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HD Deals: Yamaha 11.2-Channel Digital Receiver
SV Staff  |  Aug 10, 2009
If you're looking to upgrade your home theater check out the deals we found today on speakers and this Yamaha RX-Z11BL 11.2-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver for $4,999.95. More great HD and gadget deals* after the jump. KEF XQ30MH...
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Football on the world's biggest 1080p screen
SV Staff  |  Aug 10, 2009
It measures 160 feet wide and 72 feet high, and is the largest 1080p HDTV in the world. Cowboys Stadium, the newest stadium in the NFL, is home to this massive screen, which just showed its first football game on Saturday. Granted, it was a game of...
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Onkyo's newest receiver is a radio smorgasboard
SV Staff  |  Aug 10, 2009
Remember when radio was a simple question of AM or FM? Now there's satellite in a variety of flavors, streaming Internet radio, and even good old-fashioned terrestrial radio... in HD Radio format. Onkyo's new TX-NR807 receiver supports all of those...
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Toshiba Blu-ray Coming This Year
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 10, 2009
This will be the year when Toshiba introduces its first Blu-ray products.
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A/V Veteran
Adventures in Speakerland
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 09, 2009

As I browsed through the latest issue of <I>Stereophile</I> during a late afternoon lunch break, the waiter who brought my soup glanced at an advertisement.

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HDTV owners now in the majority
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2009
Congratulations, "early adopters" of the last decade. You're now part of the majority! For the first time ever, HDTV owners outnumber non-HDTV owners; according to the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, 53% of consumers now...
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Blu-ray Player Reviews
Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2009

Among Sony's vast array of audio/video products, a select few carry the Elevated Standard (ES) designation, which indicates the company's top-flight&mdash;and top-price&mdash;models. There are two Blu-ray player in this elite club, including the flagship BDP-S5000ES, which lists for the extravagant sum of $2000. Now that some Blu-ray players have achieved mass-market status for a tenth of that and many more can be had for $400 to $500, can Sony hope to sell many of these? Do you really get what you pay for? Let's find out...

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HD Deals: Pre order "Gladiator" on Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2009
If you've been waiting for Gladiator to hit Blu-ray your wait is nearly over. Pre order it here for a great price and check out more great HD and gadget deals* after the jump. Samsung PN50B650 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV for $1,399.00...
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Sennheiser's little headphones for big gaming
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2009
Most gaming headsets are big, bulky cans with boom mics for voice chatting. After all, when you're sitting in front of a computer, why do you need portability? Ear cups can immerse you cheaper and easier than quality ear buds, and a boom mic is...
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Runco's Ultimate Plasma TVs
Kim Wilson  |  Aug 07, 2009

Runco. always know for their premier video displays. has added multiple new 1080p plasma monitors to its line of high-end video display solutions. The five new CinemaWall and PlasmaWall displays are the world's first to feature Runco's exclusive OPAL (Optical Path ALignment) technology. While other manufacturer's seem to be abandoning plasma TV, Runco is enhancing its performance to exceed anything currently available.

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