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Sony to replace old UMDs with digital files
SV Staff  |  Jun 05, 2009  | 
Adding 16GB of built-in storage to the PSPGo was a great move on Sony's part. It's something fans have been asking for since launch and it makes integration with the PS3 that much easier. But, by nixing the UMD drive, they have put...
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DTV Transition One Week Away
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 05, 2009  | 
The DTV transition is now just one week away, scheduled for June 12, 2009. On that date, more than half of the nation's television broadcasters will make the final switch to digital signals, shutting off analog forever. The other half have already made the transition over the past several months.
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5 ways to make Hulu worth paying for
SV Staff  |  Jun 04, 2009  | 
In a recent story on Daily Finance, newly appointed CDO at News Corp, Jonathan Miller, was quote saying he thought it was logical for Hulu to have some content that's only available to paying subscribers. The Internet conjured up images of...
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Audyssey DSX- A New Approach To Multichannel Audio
Kim Wilson  |  Jun 04, 2009  | 

You've no doubt heard of Audyssey technologies by now. Their auto calibration and room EQ circuitry are practically an industry standard. The masterminds behind all the Audyssey technologies are USC professors Tomlinson Holman and Chris Kyriakakis. I, and a few other journalists, had the rare opportunity to spend an afternoon with Tom and Chris to learn about their latest technology called DSX. The basic technology is centered around a concept that Tomlinson Holman has been talking about for the last 10 years.

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White House Is Eclectic on Copyright
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 04, 2009  | 
Where does the Obama administration stand on the consumer's right to record? Depends on the situation. On copyright issues, the White House is not predictable, but eclectic.
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HDNet not coming back to Time Warner customers
SV Staff  |  Jun 03, 2009  | 
If you're a customer of Time Warner Cable, then you have probably noticed that you no longer get any of Mark Cuban's HDNet channels. The story being reported is that Mark Cuban was unhappy with the channels' spot on the HD Tier package...
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Blu-ray update: B&O puts the BD in BV
SV Staff  |  Jun 03, 2009  | 
Bang & Olufsen is adding built-in Blu-ray Disc support to its 40-inch BeoVision 7 HDTV. Like the Sharp Aquos BD series, the new, upgraded BeoVision 7-40 has a Blu-ray Disc player built right into its stylish frame. This isn't the first...
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Klipsch will trade gear for your jokes
SV Staff  |  Jun 03, 2009  | 
Online caption contests aren't hard to come across (they post a picture, you write a funny joke about it), but this one is being held by Klipsch. They're offering up a pair of the new Image S4 headphones or their new HD Theater 300 HTIB to...
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AMD ATI Theater HD 750 pulls down TV anywhere
SV Staff  |  Jun 02, 2009  | 
Slingbox is great for getting content when you're a world away from your precious DVR, but it's not always easy to find the required bandwidth. AMD's newly announced ATI Theater HD 750 can grab HDTV/DTV/analog broadcast signals...
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Morel ships their balls of steel
SV Staff  |  Jun 02, 2009  | 
Morel is trying to make round the new square. In a world filled with rectangular, blocky speakers, the company is rolling out a set of sound-blasting spheroids. The SoundSpot MT 1 system uses a set of 60-watt spherical SP-1 satellites, each...
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LCD Tops Plasma in Large Screen Sizes
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 02, 2009  | 
In the LCD vs. plasma competition, LCD has sold more sets overall, while plasma has dominated in some larger screen sizes. But plasma has given up that advantageous position in the latest numbers from Quixel Research, which show LCD selling more in the 40 inches and up categories for the first time.
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Panasonic's $800 DMP-B15 portable Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Jun 01, 2009  | 
We saw Panasonic's portable Blu-ray player back at CES, but it will soon be making its way into the carry-on luggage of HD-addicts. $800 gets you an 8.9-inch WSVGA LCD screen attached to a full-featured BD player that supports both BD Live and...
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Xbox 360's Video Marketplace going 1080p
SV Staff  |  Jun 01, 2009  | 
Buying HD content from The Xbox Live Marketplace has always been pretty good, but waiting a long time for 720p content is always kind of annoying. Today, on the first day of video game trade show, E3, they announced that they were changing things...
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Yahoo Widgets Come to TVs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 01, 2009  | 
Coming soon to a TV near you: Yahoo Widgets.
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Forget RGB, Sharp is developing CYRGB displays
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2009  | 
Since time immemorial (or at least, since color televisions have been available), TVs have used 3 colors: red, green, and blue. Combinations of these three color building blocks produced the increasingly wide spectrum of colors you now see on the...
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