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Streaming Samsung
SV Staff  |  Oct 24, 2008  | 
Netflix is a company on the move. They've already become the world’s largest online movie rental service, and they're fast sewing up their leadership in online streaming.Hard on the heels of their announcement that LG will offer Netflix...
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Fade to Black
SV Staff  |  Oct 24, 2008  | 
According to the folks over at TVPredictions.com — whose jobs are, apparently, to predict things about TV — the February 17 switchover to digital TV will be the best thing to ever happen to American society since the invention of the TV. In...
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Samsung BD Players to Deliver Netflix Movies
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 24, 2008  | 
Samsung Blu-ray players are learning some new tricks. The BD-P2550 and BD-P2500 will stream movies rented from Netflix's online service. And the first of those two models will also stream music from Pandora Radio.
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Hard Times
SV Staff  |  Oct 24, 2008  | 
Hey buddy, can you spare a nickel? Better yet, how about $700 billion? Everyone is feeling the pain these days, even Sony Corporation.The electronics giant issued a revised earnings report, and the news was not good. Consumer demand is slowing so...
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The merchandising will be with you. Always.
SV Staff  |  Oct 23, 2008  | 
 Star Wars fans know that creator George Lucas is no stranger to marketing. I've personally purchased the original Trilogy four times, and know that I’ll be in to George for at least one more go 'round once he releases them on...
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Circuit City's Blood in the Water
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 23, 2008  | 
Attention, shoppers. Circuit City may close 150 stores as an alternative to bankruptcy. The reason this grim news may be of interest is that when stores close, inventory gets liquidated--and that could mean sweet deals for consumers down the road.
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Lexicon debuts its first OEM car audio system
SV Staff  |  Oct 22, 2008  | 
Yet another esteemed audio brand has found its way into the automotive market. In a press event staged Tuesday at Harman International headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge, pro/consumer audio company Lexicon teamed up with its...
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Flat Panel Long-term Slump
SV Staff  |  Oct 22, 2008  | 
We love reports from DisplaySearch. They completely break down all the industry trends so we can all understand what's going on. Their latest report indicates that the recent downturn in flat panel sales isn't a short term slump, but a...
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Netflix Blu-ray Indicative of Industry?
SV Staff  |  Oct 22, 2008  | 
We reported just a few days ago that Netflix is expecting about 500,000 subscribers, or 6% of their subscribers, to pay their Blu-ray premium. $1 a month to get Blu-ray movies delivered to your home. We thought that was good.  However, a...
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Circuit City, Cutting Off Nose?
SV Staff  |  Oct 22, 2008  | 
You know the saying, cutting off your nose to spite your face? You have to wonder if Circuit City might have done the same. We reported earlier this week that the mega-retailer is going to shut down 150 stores and is laying off thousands of...
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Kaleidescape sales in the black
SV Staff  |  Oct 22, 2008  | 
As I write this, the Dow is down another 3%, well below 9000. Retirement funds are counting losses in the trillions. Even Google, the wunderkind stock, has lost more than half its value since the start of the year. People, this is serious! But in...
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2008 or 1984? Sony Playing Big Brother
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2008  | 
What year is it? Did George Orwell's prediction just get delayed? Seems like Sony is playing Big Brother. Sony Playstation 3 users just got an email from Sony stating that the terms of service have changed. First noticeable change. Main...
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Facelift in a Lightbulb
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2008  | 
This is gonna be short, because I've got to run. Gizmodo is reporting about a study about to be published that's found exposure to LED light daily for a few weeks caused "rejuvenated skin, reduced wrinkle levels, juvenile complexion...
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Refurbished Canon HD Camcorders for Cheap!
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2008  | 
Why pay for new when you can get a used previously owned Canon HD Cam? These Canon HV20 high-definition camcorders are refurbished units, and they were available from Vann's for just $449.77. Compare that to their new price: $999. These...
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Blu-ray Predictions . . . Again
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2008  | 
Predictions on the success or failure of Blu-ray seems to shift daily.  Just a few days after the Blu-ray Disc Association predicted a Blu Christmas,  an analyst who specializes in the technology sector, Roger Kay, said just the...
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