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Disney's '07 Blu-ray Lineup
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 09, 2007 • 0 comments

2007 is shaping up to be an insane year in next-gen HD on a disc. There's been so many significant announcements to follow, I didn't even have time to post on Disney's impressive Blu-ray lineup for the first half of 2007. There are some very impressive catalog titles coming in, and here they are.
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Fox and MGM Blu-ray '07 Releases
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 09, 2007 • 0 comments

Fox and MGM joined the Blu-ray studios in ramping up its support for the HD format in a major way. It announced that its major release titles will be day and date with DVD from now on, including movies currently in theaters like Night at the Museum and Eragon when they're released to home video later this year.
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Upconverting HDMI iPod Dock From Meridian
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 09, 2007 • 0 comments

Meridian has noticed something that many companies haven't- the current iPod is a video playback device. Meridian's MV-D1 dock not only allows your AV system to control the iPod and hear the music, it features component and HDMI outputs with built-in scaling up to 1080p!
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Olevia LCDs Up The Refresh Rate For Smooth Motion
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 09, 2007 • 0 comments

Although no products were officially announced, Olevia demonstrated prototype LCDs with a 120Hz refresh rate that produced noticeably smoother motion compared to the 60Hz model next to it.
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Nothing To Photograph Here, Move Along Please.
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 09, 2007 • 6 comments

I couldn't help myself with this one. As mentioned previously, Samsung amazed us by parking these "No Photos" signs all over its booth at CES. For all appearances, someone didn't want us taking pictures and talking up Samsung's new gear. Why show the stuff then?
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Sherwood Unveils AVR with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 09, 2007 • 3 comments

Sherwood Newcastle was showing a static display of its next-gen R-972 AVR, which will feature HDMI 1.3 and offer full decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio lossless.
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Stealth Sub From Polk Will Blow Your Skirt Up... Literally!
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 09, 2007 • 0 comments

Polk Audio blew my mind (and my pant legs) with a stealth audio system of five in-ceiling speakers and two in-floor subs. The system had impact and articulation, and I kid you not, if you stand over the slot that load's the subs' sound into the room you'll feel a cool breeze!
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Side View Of Polk's In-Floor Sub
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 09, 2007 • 0 comments

Here's a cut-away of the Polk in-floor sub. Start tearing up the hard wood!
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Shane Buettner on LG's Blu-ray/HD DVD Combi Player
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 09, 2007 • 2 comments
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HD DVD Group Announces ‘07 Titles, Triple-Layer 51GB HD DVDs
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 08, 2007 • 1 comments

Did the HD DVD Group announce a bunch of hot HD DVD titles that will be coming our way in ’07? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? HD DVD’s supporting studios will be releasing an awesome slate of new release and catalog titles, but for myself and fellow sci-fi buffs many of these pale compared to this double whammy: Not only has Warner announced that 2007 is the year that Ridley Scott’s classic Blade Runner will see a remastered release in HD, the remastered versions of the original Star Trek series will be released by Paramount on HD DVD this year as well. Someone pick me up off the floor!
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