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SV Staff  |  Oct 28, 2008  | 
You settle in to watch the latest HD streaming content only to be constantly interrupted by stutters and stops as the buffering stalls your video. Nothing like taking an hour and a half to watch an hour long (or 44 minute long) show, right?As...
Kim Wilson  |  Oct 28, 2008  | 

Nothing makes a statement like personalizing your interior decor with <A HREF=http://www.auralex.com/sonicprint>Auralex Acoustics SonicPrint ProPanels</A>. These acoustic absorptive panels are covered in a special fabric designed to improve the sound of your home theater or media room. The SonicPrint panels help control excessive reverberation and room ring that are caused by hard surfaces like drywall, concrete or wood. Strategically placing these panels on the walls will absorb unwanted sound energy and optimize the acoustical properties of your room, providing more accurate and undistorted sound throughout the listening area.

SV Staff  |  Oct 28, 2008  | 
Red's an interesting company, creating buzz like no other. There's been so much hype about their new Scarlet camera months before it even exists. Well, they're upping the hype once again.Without giving any real specifics, Red CEO Jim...
SV Staff  |  Oct 28, 2008  | 
We all know Hollywood has a certain image to maintain. When you see an actor on the big screen, up close and personal, you can see right into their soul. Good lord, let's hope you don't have to see every brush stroke of liquid foundation...
SV Staff  |  Oct 28, 2008  | 
Why are Mac users always the last to get picked on the playground? Even today, there are so many apps and devices that won't run on Macs. Oddly enough, this time, it's Microsoft who's picked Mac to join their team.Microsoft's...
user  |  Oct 28, 2008  | 
Traditionally prices for TVs and other consumer electronics have plummeted starting on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season. This year, an analyst has looked into his crystal ball and seen flat-panel HDTVs selling for a range of three-digit prices.
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2008  | 
In case you didn't know, "Good Life. Great Price." is the slogan used to market Sears. Don't feel bad, it didn't ring a bell with me either. At least not like "Always Low Prices. Always."In any case, if you need a...
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2008  | 
We were all dreading this day. We hoped it would never come. But, of course, now the dreaded day has arrived. The VHS VCR is no more.The butt of endless "flashing 12:00" jokes, and cruelly forced to play more than a few porno tapes, the...
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2008  | 
One silver lining to the economic crisis, if there is one, is that we get bizarre new vocabulary. For example, Jimmy Carter brought us the fun new word, "stagflation." Now, we have another fun new word, "staycation."That is being...
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2008  | 
Declining: The value of your stock portfolio, your home and . . . TV prices!  An outfit called DisplaySearch is reporting that "e-tail" prices (internet-based prices) of LCD TVs fell an average of 22% year-to-year in September....
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2008  | 
For those who tried to enter our Dress Your Gear for Halloween contest over the weekend, an email glitch may have prevented delivery of your entries. So try again!Specifically, our email address soundandvision@hfmus.com seemed to be not...
user  |  Oct 27, 2008  | 
Downloads and streaming are nothing new. But lala.com offers both with an unusual angle on streaming. Instead of paying an all-you-can-eat subscription fee, you can pay 10 cents for the right to stream a song indefinitely. If that's not convenient, you can also pay to download it in the conventional way.
SV Staff  |  Oct 24, 2008  | 
Henry Ford famously said that customers could buy a Model T in any color, as long as it was black. The equally famous reason, probably apocryphal, was that he chose black because it dried faster than other colors, and that let him crank up the...
SV Staff  |  Oct 24, 2008  | 
It’s easy to get blinded by all the i-this or i-that bling. Blu-ray is cool and that steals lots of headlines. And it’s easy to oogle the latest big-screen whatever. But let’s not forget that good, old-fashioned radio is still chugging along.I know...
SV Staff  |  Oct 24, 2008  | 
Business is bad. The market is tanking. Instead of retiring at age 65, you’ll have to work until 95. But at least more and more of us can watch Knight Rider in high-def. That’s what market researchers at iSuppli are saying (the high-def part).In...

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