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CEDIA: LCD a plenty at Sharp
- By sandv blog
- Posted September 4, 2008
Sharp will be celebrating their 100th anniversary in 2012, and part of their core philosophies for the big event is to create energy saving and energy creating products and “achieve ubiquity for LCDs by integrating Sharp LCD technology into familiar products to offer new possibilities.”

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Blu-ray Double Dipping on Legend
- By sandv blog
- Posted September 3, 2008
If you happened to pick up I Am Legend the first time it was released on Blu-ray, you might want dump it on eBay while you're waiting for this. Really, or just toss it. Warner Bros. announced the Ultimate Collector's Edition of I Am Legend will be released on December 9th, just months after the initial release.

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Get Ready to Stock Up on Disney on Blu-ray
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 29, 2008
We've known for a while that Disney has been planning on its first Blu-ray release, Sleeping Beauty, to hit the streets on October 7. Finally, we have word of some of the other classics that will be coming out over the next two years in the Platinum Collection.

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Ahoy, Capt. Jack!
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 28, 2008
Join Jack Sparrow and his crew for the ultimate pirate adventure. That's right. The cannon are loaded and the fuses are lit for The Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy, a 6-disc Blu-ray Hi-Def set.

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Serving up Blu-ray
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 27, 2008
With complex processing, Tera-sized storage and slick user interfaces to pull all your movies and music together, movie servers are among the rarest and coolest breed of A/V gear.

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Sony Blu-ray Price Drop
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 27, 2008
Our friends over at HD Guru are reporting that next month Sony will slash $100 off the list price of their diminutive BDP-S350 Blu-ray player and sell it for $300. [EDITOR'S NOTE: Damn!

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Panasonic DMR-BR630V -- Blu-ray Meets VHS
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 26, 2008
No, that's not a typo. The new Panasonic DMR-BR630V is a Blu-ray/DVR system with recording capabilities. It can record to either the Blu-ray or the 320GB hard drive. If you want to go slightly retro, the disc recorder will also record to DVD.

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Elite Blu-ray Weighs In
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 26, 2008
In today's world of MP3 players and Playstations, there is still something reassuring about big, heavy, old-school components. Does a 50-pound device reproduce audio better than a 5-ounce device? Who knows? But it sure makes your back hurt when you lift it, and that's really what it's all about.

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Funai's Blu-ray Combo Platter
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 14, 2008
Remember those funky old cathode-ray TV/VCR combo units? Thought combo units were a thing of the past? Not so fast, there, Buck Rodgers.

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Blockbuster Busting Out Blu-ray
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 11, 2008
Blockbuster is taking aggressive steps to push Blu-ray and download services. While known as a DVD rental giant, Blockbuster is busting out of the mold.

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Royale Ripoff?
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 7, 2008
First, the facts: Sony Pictures will release a Blu-ray two-disc "collector's edition" of Casino Royale on October 21. This date coincides with a new DVD re-issue.

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Blu for Two
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 1, 2008
Netflix is onboard the Blu-ray express. They dropped HD DVD like a hot potato, and now they are charging a little extra if you want to come home and find Blu-ray discs visiting a mailbox near you.

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