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I have a different twist about this subject...
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CEA also released a technical report that addresses television picture brightness.
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By Terry Paullin • Apr 14 2011, 2:14pm Readers of this magazine have long been about examining the best of audio and video ...
...
if not for their own consumption, then just to better understand how various Home Theatre products get to be "the best that they can be".
Regular readers of video product reviews in these pages have come to understand that NO display product can fully realize its potential until it has been calibrated in the environment in which it lives - perhaps your living room.
Clearly, not all display devices calibrate equally well.
There are several factors that impact the end result...
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All are exceptionally well equipped to provide a superior music, home theater sound and video experience, with high build-quality and offering excellent value.
The new TX-SR608 7.2-channel THX-Select2 Plus certified receiver has...
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The complete HDMI Specification Version 1.4a, along with the 1.4a version of the Compliance Test Specification (CTS), is available to Adopters on the HDMI Adopter Extranet.
An extraction of the 3D portion of Specification Version 1.4a is available for public download on the HDMI Web site at...
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Undefined constant "label"
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Stacktrace:
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<h2>Other Categories</h2>
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SELECT category_label label, COUNT(*) num
FROM mt_entry e, mt_placement p, mt_category c
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AND entry_status = 2
AND entry_id = p.placement_entry_id
AND p.placement_category_id = c.category_id
GROUP BY label
ORDER BY label";
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}
?></ul>
<span class="corners-bottom"><span></span></span></div>
<div class="item"><span class="corners-top"><span></span></span>
<h2>Columnists</h2>
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SELECT author_id, author_name, COUNT(*) num
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Value
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Session
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Value
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GATEWAY_INTERFACE
CGI/1.1
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SCRIPT_FILENAME
/var/www/html/category.php
SERVER_ADMIN
root@localhost
CONTEXT_DOCUMENT_ROOT
/var/www/html
CONTEXT_PREFIX
REQUEST_SCHEME
http
DOCUMENT_ROOT
/var/www/html
REMOTE_ADDR
172.70.50.137
SERVER_PORT
80
SERVER_ADDR
172.31.24.244
SERVER_NAME
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SERVER_SIGNATURE
PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO
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HTTP_CF_VISITOR
{"scheme":"http"}
HTTP_CF_IPCOUNTRY
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HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP
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HTTP_CDN_LOOP
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HTTP_COOKIE
phpbb2mysql_u=1; phpbb2mysql_k=; phpbb2mysql_sid=2895467925b54f4240b43e9763f0681b
HTTP_USER_AGENT
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; [email protected] )
HTTP_ACCEPT
*/*
HTTP_CONNECTION
Keep-Alive
HTTP_CF_RAY
9bbf7039aeccaab3-YYZ
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR
10.1.68.203,216.73.216.46
HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL
max-age=0
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1.1 squid-proxy-5b5d847c96-rjp45 (squid/6.13)
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gzip
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1
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PHP_SELF
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REQUEST_TIME
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MYSQL_HOST
localhost
MYSQL_PASSWORD
DAylp-fRIBRuspa&+PReF!drOt1rlp*U&r2RotR?
MYSQL_USER
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