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Review: LG BP620 3D Blu-ray Disc Player

A sweet deal in a crowded market of solid contenders for your Blu-ray dollars
- By Al Griffin
- Posted July 24, 2012
Most new Blu-ray players are cheap enough and perform well enough that there isn’t an urgent need to differentiate between (read: review) them.

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Blind as a Brit

Why do so many UK residents claim they can’t see any difference between Blu-ray and DVD?
- By Ken C. Pohlmann
- Posted July 10, 2012
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As Mark Twain (and other others) have noted, “There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
Blu-ray looks a zillion times better than DVD, right? Are all of those British viewers blind, or are we asking the wrong questions?

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This Week in Blu-rays and Music, July 10, 2012

All the entertainment you'll need 'til next Tuesday
- By Ken Korman and Brett Milano
- Posted July 10, 2012
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This Week in Blu-rays and Music, July 3, 2012

All the entertainment you'll need to get you through the holiday week(end)
- By Josef Krebs and Brett Milano
- Posted July 3, 2012
This Week in Music
Psychedelia and garage new, old, and reinvented from Acid Mothers Temple, Small Faces, and Ulver; prog from Periphery and Asia; Stevie Jackson steps out solo; Science Fair seeks to inspire; more.

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The Avengers Assemble on Blu-ray

The $600-million-making blockbuster arrives on September 25 with a cosmic-size slate of amazing extras
- By Mike Mettler
- Posted June 29, 2012
Yesterday, a rep from Disney came to the S+V offices to show me some of the coolest interactive features that will be on the Blu-ray edition of The Avengers, which comes out on September 25.

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This Week in Blu-rays and Music, June 26, 2012

All the entertainment you'll need 'til next Tuesday
- By Ken Korman and Brett Milano
- Posted June 26, 2012
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This Week in Music and Blu-rays, June 19, 2012

All the entertainment you'll need 'til next Tuesday
- By Josef Krebs and Brett Milano
- Posted June 19, 2012
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First Look: Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project

We get a peek at the 3D, 7.1 document of the jazz legend's robotic orchestra.
- By Michael Berk
- Posted June 8, 2012
Last night we dropped by the 7.1-equipped 3D theater in Dolby's midtown offices for a sneak peek at Francois and Pierre Lamoureux's Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project, the forthcoming theatrical 3D film of jazz legened Pat Metheny's latest "solo" outing with his mechanical orchestra.

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Pet Sounds

Hollywood sound engineers explain how they created the creature sounds for Falling Skies.
- By Brent Butterworth
- Posted May 23, 2012
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Falling Skies, the TNT Network sci-fi series that debuted in summer 2011, is certainly one of the creepiest shows on TV right now. It’s creepy because of its grotesque, mysterious alien protagonists. And they’re creepy in large part because of the way they sound.

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This Week in Blu-rays and Music, May 22, 2012

All the entertainment you'll need 'til next Tuesday
- By Josef Krebs and Brett Milano
- Posted May 22, 2012
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This Week in Blu-rays and Music, May 15, 2012

All the entertainment you'll need 'til next Tuesday
- By Ken Korman and Brett Milano
- Posted May 15, 2012
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This Week in Blu-rays and Music, May 1, 2012

All the entertainment you'll need 'til next Tuesday
- By Ken Korman and Brett Milano
- Posted May 1, 2012
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