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Mark Fleischmann  |  May 07, 2010
Harman Kardon has announced that three of its receivers will be able to receive firmware updates that will bring them into compliance with HDMI 1.4a and therefore 3D, among other features.
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2010
Best Buy opened its first store in the United Kingdom last weekend, and it was met with record-breaking sales. The store opened in Thurrock, a borough in Essex County, and according to Best Buy CEO Paul Antoniadis, it was the largest opening...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 06, 2010
The good news is that HDTV ownership is up. The bad news is that many HDTVs in U.S. homes can't get an HD signal.
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2010
Roku is finally getting some Netflix features for which users have been clamoring ever since the set-top streaming box launched. The new update, announced on Youtube of all places, will add browsing, searching, and instant watch queue updating...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 05, 2010
Some Blu-ray players need to have their firmware updated before they can play Avatar in its current 2D release.
SV Staff  |  May 04, 2010
Grace Digital Inc. has announced a new Internet radio receiver designed for incorporating directly into your stereo or home theater. The Solo Wi-Fi Receiver is an inexpensive Internet radio device that can access thousands of Internet radio...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 04, 2010
Roger Ebert, one of the nation's most eminent film critics, is giving the 3D revival a thumbs-down.
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 03, 2010
Sharp recently announced the launch of its new Quattron LCD sets with LED edge lighting. All of them employ the company's new Quad Pixel technology, which adds dedicated yellow pixels to the red, green, and blue pixels present in all LCD displays. The added pixels are said to produce colors that ordinary LCD sets cannot.
SV Staff  |  May 03, 2010
German speaker company Finite Elemente's Hohrizontal 51 iPod/iPhone dock is so simple, it's a wonder why no one has thought of it before. This meter-long slab of an iPod dock doubles as a functional shelf, combining minimalist design with...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 03, 2010
Google has its giant corporate eye on your TV and rack. It is planning to show developers Android-based software designed to fit into sets, set-top boxes, and other devices, reports The Wall Street Journal.
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2010
This past week, I was among a small group of journalists invited to attend a special donation ceremony at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, in Washington DC. While this typically wouldn’t be newsworthy for Sound + Vision...
SV Staff  |  Apr 30, 2010
It sounds surreal, but Avatar's massive success could influence our real-life space program. According to CBS News, James Cameron has convinced NASA to use a 3D camera on its next Mars mission. The Curiosity mission, set to launch next year,...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 30, 2010
TiVo is pleading with Congress to make its DVRs, and retail set-top devices in general, as powerful as those leased by cable operators to their subscribers.
SV Staff  |  Apr 29, 2010
First Avatar became the highest grossing film of all time. Now it looks like Avatar is the most illicitly downloaded Blu-ray Disc of all time. According to BitTorrent blog Torrentfreak, over 200,000 copies of the Avatar Blu-ray Disc have been...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 29, 2010
Avatar is breaking Blu-ray records all over the place, and it's not even out in 3D yet.

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