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Beeb Meets BitTorrent
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 16, 2009
BitTorrenting is often regarded as a scruffy and perhaps slightly criminal medium. But it will soon gain new respectability when the venerable British Broadcasting Corporation allows a new show to be torrented.
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Other Tech
Tech Trends '09: Tech Goes Green
Will Greenwald  |  Apr 15, 2009

No matter your favorite color, green should be one of the first you consider when buying electronics. All A/V gear has the potential to be environmentally unfriendly; depending on its power consumption and its construction, your new HDTV could be anything from a modest electricity sipper to a toxic, power-guzzling time bomb.

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The Big Picture
I've Been Framed!
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 15, 2009

<I>I'm currently in the final stages of framing a theater room. The walls are up and electrical/drywall is next. I framed up a spot for a Mitsubishi 73-inch RPTV, but now I'm having second thoughts. I'm scared away from the disappearing RPTV category, but I've ruled out front projection because my memory of projector pictures is that they looked pretty bad. On the other hand, I admit that I'm not up on the latest technology.

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Audio Video News
InFocus sold to holding company for $39 million
SV Staff  |  Apr 15, 2009
InFocus, one of the big names in digital projectors, has announced that it will be acquired by the Image Holdings Corporation. IHC will buy all outstanding shares at $0.95 per share, totaling around $39 million. Both InFocus' president Bob...
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Audio Video News
JBL and Roxy fuse forces, foment fashion
SV Staff  |  Apr 15, 2009
Audio company JBL and clothing makers Roxy have announced a partnership to produce a line of fashion-minded portable audio equipment. Next month, the companies will release a series of Roxy-branded ear buds and headphones targeted at...
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Audio Video News
Circuit City Assets to Be Acquired
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 15, 2009
The contents of Circuit City's coffin are likely to be snapped up by a sharp-eyed operator called Systemax.
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Other Tech
Tech Trends '09: HDTV Unplugged
Kevin James  |  Apr 14, 2009

With the high-def disc war now firmly in its rearview mirror, the consumer electronics industry is girding for its next skirmish: the battle to see which of the various new wireless HDMI technologies will emerge as the de facto standard.

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Xbox 360, Bose Cubes, Extended Warranties
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 14, 2009
Don't Hold Your Breath
I was wondering if you could provide any info about streaming from a Media Center PC to an Xbox 360 acting as a Media Center Extender. I asked Xbox tech support if there are any plans to allow streaming from a Blu-ray drive on a PC to an Xbox 360. I could not get any kind of straight answer. Any info you could dig up would be greatly appreciated and possibly keep me from spending 400-500 bucks on a standalone player.
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Audio Video News
Blockbuster on Life Support
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 14, 2009
After denying it was considering bankruptcy, Blockbuster is closer than ever to calling it quits. According to a recent story in the Wall Street Journal, auditors from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said in a financial filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that they had "substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern."
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Tech Trends '09: Taking You Higher
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 13, 2009

When 7.1-channel surround sound came out a few years ago, no one knew if people would buy it. And no one knew if Hollywood would produce 7.1-channel soundtracks. But there's one thing everyone knew: Someday, somebody would come up with even more channels.

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