Archive for November, 2008

Sound Advice Column: Audio from TV on FM Radio, adding an external tuner

Sound Advice
By Don Lindich
Distributed By McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
Q: I have a question indirectly related to the digital TV switchover scheduled for February 2009. It has to do with the TV audio reception that currently can be received on the FM band on various tabletop radios. I like to fall asleep listening to the radio, and […]

Blu-ray Review: Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda
Paramount Home Entertainment(Dreamworks Animation)
Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge
I highly recommend Kung Fu Panda for any collector, especially with a family – it is a highly entertaining, heart filled animated comedy from Dreamworks.
Po, a rather large, flabby and furry, black and white panda (voiced by Jack Black) dreams of some day becoming […]

Blu-ray Review: Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

 
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge
A renegade elven prince (Luke Goss) returns from self-imposed exile to an enchanted underground kingdom of elves, trolls and fairies to steal his father’s crown so he can lead an indestructible Golden Army of mechanical warriors to destroy all of mankind. Built […]

Memorex Blu-ray player on sale again

Memorex_MVBD2510 Blu-ray Player (click for larger image)
If you missed the deal on woot.com on Tuesday, here’s another chance to snag a Memorex MVBD2510 Blu-ray player for under $150.   

TheNerds.net has it for $136.99 + $9.99 shipping     

Buy.com has it for $149.99 delivered  

I mentioned this player in the last newspaper column I submitted to the syndicate, so the […]

NEW Blu-ray player for $139.99+ $5 shipping, today only!

Today only, you can get a brand new (not refurbished) Memorex MVBD2510 Blu-ray player for $139.99 + $5 shipping from woot.com!  I don’t have any experience with this player, but it is Profile 1.1 and a new design, which bodes well for it.  It  has analog outputs and internal Dolby TrueHD decoding as well.  This […]

Sunday, Nov. 9 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column

My column was severely truncated in today’s issue of the Post-Gazette.  The full version made it to their website- please read it here.  There’s a lot of good info about the Pioneer VSX-1018 there that was missing from the text of the column. 

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