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05/11/06 First Critical Look At The HD DVD Experience HD DVD has officially been launched, albeit very conservatively. Early reports from AVRev.com staff (we bought six players already) speak glowingly of the picture as well as the sound from the new format. But all is not well under the hood of the first batch of players. Click here for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0506/11.firstlook.shtml Win $3,589.96 RBH MC Series Speakers One lucky AVRev.com reader will be taking home this incredible set of home theater speakers. 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It also provides complete pan and zoom capability to position and/or stretch your image on the screen with overscan, underscan, and border controls to eliminate "black bars" and fill the entire screen. The VP30 accommodates both analog and digital audio streams and can be set manually and automatically to delay the audio to ensure perfect lip-sync. Serving as your complete A/V hub, the iScan VP30 provides simultaneous audio/video switching with "any rez in - any rez out" video conversion and one clean wire to your display. Add the iScan VP30 to your home theater today and prepare to be visually Captivated! Click below to learn more about the DVDO iScan VP30 http://www.dvdo.com/pro/index.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Orb Audio... "A New Global Power" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Orb Audio's direct business model means you can get handmade, audiophile grade speakers for less than the price of leading mass manufactured brands. Featuring Orb's exclusive Mod1 and Mod2 satellite speakers - crafted from U.S. steel into stunning, compact spheres - Orb Audio systems are well known for producing big, full sound from a compact package. Design and performance like this used to cost a premium, but Orb is changing the way speakers are sold around the world. See why Home Theater Magazine called Orb a "new global power" and why Wired Magazine recently ranked Orb number 1 over Bowers & Wilkins, Mission and Infinity by visiting http://www.orbaudio.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More AVRev.com News Headlines ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warner Bros Announces Third Wave of HD DVD Software Title Releases - Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the release of two more HD DVD titles for release on May 16th. This next wave brings the release of the military classic Full Metal Jacket and Clint Eastwood's Academy Award Winning Unforgiven. Each title will have a suggested retail price of $28.99. The announcement of these titles brings Warner's purchasable HD DVD movie total to nine. Click here for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0506/09.warnerhddvd.shtml PSB Redesigns the Alpha Series Loudspeakers - PSB Speakers, the Canadian manufacturer, is introducing a newly redesigned Alpha Series. There are five new models plus two matching subwoofers, each reflecting the Alpha heritage. Click here for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0506/11.psb.shtml Toshiba Releases HD DVD Laptop Computer - Toshiba has introduced the first laptop capable of playing next-generation, high-definition DVDs. The Qosmio G35-AV650 supports the HD DVD format, which Toshiba helped develop, and also plays standard DVDs. Its dual drive can write data onto both standard DVDs and dual-layer discs, which can store twice as much information. Click here for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0506/10.toshiba.shtml TiVo Inks Deal to Offer Web-Based Videos - Digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. is teaming up with an online video service, Brightcove Networks Inc.,to deliver Web-based programming to TiVo's broadband television boxes. Click here for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0506/10.tivo.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNIDISK SC Integrated Universal Disc Player ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The UNIDISK SC player is a complete precision-engineered, high-fidelity audio and video source component with integrated surround-sound processing and control. 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Visit Linn to learn more: http://www.linninc.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There's a Real BOB Behind Every Sunfire Product. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unlike huge faceless corporations, Sunfire is the unique, personal vision of one audio genius, Bob Carver. Most audio geniuses would be content to have founded just two landmark audio companies. But after creating Phase Linear and Carver Corporation, Bob still had more innovative technology in his system. He wanted to express these ideas in meticulously-built, premium audio products that would offer exceptional value and sound quality. And that's what you get when you buy Sunfire. 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