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URC MX-980 Universal Remote and MRF-350 with Light Control
David Vaughn  |  Dec 29, 2008

Who needs a universal remote? As far as I'm concerned, just about anyone with a media system, even as simple as a DVD player connected to a TV. Almost every piece of A/V equipment sold today offers its own remote with "universal" functionality, but these are cumbersome and offer limited programmability compared to third-party remotes.

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Philips Lights Up Times Square for New Years Eve
SV Staff  |  Dec 29, 2008
Philips has been slowly pulling out of the entertainment side of consumer electronics, but they're still a major player in the lighting industry. This year's Times Square Ball is going to be bigger, brighter, and surprisingly greener than...
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The Trends of CES 2008: Where Are They Now?
SV Staff  |  Dec 28, 2008
Every January, tech journalists resist the beckoning buffets and the call of the craps tables long enough to get neck-deep in a pile of gadgets so enormous that its almost like its own ecosystem. Trends can emerge and then dissipate over the course of just one week; a week in which we learn about which gadgets we'll be lusting after for the next 365 days or so.
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Sensio Live 3D Adds 50 Theaters to the Party
SV Staff  |  Dec 27, 2008
The 3D field is getting busy. Sensio, who is already working in the consumer market with JVC, is bringing live 3D broadcasts to an additional 50 cinemas throughout the US.  The first 50 licenses were sold in July. Sensio's system is...
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Yamaha's New DVX-700 HTiB
SV Staff  |  Dec 26, 2008
Yamaha is just releasing a new home-theater-in-a-box, the DVX-700. It's a small system - 2.1-channel with an upconverting DVD player. This elegant system features two front speakers with a 2.125-inch woofer and a 1-inch tweeter. The separate...
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Best Buy Branching Out In Spanish and Korean
SV Staff  |  Dec 26, 2008
Instead of sitting back and watching minority shoppers go elsewhere, Best Buy is launching an all-out attempt to lure in Latino and Korean shoppers into their stores in areas with large populations of these shoppers. Brilliant.Best Buy had a...
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Warner Music Bails on YouTube
SV Staff  |  Dec 26, 2008
Warner Music Group can't catch a break. While most music labels are trying to find any revenue they can, Warner just pulled out of a contract with YouTube. Considering how many people go to YouTube to find new music, this move is pretty...
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Size Does Matter
SV Staff  |  Dec 26, 2008
Have you noticed recent advertisements for TVs use "classes" to describe the size category? It's not a 32-inch TV, it's a 32-inch Class TV. Is this why my new 37-inch TV doesn't fit in the same armoire that my old set fit...
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53 Days...
SV Staff  |  Dec 26, 2008
Okay.  At this very moment, it's 53 days, 11 hours and 13 minutes until the DTV transition. We keep talking about it, but the National Telecommunications and Information Administration wants everyone to hustle up and get ready. 22...
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Rest In Peace, VHS
SV Staff  |  Dec 25, 2008
We know it's been a dying format, but alas, VHS is officially gone. It celebrated its last Christmas, toasted its last New Year.  Back in October, the last truckload of VHS tapes were moved out of a warehouse in Florida, and anything...
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