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Broadband Video Audience Doubles
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 09, 2008
The number of Americans viewing video with a browser has doubled in the past year, according to a survey by ABI Research.
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$1 Blu-ray Premium From Netflix
SV Staff  |  Oct 08, 2008
Netflix has always had very reasonable rates, but if you want to keep getting Blu-ray Discs as part of your rental agreement, you're gonna have to pay to play. Not by much. The Blu-ray premium is only $1.00 per month. Is there anything to...
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Sunfire HRS home theater speaker system
Brent Butterworth  |  Oct 08, 2008
The Short Form
$3,850 (as tested) / SUNFIRE.COM / 425-335-4748
Snapshot
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Tower Speaker Reviews
SVS MTS home theater speaker system
Daniel Kumin  |  Oct 08, 2008
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Audio Video News
Ladies' Night at Best Buy
SV Staff  |  Oct 08, 2008
Best Buy is ditching the yellow and blue and going for pink. Figuratively, that is. In an effort to appeal to more women shoppers, a few of the new stores in Denver are doing to be redecorated. Not in pink, but for some reason, someone feels that...
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Audio Video News
TiVo Wins, DISH Denied
SV Staff  |  Oct 08, 2008
Isn't patent law fascinating? TiVo has owned the patent for, well, TiVo'ing. Their ability to time-shift while recording a show was a patented process, and DISH's DVRs were violating that patent. The damages stretch back over two years. The first...
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Upgrade Fever Hits Samsung BD
SV Staff  |  Oct 08, 2008
Samsung's BD-P1500 is getting better. BD Live is the next big thing to hit Blu-ray players, and it's now available as an upgrade for the Samsung BD-P1500. The upgrade is available as a download that you can get two ways. Connect the player to the...
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A/V Veteran
Black and Blu
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 08, 2008

In a recent e-mail, an old friend and audio reviewer asked about Blu-ray players. I tried to steer him away (successfully, I hope) from what he thought was a good deal on an new, unused first generation Sony Blu-ray player. The seller had apparently almost convinced him that this was some sort of undiscovered gem, akin (though in a different application) to the early, tank-like SACD players held in high regard by some audiophiles.

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The Big Picture
Was I Wrong?
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 08, 2008

As many of you know by now, I appear as a weekly guest on <A href="http://techguylabs.com"><I>The Tech Guy</I></A>, a nationally syndicated call-in radio program hosted by Leo Laporte. During a recent show, I was explaining the difference between 1080i and 1080p, a confusing subject to be sure. Shortly after the show, I got a rather long e-mail from John Sullivan pointing out what he thought were mistakes in my explanation. I'll interlace my responses with his comments...

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VUDU Goes HDX
Kim Wilson  |  Oct 08, 2008

VUDU Inc., has unveiled HDX, a high definition video format that delivers full HD 1080p material using the company's existing set-top box. Content is delivered over the Internet and optimized for 40 inch and larger HDTVs. According to VUDU, the HDX content is the highest quality available from any Internet, broadcast, cable, or satellite on-demand service. HDX movies are available to all VUDU customers and will be rented for the same price as standard HD titles.

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