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SV Staff  |  May 06, 2008  | 
A study of American technology trends conducted by Canadian research firm SRG (Solutions Research Group) had some interesting results. Most marketing companies and manufacturers tend to view women consumers as an afterthought, often with the...
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2008  | 
Audio purists, just turn away. Really, just skip down to the next blog post. You'll never believe this one anyway.  Atlantic Technology just introduced an in-wall dipole/bipole speaker that is THX Ultra certified. The new THX IWTS-30 SR (In...
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2008  | 
MvixUSA has just announced what looks like a killer product. The Mvix MV-2500U is a multimedia center that's ready to play all your movies, music and pictures. The MV-2500U is quite small, measuring just 5 x 3 x 0.8 inches so it's a breeze to...
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2008  | 
Currently, it is extremely hip to be hating on Blu-ray and to explain to all five people who read your blog that Blu-ray won't be successful because everyone is totally happy with their upconverting  DVD players. The other herd mentality...
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2008  | 
When JVC produced the world's smallest 1.27-inch 4K2K Direct-Drive Image Light Amplifier device last June, it was lauded as completely revolutionary. Not willing to rest on its laurels, JVC just announced a 1.75-inch 8K4K D-ILA high-definition...
user  |  May 05, 2008  | 
Much to the industry's chagrin, the prevailing price for much downloaded music is free. Perhaps not coincidentally, that's the pricetag of The Slip, the new Nine Inch Nails album download.
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2008  | 
"A boxer, like a writer, must stand alone," so wrote A.J. Liebling, a journalistic contender in his own right. Similarly, in the squared circle of knock-down, drag-out consumer electronics, a video display must stand alone too. Or at least be able...
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2008  | 
Competition is a good thing, right? Competition fueled the growth of cable and satellite services as each one tries to outdo the other. Unfortunately, at least one lucrative market is a virtual monopoly, and one competitor has been sitting back,...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 02, 2008  | 
Universal will support lossless DTS-HD Master Audio in many of its initial Blu-ray releases.
SV Staff  |  May 02, 2008  | 
No sooner than the government gives you a break from the doom and gloom of the dismal economy, Circuit City has great news! Come in before Saturday, and spend your tax rebate! Now, of course, the government wanted the rebates to be an economic...
SV Staff  |  May 02, 2008  | 
Squeezebox just got bigger! One of the easiest ways to listen to streaming media throughout your house just got better. Sirius is going to make over 80 of its channels available to all versions of Squeezebox. These channels will include their...
SV Staff  |  May 02, 2008  | 
Think you've got the biggest TV on the block? In the neighborhood? Not so fast there, buddy. Big Moving Pictures (BMP) is announcing a plan to produce the world's first mobile LED screen that's going to dwarf anything currently out there. Working...
SV Staff  |  May 02, 2008  | 
Universal Studios has leaked news that's music to the ears of anyone with, well, ears. Following their commitment to Blu-ray, they're also making a commitment to use one of the best audio formats available for home consumers. Their first Blu-ray...
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2008  | 
iTune's users rejoice! No longer will you have to wait to download movies to your iPod! Just announced:  Apple has signed agreements with many major studios to allow simultaneous availability of their movies on the same day that the DVDs hit...
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2008  | 
Don't look now, but one of the windows just got a little smaller. You know - the windows. The time lag between the theatrical release of a movie, and its other releases. How many times have you heard Uncle Ernie say, "Why the heck should I...

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