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Wireless Goes Whoopsie
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2008  | 
One of the buzzwords coming into the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show was the intriguing wireless TV. The idea is that you can shoot video or pictures from a digital video source to a TV without so much as an HDMI cable in between. But wireless TV may...
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Cell Service
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2008  | 
Despite the air being sucked out of the room by the HD-DVD presentation that kicked-off today's Toshiba's CES press conference (you'll recall Warner just dumped Tosh's HD DVD format for Blu-ray), there was one non-HD-DVD nugget of information that...
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Designing Women . . . Sort Of
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2008  | 
“A TV designed by women, for women.” While that isn’t exactly what Philips said at their CES press conference today, it might as well have been. What they did say about their new Aurea set is that it has “feminine lines” and is designed to...
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One - Singular Sensation?
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2008  | 
When you're Harmony, the world's leading manufacturer of universal remote controls, what do you do for an encore to replace your best selling model ever? You start by listening to what your legion of satisfied customers and loyal dealers have to...
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The Unbearable Heaviness of Being HD DVD
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2008  | 
"As you can imagine, this is a tough day for me," said Jodi Sally, VP of Marketing Digital A/V for Toshiba. "I've had better." Sally's better days, to be more specific, were right before last Friday, when Warner Bros....
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Pioneer Stays True to Its Name
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2008  | 
What's this? Pioneer's Kuro line isn't the final word in the blackest TV blacks after all? Not according to Russ Johnston, the company's  executive VP of marketing for Home Entertainment. Pioneer is actually working on a new concept - the...
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CES — In My Own Room!
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2008  | 
What a difference a year makes. I walked into the same hotel and a room that seemed identical to the one I stayed during the last CES. Then, I began noticing differences: a wall-mounted widescreen TV, a clock radio with an iPod dock, and a sign on...
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Post-Holiday Clues: Books About Music
SV Staff  |  Jan 04, 2008  | 
Part 1 (see my post below) was full of tribute albums and cover songs. Now comes my second stash from 2007: The Year in Books About Music. You still have too much disposable cash left over from the holidays, right? Read (and buy) on! -Ken...
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Call them Warner Blu-thers!
SV Staff  |  Jan 04, 2008  | 
The rumors got louder and louder and today they became truth: Warner Bros. - the "Switzerland" studio in the high-def format wars (they produced Blu-ray and HD DVD discs) - just dumped the red states (HD DVD) and went exclusively Blu. A...
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Warner Goes Blu
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 04, 2008  | 
Warner Bros. -- which until now has released titles on both Blu-ray and HD DVD -- will go Blu-ray-only, Reuters reported today.
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Breaking News: Warner Moves To Blu-ray Exclusively
 |  Jan 04, 2008  | 

Hot off the presses, in a move anticipated for some time, Reuters is reporting that Warner will support only Blu-ray Disc starting in June of 2008. This move leaves only Universal and Paramount supporting HD DVD and has the obvious potential to finally end the destructive format war between Blu-ray Disc and its rival HD DVD once and for all.

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Post-Holiday Clues: Tributes, Covers
SV Staff  |  Jan 04, 2008  | 
Flush with cash from the holidays? Eager to ka-ching those checks and hit the stores? I hear ya! I help ya! All through the past year, I've been gathering nuts & nuggets, squirrel-like, that just couldn't fit into the print mag or anywhere...
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Stores to Carry Analog-TV Lifesavers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 04, 2008  | 
One of the most significant pieces of the transition from analog to digital TV broadcasting fell into place with the recent announcement that major retail chains would carry the set-top boxes necessary to keep analog sets from going dark.
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U.S. DTV Penetration Hits Milestone
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 03, 2008  | 
Digital television has passed what is arguably its most significant milestone, with DTV sets in half of American homes, says a survey by the Consumer Electronics Association.
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Gift Card, Sure, but for Whom?
SV Staff  |  Jan 02, 2008  | 
Got a gift card for the holidays? Better use it or lose it to a company that could double its money if the card isn't used within a certain period of time. Earlier this year, says Consumer Reports, the TowerGroup research firm in Needham, Mass.,...
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