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Musical Art, or Outrageous Excess?
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2008  | 
Don't get me wrong.I love high-quality sound performance. I live for it, and making things sound good is what I do, day in, day out. I used to think that there shouldn't be a limit on how much someone should pay for sound quality. Well, I have seen...
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Multiple DirecTV HD - Look Ma, One Wire!
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2008  | 
I was so content when I designed the wiring in my new home ten years ago.  Dual LNB DirecTV dish with two wires - going to the home theater, the other to the living room. Shortly after, DirecTV launched their boxes that accepted two sat feeds,...
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Election 2008 in HD
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2008  | 
It's that time again. Time when the battle between red and blue isn't referring to HD DVD vs. Blu-ray, but red states vs. blue states, as John McCain takes on whoever steps out from the democratics. But this isn't a political blog, but this is a...
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Netflix Teams Up with Roku for Streaming Box
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 21, 2008  | 
Netflix and Roku are teaming up to offer a $99 set-top box that would allow Netflix members to stream more than 10,000 movies and TV program episodes.
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Netflix on TV
SV Staff  |  May 20, 2008  | 
So, you've got a great home theater setup. The best display your money can buy. Speakers that sound so good they make you cry. Yet, you still watch your streaming Netflix movies on your crappy computer - with a coffee-splattered screen and speakers...
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Switched Digital Video Now TiVo-Friendly
SV Staff  |  May 20, 2008  | 
Okay, we'll be the first to admit it. The new Cisco Tuning Adapter isn't the most glamorous new product out there, but the STA1520 will certainly make TiVo owners quite happy. Kinda like how a fuzzy old bathrobe ain't exactly sexy, but it does serve...
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Wal-Mart's Bargain Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  May 20, 2008  | 
Just last week, we reported about the somewhat dismal adoption of Blu-ray among consumers. We said it seemed that $300 was the magic number that would entice more folks to whip out the credit card and go Blu. Seems like Wal-Mart was taking notes....
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Dishing Out Slingbox DVR
SV Staff  |  May 20, 2008  | 
Dish Network keeps dishing out the hits. They just revealed their latest DVR at a retailer conference, complete with a full array of Slingbox features. The 722s (the "s" identifies this unit as the Slingbox version of the previously...
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HD VOD May Upstage Blu-ray
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 20, 2008  | 
Look out, Blu-ray. Video on demand may deliver the high-def goods to homes before your shiny discs even make it into stores. And here's a nasty twist: This may mark the first use of selectable output control to turn off the analog component video interface.
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Sharp: DVR Gets Blu
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2008  | 
Sharp just announced three new Aquos products that are Blu-ray players with built-in high-def DVRs. Although these sound like fabulous new combo units, is this really all that great? The three models have different DVR storage capacities. The...
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JVC+YouTube=Winning Combination
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2008  | 
JVC just announced a new camcorder that makes showing your home videos to the world, well . . . at least to anyone hip enough to surf YouTube, easier than ever. The new Everio S Series GZ-MS100 has an UPLOAD button that allows users to transfer...
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Blu-ray Player Prices Falling
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 19, 2008  | 

It seems that predictions of higher Blu-ray player prices now that the HD DVD competition has been eliminated are somewhat unfounded. Wal-Mart just announced it will sell a Magnavox-branded Blu-ray player for under $300 starting May 26. The NB500MG9, which is built by Funai, will conform to BD Profile 1.1 with picture-in-picture functionality.

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FCC Strong-arming Retailers
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2008  | 
Circuit City can't catch a break. The FCC just slapped the struggling retailer with a whopping $712,000 fine for violating an FCC rule. In order to forewarn consumers about the February blackout of analog TV, the FCC is requiring retailers to put...
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Givin' It Away: Free Zune's for All
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2008  | 
Look out your window. See any frost? Apparently, hell hath frozen over. This is something that we would never have thought we'd see. Most MP3 manufacturers bundle in headphones, sometimes really good headphones with their portable players. In a...
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Internet, iPod Taxes Coming
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 19, 2008  | 
Frequent internet shoppers know the feeling. You've searched out the best deal, added it to your shopping cart, and you're ready to type in your credit card number. But what's this? The total isn't what you expected. How are you getting nickel-and-dimed to death? Oh, taxes.
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