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VUDU Goes HDX
Kim Wilson  |  Oct 08, 2008

VUDU Inc., has unveiled HDX, a high definition video format that delivers full HD 1080p material using the company's existing set-top box. Content is delivered over the Internet and optimized for 40 inch and larger HDTVs. According to VUDU, the HDX content is the highest quality available from any Internet, broadcast, cable, or satellite on-demand service. HDX movies are available to all VUDU customers and will be rented for the same price as standard HD titles.

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David Gilmour Swings Six Ways
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 08, 2008
I was poking around Amazon last week when I found David Gilmour's new Live in Gdansk album. In fact, I found several versions. It's available in no fewer than six configurations that dole out varying levels of content at prices from $20 to $116.
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Speaker Buddies from Alex Underwood
SV Staff  |  Oct 07, 2008
It seems that anything can be turned into a speaker. These little cuties were created for the London Design Festival, and they are pretty darn adorable. With bodies made from expanded polystyrene, the Speaker Buddies are meant to be used in pairs....
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Eternal Sunshine of the Sharp Solar-Powered LCD
SV Staff  |  Oct 07, 2008
It's not clear whether Sharp is showing their latest prototype as a for-real solar powered LCD screen, or if it's a dramatic visualization on how little power is required to run this new 52-inch TV. Using a solar panel just a bit bigger than the...
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Flexy, Bendy OLED Screen from Sony
SV Staff  |  Oct 07, 2008
Imagine watching a TV show, then - as the closing credits start to roll - you roll up the TV screen and tuck it in your pocket. Yup: Roll it up. Sony and researchers from the German company Max Planck Institute have revealed a new OLED screen...
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MK Returns Without Ampersand
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 07, 2008
Remember Miller & Kreisel, also known as M&K? The once reputable American speaker brand is making a comeback as MK Sound thanks to a Danish startup company and an American retailer.
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Sony's Frequent Flyer Club: Sony Pictures Blu-ray Club
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2008
Everyone's doing it. Frequent flyer programs for airlines, frequent shopper loyalty cards for the drugstore, grocery store - even the Flying J Truck Stop I went to today (don't ask) asked me if I was enrolled in their rewards program. Sony...
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Apple TV in HD
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2008
Apple TV's latest update, version 2.2, has gone HD. In addition to security updates (always a good thing) and Genius features, Apple TV has HDTV options. Looks to me to be the same things offered through the iTunes Store, and this gives you two...
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Thomson's Technicolor Is Testing Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2008
Nothing like buying a shiny new Blu-ray Disc movie, and discovering that its BD-Live or BD-Java feature doesn't work properly, or takes forever to load. Kinda sucks, doesn't it? Technicolor, a division of Thomson, has opened a facility to test...
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3D: No Goofy Glasses Necessary
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2008
The latest new trend is hitting Sony's 4K projectors, proving that everything old is new again. 3D, once reserved for the truly campy sci-fi thrillers, is going to be available as an adapter for the SRX-R220 4K projector, maintaining the full...
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Judge Suspends RealDVD Sales
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 06, 2008
A judge has issued a restraining order halting the sales of RealDVD, the DVD-copying application from RealNetworks. Well, that was quick.
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No Mo MOJO
SV Staff  |  Oct 03, 2008
We've been hearing the rumors. Word on the street was that MOJO was leaving Cox. And, it turns out, the rumors were right. MOJO HD will officially cease scheduled programming on October 29, permanently pulling the plug on Cox customers. Documents...
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Look Ma! No Wires!
SV Staff  |  Oct 03, 2008
Our friends over at EngadgetHD spotted another mildly interesting product at the CEATEC show in Japan. Hitachi is showing wireless HD camcorder transfer. Obviously a prototype, the camcorder reliably streamed high-definition content to a nearby TV,...
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Sony: 3D 4K in 09
SV Staff  |  Oct 03, 2008
At a press event yesterday evening in Sony Pictures' Culver City, California, headquarters, Sony took the chance not only to tout its latest advances in digital cinema, but also to show how those advances could make 3D commonplace in movie theaters...
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RealDVD Brings Real Legal Trouble
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 03, 2008
"RealNetworks' RealDVD should be called StealDVD," asserts the general counsel of the Motion Picture Association of America.
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