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Justin Bieber getting 3D biopic. Seriously.
SV Staff  |  Aug 03, 2010  | 
3D movies have simultaneously reached their apex and nadir. Canadian teen pop sensation Justin Bieber is getting his own feature-length, widespread-release documentary film, and it's going to be in 3D. It gets weirder, too. Paramount is in talks...
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"Resistance" to 3D: Futile?
SV Staff  |  Aug 03, 2010  | 
Maybe you saw Inception. Maybe you loved those three-dimensional-looking images. Maybe you realized — and appreciated — that those images weren't actually in 3D.Director Christopher Nolan (at right in photo, with Leonardo DiCaprio) digs good...
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Harman Kardon? Check. Harman Newsweek?!
SV Staff  |  Aug 03, 2010  | 
"He started a business selling FM radios in the 1950s" . . . and now he's running Newsweek magazine! Yes, Sidney Harman, whose 92nd birthday is tomorrow, has bought the ailing publication because, as he quipped to The New York Times,...
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Redbox Gets the Blus
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 03, 2010  | 
Redbox has been making Blu-ray discs available in a few locations for several months, but now it's official: The rental kiosk king will make BD available nationwide.
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Super-strong Gorilla Glass heading to HDTVs
SV Staff  |  Aug 02, 2010  | 
One of the greatest fears of any home theater buff is that their awesome HDTV will be tapped, knocked, or flung-Wiimoted, shattering the screen into many sharp, pointy, useless pieces. The large glass panes in HDTVs are fairly fragile, and like...
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DLNA-Certified Blu-ray Burgeons
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 02, 2010  | 
The number of Blu-ray players certified by the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has hit 105 models.
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'The Goonies' never say die, but they do say deluxe 25th anniversary Blu-ray release!
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2010  | 
25 years ago, The Goonies came out in theaters and became an American classic. Now, Warner Home Video is releasing a huge and rather strange Blu-ray Disc version of the movie. The release not only includes the film in funky new packaging, but...
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IETV Beating 3DTV
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 30, 2010  | 
Internet-enabled sets are being shipped in far greater numbers than 3D sets.
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Redbox Blu-ray rentals going nationwide this Fall
SV Staff  |  Jul 29, 2010  | 
Redbox is finally making its roll-out of Blu-ray rentals official. After vending machines with Blu-ray Disc rentals started appearing back in June, the company has just announced that it's loading 13,000 vending machines with Blu-ray Discs, and...
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Will Redbox Stream?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 29, 2010  | 
Until now, Redbox has been known and loved for its bright red kiosks which rent 200 DVD and Blu-ray titles. But the company is looking beyond that, into the brave new world of streaming.
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Toshiba releases three CELL Regza 3D HDTVs
SV Staff  |  Jul 28, 2010  | 
Toshiba has announced a trio of 3D HDTVs in Japan, continuing the industry's steady march toward 3D adoption. All three models feature CELL processors, which lets them use realtime 2D-to-3D conversion on videos (although the effectiveness of the...
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Video Streaming Explodes
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 28, 2010  | 
Video streaming has grown from an emerging category of program delivery to an option enjoyed by the majority of Netflix subscribers. And for TV addicts, the selection of shows from various online sources is near comprehensive.
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Blu-ray Up, DVD Down
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 27, 2010  | 
The numbers for home entertainment spending are in from the Digital Entertainment Group. Blu-ray and downloads are up, DVD is down, and when you add it all together, overall spending is slightly down.
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Audyssey's volume-bosting tech for small devices
SV Staff  |  Jul 27, 2010  | 
Audyssey has been working on sound technology for home theaters for years now, but it's stayed mostly clear of portable gadgets. That's changing with today's announcement of a new technology for beefing up the sound capabilities of small devices....
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'Apocalypse Now' coming to Blu-ray soon
SV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2010  | 
This year is seeing some of the greatest movies ever made hit Blu-ray. First Criterion announced that it will be releasing Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai on Blu-ray Disc this fall, and now Lionsgate has announced that Francis Ford Coppola's...
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