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SV Staff  |  Apr 29, 2008  |  0 comments
Hey! What the hell's the matter with you? Why aren't you slacking off? Stop working so hard, and kick back and listen to some tunes. And for true slackitude, go to Slacker.com. It's an intuitively adaptive Internet radio service that learns what...
SV Staff  |  Apr 29, 2008  |  0 comments
I'm not gonna lie; it's nice to be proven right. For the "CES 2008 in Perspective" article, I wrote, "Note to flat-panel wall-mount manufacturers: 2-inch-thick mounts aren't going to cut it anymore. Start working on new designs now!" And today,...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 29, 2008  |  0 comments
Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, cutting-edge videophiles who rent Blu-ray discs from Netflix will be charged extra. High res equals high price.
SV Staff  |  Apr 28, 2008  |  0 comments
You can do away with plans to cover that far wall in your living room with the umpteen inch HD flat screen TV from the Massive Buy store down the street. Finally, you can just make the wall your TV thanks to the almost too-good-to-be-true Kuro...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 28, 2008  |  0 comments
Sony is in negotiation with the studios to activate the long-promised online video feature in the PlayStation3, according to the Los Angeles Times. This would follow two previous attempts at online video distribution via Movielink and Sony Connect.
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008  |  0 comments
That's what my photographer son Tony and I accomplished last Saturday (April 19) on the first annual Record Store Day. As I announced here previously, RSD is an effort (spearheaded by indie-shop organizations) to remind people that, yes,...
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008  |  0 comments
Men need a place to be men — a place where we tinker with mechanical stuff, smoke cigars, drink bourbon, and listen to the manly music of our lost youth really frigging loud. Usually we have to go out to the garage if we want to indulge in these...
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008  |  0 comments
[IN THE FOLLOWING POST, BLOGGER COREY GREENBERG TAKES HIS FINAL SHOT IN OUR POINT/COUNTERPOINT DEBATE: BLU-RAY - IS IT ALREADY OVER?] Today's New York Times asks the question, "Blu-ray: Do Consumers Care?" but never answers it, which is...
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008  |  0 comments
Have you been looking for a way to recapture the glory days of your youth that doesn't involve Botox or having someone cut and paste your face back together? Do you want to return to the days of big hair, glam rock and synthesized sounds that were...
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008  |  0 comments
Few products invoke the raw, carnal "I must have you!" lust like Kaleidescape. They invented the concept of the DVD movie server and then wrapped it in an interface that would get Steve Jobs hot and bothered. Let's face it; their system is awesome....
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 25, 2008  |  0 comments
Managed copy will not be part of the final spec for AACS, the digital rights management used by Blu-ray (and HD DVD, but never mind).
SV Staff  |  Apr 24, 2008  |  0 comments
Netflix just announced they'll soon begin charging an extra premium to subscribers who want access to Blu-ray rentals. Now, I'm a Netflix fan from way back - one of the first to write about it in the mags. Still on the 4 disc/month plan (and my...
user  |  Apr 24, 2008  |  0 comments
As previously reported here, Panasonic will be the manufacturing partner that takes over the making of Pioneer-branded plasmas.
SV Staff  |  Apr 23, 2008  |  0 comments
How's this for a logical reasoning puzzle? Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said during his company's earnings conference call earlier this week that Netflix is working with four companies to build devices that will play streaming video on a TV screen. ...
SV Staff  |  Apr 23, 2008  |  0 comments
Fans of Pioneer's high-end Kuro line of plasma HDTVs have been aware for some time of the company's plans to outsource panel production to Panasonic. It appears the final details of the deal are now being determined between the two companies. A...

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