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		<title>Yamaha UK creates new AV Division, appoints industry veteran Ian Galloway</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2011/03/06/yamaha-uk-creates-new-av-division-appoints-industry-veteran-ian-galloway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yamaha Music UK has opened the doors of a dedicated Audio Visual Division and has appointed industry veteran (and my good chum) Ian Galloway as Divisional Director. Galloway (pictured above, left) played a pivotal role in the 1981 UK re-launch of Yamaha Hi-Fi, and helped form Yamaha Electronics UK in 1986. He went on to lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panasonic fine-tunes Blu-ray codec for movies on SD card</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2011/01/31/panasonic-fine-tunes-blu-ray-codec-for-movies-on-sd-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting snippet emerged while I was having lunch with Masayuki Kozuka, who heads up R&#38;D for Panasonic’s Media and Content Alliance office. He confided that PHL (aka Panasonic Hollywood Laboratories), the power house behind the development of the Blu-ray 3D specification was currently working on an optimized version of the MPEG4 AVC High Profile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Onkyo TX-NR5008 review reveals a change of character for the best-selling brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The TX-NR5008 is the latest flagship AV receiver from Onkyo. The brand has been the dominant player in the market since 2009, often being the first to introduce new receiver technology. The fact that it has consistently got its product development timing right in such a fast moving market is a key reason for its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panasonic ties up Avatar 3D Blu-ray until Feb 2012, no retail release planned for 2011</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2010/12/13/panasonic-ties-up-avatar-3d-blu-ray-until-feb-2012-no-retail-release-planned-for-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevemay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were hanging on for the release of Avatar 3D on Blu-ray, then you might be Pandora-less for a little longer than anticipated. Panasonic has confirmed to me that it’s nabbed the exclusive global distribution rights to the blockbuster title until February 2012. Until that point, it will only be available as a retail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive hands-on review of Epson EH-R4000 projector at Epson London Film Night</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2010/12/03/exclusive-hands-on-review-of-epson-eh-r4000-projector-at-epson-london-film-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevemay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We won’t launch a 3D projector until we think the time is right.” That’s the message from Epson UK’s Sue Burgess. Speaking at an exclusive brand takeover of the spectacular 85 Swains Lane property in London’s Highgate, Burgess added that with no appreciable 3D content in the market there was little incentive for the world’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legendary US AV chain Ken Cranes calls it quits</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2010/06/19/legendary-us-av-chain-ken-cranes-goes-down-technology-forum-techradar-uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legendary US AV chain Ken Cranes goes down &#8211; Technology Forum &#124; TechRadar UK. I was sad to hear about the demise of Ken Cranes AV stores in the US. The name will be very familiar to long in the tooth AV enthusiasts. Canes was a popular source of laser discs for UK and European [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The curious case of the upside-down 3D TV glasses</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2010/05/11/the-curious-case-of-the-upside-down-3d-tv-glasses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 07:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevemay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended a fascinating briefing session organised by Samsung to provide background to the brand’s first range of 3D TVs and 3D Blu-ray player. R&#38;D chief Simon Lee has been taking his team around Europe, doing similar sessions with various media. The event was notable for a couple of reasons. In an effort to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No HD future for remastered Star Trek</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/17/no-hd-future-for-remastered-star-trek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Star Trek fans who have been waiting for the newly remastered Original Series to migrate from HD DVD to Blu-ray will be disappointed by Paramount&#8217;s announcement that reissues will continue on DVD only. The HD DVD camp made quite a ballyhoo after the first season of Trek:TOS debuted on its hi-def format, following an impressive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US retailer lines up to buy Denon and Marantz</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/15/us-retailer-lines-up-to-buy-denon-and-marantz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mainstream US CE retailer Best Buy is apparently in the running to buy a large chunk of D&#038;M Holdings, owner of high-end AV brands Marantz, Denon, Boston Acoustics, Snell and Escient. Holding company RHJ International SA/NV is auctioning its 49 per cent stake in D&#038;M, and has lined up four potential suitors: the aforementioned US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PS3 finally gets DTS-HD Master Audio support for Blu-ray</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/10/ps3-finally-gets-dts-hd-master-audio-support-for-blu-ray/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PlayStation 3 will finally get support for DTS-HD Master Audio on Blu-ray discs. The high-quality lossless audio format will become available to PS3 owners with a firmware update due April 15. DTS-HD MA has long been favoured by Fox for its movie releases. With a bit-rate up to 24.5 Mbps, the system can deliver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Cinema Choice Awards announced, Panasonic Blu-ray and BT Vision lead winners</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/08/home-cinema-choice-awards-announced-panasonic-blu-ray-and-bt-vision-lead-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/08/home-cinema-choice-awards-announced-panasonic-blu-ray-and-bt-vision-lead-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK&#8217;s ultimate home AV gear for 2008 was revealed at a ceremony in central London last Friday, as the annual Home Cinema Choice Awards were announced. Presented by former Dr Who Sylvester McCoy, the 19 categories were judged and awarded by leading reviewers from UK AV magazine Home Cinema Choice. Amongst the winners, BT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warner brings DVD and VOD same day releasing to UK</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/07/warner-brings-dvd-and-vod-same-day-releasing-to-uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what could be a trend-setting deal, Warner says it will release new movies on DVD day and date with availability on the UK&#8217;s leading Video on Demand services. The move will allow subscribers to Sky Box Office, BT Vision, Virgin and Xbox Live to download and view titles for 3.95 pounds. Viewers will need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray awareness rockets, player sales grow</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/04/blu-ray-awareness-rockets-player-sales-grow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 10 million US households now have a hi-def disc player, according to a new report from media analysts Interpret. The figure includes both BD and HD DVD players. Blu-ray awareness is also up, with 60 per cent admitting to having heard about the format. When it comes to the early adopter crowd (men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philips to introduce UK Blu-ray player</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/03/25/philips-to-introduce-uk-blu-ray-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philips will launch its first UK Blu-ray player, but not until October. Despite the delayed introduction, its BDP7200 will not be BD Live compliant. The unit is Profile 1.1 &#8216;Bonus View&#8217; only. Standard BD features apply, including 1080p video and multi-channel audio output. According to US market research firm ABI Research, it could take as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retailer offers goodwill gesture to HD DVD owners</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/03/20/retailer-offers-goodwill-gesture-to-hd-dvd-owners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading US retail chain Best Buy has followed the lead set by rival Circuit City, and has begun to compensate its customers who backed HD DVD. It will send owners of players on its database a 50 dollar gift voucher; the giveaway applies to any of its patrons who purchased an HD DVD player prior [...]]]></description>
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