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Visit your nearest NAD dealer or do your homework at: http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/nad.html More AVRev.com News Early Victories In Hollywood For HD-DVD Format - Universal Pictures is the latest Hollywood movie studio to publicly announce their support for HD-DVD. HD-DVD is one of two new competing HDTV-capable disc formats trying to replace the incredibly successful DVD-Video disc. HD-DVD is collecting movie studio supporters early on in the format�s development, including Universal, Warner Brothers... Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/1204/9.hddvd.html Kaleidescape Sued By DVD Copy Protection Group - Ultra-high-end DVD server manufacturer Kaleidescape is reportedly being sued by the DVD Copy Control Association in an effort to keep the company from selling any more of their products. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/1204/8.kal.html Guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott Shot and Killed in Nightclub Shooting - Last night, at a concert for the band Damageplan, a twenty-five year old man rushed the stage and opened fire, killing guitarist �Dimebag� Darrell Abbott and three others at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/1204/9.dimebag.html Universal Music Group Trying Digital Only Releases - Universal Music Group has begun an experiment with a handful of small artists by signing them to a digital-only label � Universal Music Enterprises Digital. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/1204/6.universal.html AVRev.com Music Reviews Jon Brion - I Heart Huckabees Score CD Power pop aficionados may recognize Jon Brion�s name for his work along with Jellyfish guitarist Jason Falkner in a disbanded group called The Grays. Others may have noticed him listed in the production credits of projects by Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, David Byrne or The Eels. If none of these examples ring any bells, his previous soundtrack assignment for �Magnolia� might trigger a fond association. But what ultimately makes Brion excel with movie soundtracks, in particular, is how he can write both straight pop songs and create appropriate movie mood music. Click below to read the full review... http://www.avrev.com/music/revs/ihearthuckabees.shtml Please Support AVR's Sponsors http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/rgpc.html http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/martinlogan250.html http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/N3538.AVREV.com/B1497875.3;sz=250x250;ord=[timestamp]? If you have AOL 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 or an email client that supports html emails and you'd like to switch to our full color email updates in the future, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject "html email" in the subject header. 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