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Sony brings Netflix to Bravia HDTVs, neglects PS3
SV Staff  |  Jul 09, 2009
The list of devices ready to bring Netflix's decidedly awesome online streaming service into your home theater is getting longer all the time. The latest addition is Sony's Internet-connected Bravia HDTVs. Whether you have a newer set with...
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Copyright War Continues on Several Fronts
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 09, 2009
The war among copyright holders, consumers, and other parties continues on so many fronts that it's hard for us to cover them all. Here's a smattering from the last month or so.
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New Pirate Bay to Pay File Sharers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 08, 2009
Let's say you've just paid $7.7 million to purchase Pirate Bay, a Swedish site popular with copyright-oblivious torrenters all over the world. What new business model would you devise to make it a legit business? How about paying people to engage in file sharing?
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LEDs light Sharp's newest line of HDTVs
SV Staff  |  Jul 08, 2009
Yesterday, Sharp announced its newest HDTV line, the Aquos LED series. As its name implies, the Aquos LED HDTVs use LED backlighting instead of conventional CCFL. Because LEDs lack the toxic chemicals of CCFL backlights, use far less energy, and...
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File Sharing Court Brawl Continues
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 07, 2009
The long-running legal battle between a single mom and the recording industry's trade group continues with the defendant's latest motion.
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Yamaha announces newest A/V receiver
SV Staff  |  Jul 06, 2009
Yamaha announced today a new A/V receiver with an impressive feature set and a price tag just shy of a grand. The RX-V1065 is a slightly more powerful version of the RX-V665 receiver. It retains all the features of its little brother, including...
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Better Netflix Brings Cool Million
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 02, 2009
If it gets easier to find what you want on Netflix in the near future, you can thank a team of experts who came up with an improved search algorithm. Unless someone else can do better, Netflix is about to thank them too--to the tune of a million bucks.
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California declares July 1, 2009 "DTS 7.1 Day"
SV Staff  |  Jul 01, 2009
Happy DTS 7.1 Day! If you're a resident of the Golden State (and more specifically, the SoCal community of Agoura Hills), then today is a day to celebrate DTS 7.1 surround. Agoura Hills mayor Denis Weber and California 41st District assemblywoman...
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Sharp Shows Five-Color LCD
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 01, 2009
Sharp has developed a new five-color LCD that, according to the company, "faithfully reproduces the real surface colors that humans are capable of perceiving."
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Broadcast DTV May Poach Cable Customers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 30, 2009
More than half of viewers say they may switch to over-the-air digital television from cable or satellite service.
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Marantz's KI Pearl gear gets coffeetable book, SACD
SV Staff  |  Jun 29, 2009
Last month, Marantz announced its upcoming KI Pearl line of high-end audio equipment. The SA-KI Pearl SACD Player and PM-KI Pearl Integrated Amplifier were created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the company's European brand director, audio...
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Will Toshiba Support Blu-ray?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 29, 2009
Toshiba may be contemplating a move into Blu-ray. If it happens, the move would be quite a turnaround for the company that developed Blu-ray's superb (but ill-fated) competitor HD DVD.
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SRS TruVolume: Why another volume leveler?
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2009
Given that TV makers can already choose from at least two volume-leveling technologies— Audyssey Dynamic Volume and Dolby Volume—the announcement that SRS has launched a competing technology might be greeted with the same excitement as a new...
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Michael Jackson: 1958–2009
SV Staff  |  Jun 25, 2009
When I heard the news, I was in the S&V sound room listening to (wait for it) "Shine On You Crazy Diamond." True! Specifically, when my mother called (a true rocker, she), I had just heard "Shine . . . Part VII," which ends...
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4K DLP
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 25, 2009

Following on the heels of recent agreements between Sony and two theater chains—<A href="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/news/4k_coming_to_a_theater_near_you/">AMC</A> and Regal—to deploy Sony's 4K SXRD projectors, Texas Instruments has announced it will provide 4K DLP imaging engines to its three projection customers—Christie, Barco, and NEC—for their next-generation digital-cinema projectors. No indication of a rollout timetable was given in the announcement.

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