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Knight and Day Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz Looking Good?

If you want to produce a movie that has all the ingredients of success then you would possibly pick an action movie staring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. Now I can’t pretend I have enjoyed everything either of these two have made in the past but this likes it could be a winning formula.

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Panasonic Looking To Capture 50% of Japan’s 3D Market This Year

According to Bloomberg The Panasonic Corporation., the world’s largest maker of plasma televisions, aims to win half of Japan’s market for 3-D televisions next financial year. Panasonic are estimating that around 10 percent of of the entire large screen TV market (above 37 inches) will be 3-D TV's in the next 12 months and Panasonic who are ahead of the game with this technology want to capture half the Japanese market .

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Valentines Day Perfect Timing Box Office Blockbuster Or Is It?

Well this Sunday will be Valentines day so if you haven't noticed already the prices of flowers and choc's going up faster than you stocks then you clearly are either really well organized or in for a hell of shock on Saturday. So it might not be that much of suprise that the film pundits are predicting the star filled Valentines Day (get the connection) will be going down a storm at the box office.

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Wolfman Will Have You Howling In The Aisles

It's rare these days I get to a movie theater so when friends came round and said are you coming to see Wolfman I was pretty excited. After all with Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins it had to have something going for it.

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Is the writing on the wall for small electronic retailers in 2010

I just read today that popular Washington electronics retailer MyerEmco Audio Video, a Washington family-run business since 1955, is going out of business because of financial difficulties.

This global credit crises is effecting everyone and many traditional retail businesses will be ill equipped to survive it.

What is happening is more and more people are starting to tighten their belts as the financial crises deepens (inspite of what propaganda our governments would have us believe).

But sadly this scenario is likely to become the fate of many small local hifi and audio video retailers across the world and even some manufacturers may find it hard to survive these challenging times.

But what is the real reasons behind this decline in the high street and local audio video retailer…

Perhaps one of the most significant reasons is that customers can now find quickly and from numerous sources, information about any product within minutes of a press release.

This sort of information and knowledge was once the exclusive domain of the high street AV specialist and the specialised AV magazine editor and gave them an elitist postion over the store selling in the same market place. This position appealing to the true AV fanatic or hi-fi buff who was prepared a premium for their service and advice.

But these days all customers including true AV nuts are far more price concious.Add on top of all that bad news plus the that many consumers are struggling to get once feely available credit and you needn’t wonder why things are looking so bad.

Almost inevitably the majority of customers faced with these dire circumstances are prepared to sacrifice the personal touch of the once loved high street specialist for the lower prices and convenience of buying online.

Many mainstream Audio Video stores and specialised equipment manufacturers simply can’t compete in the technological age of instant gratification and the purchasing at the lowest price at the click of mouse.

I and am sure many people like myself old enough to remember how much we used to love visiting the typical audio video retailer on the high street.

They were equipped with comfortable demo rooms set up to demonstrate the latest top end of audio video equipment which many real enthusiasts of audio and video woud aspire to owning and enjoy chatting for hours with knowledgeable staff.

Nowdays these sort of demonstrations are only available to a select few who are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend one of the few consumer electronic shows show held at various locations across the world.

The days of the demo room are tragically numbered and will be missed.

With the gradual growth of online bargain basement no frills websites sellling lower end equipment for a few dollars above wholesale there is little wonder the high street business is in decline and realistically there is little that can be done about it.

Soon our high streets and even to some extent our shopping malls will become filled with multi national and global brands as few small specialised retailers can compete in such a hostile environment.

With high overheads,staffing costs and in many towns parking at a premium the face of our high street could be changed for ever.

CES 2010 has shown us that the manufacturers want us to keep buying the latest and most innovative but no longer is about just quality and longevity and reliability. Most consumers are prepared to sacrifice these values for cheap and available now!

Only time will tell whether the high end manufacturers who sell in much smaller volumes than the global brands will survive this ever changing world in which we live in.But I for one will miss them and the retailers who sold there wares but then again I still enjoy listening to vinyl on my LINN so maybe I am just dinosaur.

Is The Superbowl a good reason to buy a new TV

As we now know the two teams in this years Superbowl will be between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts who will be competing in Miami on the 7th February 2010 at the Sun Life stadium.

But is this a good time for a home theater upgrade surely it will mean manufacturers will put prices up as demand increases for big events such as the Superbowl.

Well normally I would say that you should never buy equipment at a time of high demand such as christmas or other holiday times as service will likely suffer and you could find that you get a substandard product.

But with the current cash crises you’ll find home theater bargains abound and what better excuse to buy one than to watch the Super Bowl XLIV.

I think this Superbowl could be exciting with New Orleans making an appearance for the first time in 45 years although the Colts are favorites.

Now that could be spectacle whether you watch on a LCD or Plasma or even a projector I have found there are some great deals on eBay (don’t forget check sellers carefully) and Amazon also seem to up their range of deals at this time.

Plus who can resist the half time entertainment and revelation of new TV advertisments which have become a unique opportunity for the manufactures to showcase their biggest and often controversial ads with massive budgets that only a giant audience like Superbowl can justify during these diffiuclt times financially.

Personally I hate commericals (who doesn’t) but some how they are as much part of Superbowl as Gatorade.

If you are having trouble convincing the other half on your purchase and you are old enough to remember them just remind them the half time interval entertainment is The Who with Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend treating to some nostalgia from the 60’s that might just seal the deal.

If not there is always next year?

More Superbowl Related Articles

• Which Movies Are Getting Ads at Superbowl XLIV? (screenrant.com)
• Saints beat Vikings in OT, head to 1st Super Bowl (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• The Who Rumored To Play Super Bowl XLIV Halftime (mtv.com)