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DRM Kills Google Video Downloads
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 16, 2007  | 
In what surely must be the worst-case scenario for digital rights management, Google has informed purchasers of its video downloads that they will no longer play. They are not merely copy-protected, they are unplayable under any circumstances.
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Phil Rizzuto: Heaven Couldn't Wait
SV Staff  |  Aug 15, 2007  | 
Here's a tip of the Yankee cap - or whatever hat you're wearing, baseball fan - to Phil Rizzuto, the Bronx Bombers' shortstopping/broadcasting Scooter, who died Monday night at the age of 89. If you're looking for the sports story here . . ....
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Thin is In At Sharp
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 15, 2007  | 

Sharp launched a handsome new line of thin, lightweight LCD flat panel AQUOS HDTVs at a press event held Tuesday August 14th, 2007 at New York's The Weather Room at Top of the Rock. Sharp's Bob Scaglione introduced the new, four model 1080p space-saving D64U line, telling members of the press that the space-saving, stylish looking new sets, which feature bezels that are 25% thinner and weigh 20% less than previous models, are also the thinnest Aquos models Sharp has ever produced, measuring just 3 3/4" deep.

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UMG Joins EMI in Nixing DRM
SV Staff  |  Aug 14, 2007  | 
As a follow-up to Ken Pohlmann's story on Apple and EMI vs. DRM: The Universal Music Group has announced that it, too, will begin selling its catalog online without Digital Rights Management. However, Universal won't be making its entire catalog...
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Mock-DVR Shoves Ads Down Your Throat
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 14, 2007  | 
Here's the good news: Time Warner Cable subscribers will be able to view already-aired programming at the touch of a button. And now here's the bad news: The fast-forward function is disabled.
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Van Halen: Tourin' with the Diamond!
SV Staff  |  Aug 13, 2007  | 
"Diamond" David Lee Roth, that is - and to (cleanly) quote the T-shirt that Stella McCartney wore to her Dad's solo induction into the Roll & Roll Hall of Fame: About F---ing Time! Yes, the big Van Halen tour was announced just a...
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Ingmar, Michelangelo . . . and Merv
SV Staff  |  Aug 13, 2007  | 
The answer is: Dying within two weeks of each other, these three titans influenced visual media immeasurably. Who were Ingmar Bergman, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Merv Griffin? That's correct for $1,000! Ah yes, in the Arts & Entertainment...
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THX Introduces Loudness Plus
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 13, 2007  | 
THX has a new trick up its sleeve. In addition to Blackbird, that is.
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Universal to Test No-DRM Downloads
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 10, 2007  | 
Recent moves by Universal Music Group, the world's largest music label, may result in a more freewheeling DRM-free download retail environment.
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Toshiba Leaks, Er, Bows 3rd Gen HD DVD Players
 |  Aug 09, 2007  | 

Late last week Amazon inadvertently posted and started taking pre-orders on 3rd-gen HD DVD players from Toshiba. The posts were quickly pulled, but obviously the cat was out of the bag. This week Toshiba went ahead and offically announced the trio of third generation players, which will go on sale in September and October.

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Purple Fudge
SV Staff  |  Aug 09, 2007  | 
How's this for a double bill - Vanilla Fudge and Deep Purple at Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday night (8/7). Or, to be more specific, the original Vanilla Fudge and Deep Purple Mark 8. Either way, it was a must-do event. Local Long Island boys...
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David Gilmour on Blu-ray and HD DVD
SV Staff  |  Aug 09, 2007  | 
Hot on the heels of the big Led Zeppelin announcement (see my post below) comes word that David Gilmour's imminent DVD, Remember That Night: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Columbia), will also be available on both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. Each of...
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Sharp: LCD Prices to Drop 25%
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 09, 2007  | 
Just when you thought HDTV prices couldn't go any lower, Sharp is forecasting a 25 percent drop for larger LCD-based flat panels.
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Swingin' at the Vineyard with Pete Farrelly
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2007  | 
Of all the directors I've ever talked to, no two have ever taken the same approach to watching movies at home - which isn't too surprising, since each has had an extremely idiosyncratic approach to making movies.   Pete, with his son Bob...
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Hazy, Hot, and Humid? Merry Christmas!
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2007  | 
What a day : NJ train late, NYC subways halted, temperature headed to 97º, humidity already at 5,000%. By the time I melted in to work today (having walked/sweated 20 blocks, my chestnuts long since roasted), I wasn't merely ready to let it snow....
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