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Bargain Basement Blu-ray from Memorex
SV Staff  |  Sep 18, 2008  | 
Is it live, or is it Memorex? Not sure, but we do know that finally a Blu-ray Disc player is available for well under $300 - $269.00 to be exact. The Memorex MVBD-2510 is under that magical price point that analysts have said would mark wide-spread...
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Best Buy's Latest Buy Is Napster
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 18, 2008  | 
Ever heard of the Rhapsody-powered Best Buy Digital Music Store? Neither had I. That's probably why Best Buy is buying Napster.
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Canon's new 21MP DSLR with Full HD Video
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2008  | 
Canon's much-acclaimed new 5D Mark II is making its grand debut, living up to the hub-bub. It does it all. It's a 21-megapixal digital SLR, and it's the first still camera to shoot full HD video - 1920 x 1080 at 30 frames per second. It will...
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Playstation 4 WITHOUT Blu-ray?
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2008  | 
It seems like many in the industry are killing off Blu-ray in its infancy. This is the second story today alone on the subject. Now, a CNET blogger is going as far as saying that it's his opinion that Sony won't include Blu-ray in the next...
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Furutech Fancy Power Cable
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2008  | 
PT Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute." Not sure if that's the market for this, but Furutech just launched a new power cable. Yup, gorgeous new power cable. How much would you pay for a Powerflux Piezo Ceramic series with...
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Netflix Not Enthused About Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2008  | 
With only less than 10% of subscribers ordering Blu-ray Discs, Netflix is saying that Blu-ray won't have a big effect on their sales, believing that it will continue shipping DVDs for the next 10 years. Wow. That's pretty bleak if you're a Blu-ray...
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Hard Times Hit HDTV?
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2008  | 
These economic times are tough on everyone. Is the TV hardware business immune from the troubles? In a conference centered around HDTV displays, the news was surprisingly optimistic. In the past, manufacturers were concerned about dropping prices...
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Hack the Planet: Neuros' new modder-friendly Linux DVR
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2008  | 
DVRs are great, but they tend to be so . . . limited. Whether it's the box you got from your cable company or your own shiny new TiVo, you're still relying on its built-in interface and pre-programmed features. Of course, you're probably not a...
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Blu-ray & Downloads: Can't We All Just Get Along?
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2008  | 
Must we make a choice? While DVD is still king, Blu-ray and digital downloads seem to be battling for second place attention. Why? There's no doubt that digital downloads are cheap, convenient, and almost instantaneous. But, not everyone has...
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Sony and Amazon Coordinate VOD
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 17, 2008  | 
Sony and Amazon are joining forces in a joint video-on-demand effort. Amazon's VOD services will function through Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link.
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The Popcorn Bowl Needs You!
SV Staff  |  Sep 16, 2008  | 
Now this is a contest I can get excited about! Netflix is sponsoring the Netflix Movie Watching World Championship: The Quest for the Popcorn Bowl! In an attempt to snag a Guinness World Record, eight contestants will begin watching 56 movies...
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Hotels: HDTVs without HDTV
SV Staff  |  Sep 16, 2008  | 
This would seem like a small mistake if it wasn't so prevalent. Hotels across the nation are upgrading to flat-panel HDTVs, tossing out those bulky CRT sets and slapping either LCD or plasma sets on the walls. Should look great, right? Seems like...
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AT&T U-verse and the iPhone
SV Staff  |  Sep 16, 2008  | 
It just makes sense. AT&T has an Internet and video bundle called U-verse. The iPhone is an AT&T device. Does it take a genius to connect the two?  At a showcase of future technologies, AT&T hinted that, at some point in the...
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Pioneer's Blu-ray Recorders for Japan
SV Staff  |  Sep 16, 2008  | 
Pioneer just announced two exciting new products for Japan: two Blu-ray Disc recorders, both with built-in HDDs. The BDR-WD900 has a 1 TB drive and the BDR-WD700 has a 500GB hard drive. Prices aren't available yet. Want more info? These HDD/BD...
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Motorola MCU3E Wireless . . . Thingy
SV Staff  |  Sep 16, 2008  | 
Is it just me, or do most people get a headache trying to transfigure our HD video to work from one device to the next? Wouldn't a transcoder that would take either HD or SD MPEG-4 AVC or MPEG-2 media, convert and wirelessly transmit it to another...
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