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Hulu Desktop Beta has great potential
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2009  | 
The first thought that hits me when I open Hulu's desktop application is how bad I feel for Joost. A few years ago they were trying to pull off the same magic trick: bringing a full-fledged TV experience to the desktop. Adobe tried, too with...
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Is Zune HD the future of portable media?
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2009  | 
Just a few days ago, the Zune HD was nothing more than the subject of some wild speculation, but now that it has been made official, many people are wondering whether or not Microsoft's new player is actually going to be make as much noise as...
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HDMI 1.4 Spec Unveiled
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 29, 2009  | 
HDMI 1.4 is here, with the release of a new specification by HDMI Licensing LLC, the consortium led by Silicon Image. Should you care? Here are some highlights of the new standard:
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Custom soda machines for your theme theater
SV Staff  |  May 28, 2009  | 
Beverages and movie-watching go together like, well, beverages and virtually any other activity. Beverages are just that great. You can keep a cube fridge in your home theater to ensure a frosty drink is always available, but that just seems so...
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Court Nixes Cable Apartment Exclusives
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 28, 2009  | 
Do you live in an apartment building served by cable? If so, you're probably resigned to your local cable operator having a monopoly. But the U.S. Court of Appeals says that's not the way it has to be.
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NEC debuts new 2K 3-D projector for Pixar's "Up"
SV Staff  |  May 27, 2009  | 
If you're in the NYC area this weekend, it might be worth the trip over to the Ziegfeld Theatre to see the new Pixar film on NEC's latest and greatest projector, the NC2500S-A. It uses a 1.2" DMD from Texas Instruments as well triple...
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Pioneer's new receivers play nice with iPod and iPhone
SV Staff  |  May 27, 2009  | 
 Pioneer just announced the VSX-819AH, VSX-919AH and VSX-1019AH A/V receivers designed to help users integrate their Apple portables into their home theaters. After plugging in a player, you navigate your media using a specially designed...
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Analog-Shutoff Test Hits a Nerve
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 27, 2009  | 
A single-day record of 55,000 calls flooded help lines staffed by the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday, May 21, after TV stations across the nation broadcast a series of warnings about the shutoff of analog television signals scheduled for June 12.
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$5 Napster Subscription Is Bargain
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 26, 2009  | 
The days when Napster was the world's largest free music library are long gone. Soon, though, it may become the world's cheapest legitimate music subscription service, with a new plan that asks consumers for a mere $5/month for five free tracks and a whole lot of streaming. That's hardly even lunch money!
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FCC Girds for Analog Armageddon
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 22, 2009  | 
With just three weeks to go before the end of analog broadcasting, scheduled for June 12, the Federal Communications Commission is going into high gear to ensure that the final stage of the DTV transition goes smoothly.
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Pandora One: well worth $36 a year
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2009  | 
By now, you're almost certainly familiar with internet radio service Pandora. If you're not, you should definitely give it a shot. Basically, it uses your musical tastes to suggest other songs and artists, much like Apple's Genius,...
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Discs Still Preferred to Downloads
user  |  May 21, 2009  | 
Physical media like DVD and Blu-ray still dominate U.S. household spending for buying or renting movies. Discs attract 88 percent of spending. For all the hooplah over downloads, they still have only three percent of the movies-on-video market.
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First hands on: Creative Zen Aurvana Air Headphones
SV Staff  |  May 20, 2009  | 
Finding headphones that stay put can be a seemingly impossible task for people with oddly-shaped ears. In-ear phones slip out no matter what tip you stick on them and ear buds get bounced out of place the second you move your head. Normally, a big...
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Boston Acoustics shows off stealthy ceiling speakers
SV Staff  |  May 20, 2009  | 
Look straight up. Do you see any speakers? No? Then this means one of two things: either you don't have any in-ceiling speakers, or you have some remarkably hidden ones. If your situation is the former and you want the latter, Boston Acoustics might...
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FCC to Do 'Soft Test' of DTV Transition
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 20, 2009  | 
Tomorrow the Federal Communications Commission and local broadcasters will run a "soft test" of the DTV transition. Analog TV broadcasts will be interrupted three times on May 21, 2009 with a message heralding the end of analog broadcasting, coming on June 12. They message will advise consumers who depend on antennas to feed analog TVs to devise a Plan B in a hurry.
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