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Sooloos Ensemble System: MP3 Player on Crack
SV Staff  |  Nov 26, 2008  |  0 comments
You think your 120GB iPod is hot stuff, right? Think again. Sooloos, maker of high-end home networking and entertainment systems, just announced a lower-cost digital music management / storage / playback system with a terabyte of storage....
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Roku Hiccups
SV Staff  |  Dec 02, 2008  |  0 comments
Did you pick up a new Netflix Roku player on Black Friday? Have one waiting under the tree? You better check on it, because it's not feeling too good. Roku owners have been experiencing a bug. A bad bug at that. Seems like owners are...
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Pioneer Displays 400GB Blu-ray-playable Optical Disc
SV Staff  |  Dec 02, 2008  |  0 comments
Already bored with dual-layer discs?  Plain old Blu-ray passé? Then we've got news for you! Pioneer is showing off a 16-layer 400GB optical disc. Each layer on this read-only optical disc has 25GB of storage. Pioneer was showing it off...
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Boston Planning DTV Day, December 9th
SV Staff  |  Dec 02, 2008  |  0 comments
Sure, you can say you're prepared for the DTV transition, but is your whole city? Wilmington, NC has already done a full test switch, literally pulling the plug on their analog TV. Boston isn't going quite that far, but the city is doing...
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TiVo Guilt?
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2008  |  0 comments
Come on. 'Fess up. How much stuff do you have backlogged on your TiVo? Me? I've got 27 shows in a folder called "Everest," 34 episodes of House, and a stack of movies that I record whenever HBO or Showtime has a free preview...
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Survey: How much more will you pay?
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2008  |  0 comments
Studios: Your Blu-ray pricing is making the discs unsaleable! I love home theater. And I own a Blu-ray player. So, when Pixar's Wall-E came out on disc, I headed down to Wal-Mart on launch day to pick up the movie on Blu-ray. But when I saw the...
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Yule Log and More Holiday Gifts in HD
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2008  |  0 comments
Who needs a real fireplace when you can enjoy a faux fireplace - in HD no less? Did everyone grow up in areas that broadcast Yule Logs? WPIX in NY City had it every year when I was growing up. It wouldn't be the holidays without it. Now, HD...
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Tweeter: Another One Bites The Dust
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2008  |  0 comments
 This one is personal. Tweeter, and its stores, HiFi Buys and Sound Advice, are no more. Gone. Someone hacked their site today, but now there is nothing. "Server not found." They announced bankruptcy last year - notable to me...
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TiVo/Amazon HD? Oops, Our Bad
SV Staff  |  Dec 04, 2008  |  0 comments
A few observant users over at EngadgetHD spotted something interesting on their TiVo screens. When they looked at the Video On Demand screen for Amazon's streaming service, they noticed an interesting option. Suddenly, there was an option for...
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It Pays To Be Green - Literally
SV Staff  |  Dec 04, 2008  |  0 comments
If just the warm fuzzy glow knowing that you saved the planet isn't enough to convince you to trade-in or recycle, perhaps cold, hard cash might be what you need. We all have a pile of old, obsolete, or non-functioning electronics gear lying...
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