug-in cards. These modules provide digital audio, HDMI, component video, two-channel / multi-channel analog audio functionality.
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The economic downturn no doubt helped push some manufacturers (like Pioneer) out of the plasma market, but the recession may now be saving plasmas from the brink of obsolescence. According to a new report from Quixel Research, plasma HDTVs have zoomed to a huge gain in 2Q of 2009, with 42 percent more units sold [...]

At a conference in Cologne, Germany, Sony has announced some big news for the PS3 lineup. Effective immediately all current models of the PS3 will get a price reduction. The current 80GB PS3 will be lowered to 9, while the 160GB model will be lowered to 9. In addition, the current model [...]