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Blockbuster preparing for September bankruptcy
SV Staff  |  Aug 30, 2010  |  0 comments
The next few months might prove to be the swansong of Blockbuster Video. According to the Los Angeles Times, the company has been discussing with movie studios its intentions to file for bankruptcy in September. Over the last week, Blockbuster...
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Axiom announces "Customize Yours" options
SV Staff  |  Aug 26, 2010  |  0 comments
Axiom Audio has just revealed a service that it claims makes it the "world's most customized loudspeaker shop." The company now offers the "Customize Yours" service, which lets customers dictate exactly how their speakers look. Instead of just a...
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Rockstar Games releases Red Dead Redemption soundtrack, vinyl coming soon
SV Staff  |  Aug 25, 2010  |  0 comments
Vinyl records are becoming a curious marketing tool for video game companies. Last year, Sega released the Mega Drive Ultimate Collection, a 6-track vinyl LP sold only in Australia and New Zealand and limited at 3,500 copies. It was produced to...
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Toshiba working on glasses-free 3D TVs
SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2010  |  0 comments
Glasses-free 3D TVs have been a long time coming, but they still haven't come out yet. That might change if Toshiba has anything to say about it. According to CrunchGear, Toshiba might release 3D TV models that don't require glasses by the end of...
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Denon's 100th birthday bash includes announcement of A100 Anniversary products
SV Staff  |  Aug 23, 2010  |  0 comments
Denon Electronics is a hundred years old this year. Yes, the audio equipment manufacturer first set up shop a century ago in Japan. To commemorate its 100-year anniversary, the company has announced an entire series of new audio gear. The A100...
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'The Office' S6 Blu-ray will stream S7 episodes
SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2010  |  0 comments
This is a very interesting use of BD-Live. Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that users of The Office Season 6 Blu-ray Disc will be able to stream the 5 most recent episodes of season 7 whenever they want. The episodes will be...
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NFL on FOX now showing in 16:9
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2010  |  0 comments
For years, FOX has shown NFL games in 4:3, even when in high-def. This was fine for SD TV users with old-fashioned 4:3 screens, but for widescreen HDTV users this meant two huge bars on either side of the screen, wasting space that could better be...
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Amex Digital claims "world's smallest" 1080p player
SV Staff  |  Aug 18, 2010  |  0 comments
At just a little smaller than 7" by 5", the Amex Digital MP-501 is the world's smallest 1080p media player. At least, that's what the company claims. The little device can play MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, and even Windows Media 9 files at 1080p...
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Panasonic puts Twitter on its HDTVs
SV Staff  |  Aug 17, 2010  |  0 comments
Twitter, it seems, is inescapable. It's on computers, cell phones, iPads/Phones/Pods, and now it's coming to Panasonic VieraCast HDTVs. The company just announced that several of its VieraCast plasma HDTVs will be getting Twitter Internet apps,...
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'Star Wars' trilogy finally coming to Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Aug 16, 2010  |  0 comments
It's been a long time coming, but the Star Wars trilogy is finally coming to Blu-ray Disc. That's the good news. The bad news, at least for some, is that it will be the Special Editions of the films and not the original cuts. The "meh" news is...
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