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TiVo Premiere Debuts
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 03, 2010

TiVo is one of the most recognizable brands in all of consumer electronics—so much so that the name of the company has become a verb in the popular lexicon, much like Xerox. After years of anticipation, TiVo today announced the next generation of its DVR platform—Premiere and Premiere XL.

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Soundbar, TV Setup, Multichannel Music
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 03, 2010
Ill-Advised Combo
I have a very large room with high ceilings and a loft, and I have a 5.1 system with satellite speakers. Will a Polk SurroundBar 360 work together with the speaker system I have, or does it work only by itself?
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Audio Video News
Marantz BD Buyers Get Free Roku
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 03, 2010
Purchasers of Marantz Blu-ray players will get a free Roku video streaming box between now and March 31.
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Audio Video News
TiVo Premiere and Premiere XL coming in April
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2010
 Walking past the TiVo booth at press events has been a little painful for a while now. They were always touting a new partnership or somethingl like that, but the same, increadingly old hardware still sat there on the table. But now...
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Audio Video News
By a Marantz Blu-ray player, get a free Roku HD
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2010
Marantz has a new promotion to get people to buy its Blu-ray Disc players: free stuff. Starting today, if you buy a Marantz Blu-ray player, you can get a Roku HD for free. Specifically, you can get a full rebate for the device by printing out and...
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Premiere Design
Tidal Sunray Tower Speaker
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 02, 2010

Most of the products on display at CES are new to the world market, but there are a few exceptions. For example, the Sunray speaker from Germany's <A href="http://tidal-audio.com/english/startenglish.htm">Tidal Audio</A> has been available for several years, but not in the USA&#151;until now. North American distributor <A href="http://www.aaudioimports.com">Aaudio Imports</A> used CES 2010 as the venue to introduce the Sunray to the American audiophile community.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Old Dogs (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Mar 02, 2010

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/olddogs.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Dan (Robin Williams) and his best friend and business partner Charlie (John Travolta) are on the verge of a big sports marketing deal when their lives are turned upside down by a surprise visit from a former one night stand of Dan's. Their brief liaison seven years earlier produced twins and his ex-fling (Kelly Preston) needs him to watch the kids for a couple of weeks while she spends some time in the pokey.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Ponyo (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Mar 02, 2010

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/ponyo.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Walking on the beach near his home, a five-year old boy named Sosuke (voiced by Frankie Jonas) finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle. He releases the tiny creature and names his new friend Ponyo (Noah Lindsey Cyrus). As the two grow closer, she reveals to him that she's the daughter of a powerful wizard (Liam Neeson) and a sea goddess (Cate Blanchett). When she magically transforms herself into a real human girl it creates a dangerous imbalance in nature which threatens to destroy Sosuke's home.

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Audio Video News
3D May Be Unhealthy
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 02, 2010
Viewing 3D video can cause headache and blurred vision, according to a study undertaken at the University of California at Berkeley.
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PSN bug still affecting fat PS3s [UPDATED]
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2010
 If you're a PS3 user, but you don't have one of the newer slim models, Sony would appreciate it if you didn't fire up your console until they can find a viable fix for the clock bug that's currently beating up their...
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