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Rent Tunes on iTunes?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 27, 2008
Apple is thinking about an all-you-can-eat subscription policy for iTunes--true or false?
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Audio Video News
Floyd's Buzzes Customers with HDTV
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2008
Your hair doesn't grow faster when you watch HDTV, but it might make it seem like your follicles get clipped quicker when you're at Floyd's 99 Barbershop. Floyd's is one of the more prominent national chains in the throwback trend toward ole'...
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Audio Video News
A TV So Bright, You’ve Gotta Wear Shades
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2008
Runco is showing a prototype of a weatherproof TV you can watch in direct sunlight. It’s really not that hard to make a TV that can weather a rainstorm, but making one that can compete with the sun? Now there’s a trick. Runco just may have pulled...
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Audio Video News
HDTV: You Better Shop Around
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2008
Where did you buy your HDTV? Depending on your priorities and number of hours spent researching, you could have shopped at a chain store like Best Buy, a discount department store like Wal-Mart or Sears, or taken a risk and bought a set online from...
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Audio Video News
Netflix-to-Xbox Movie Rentals Coming Soon?
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2008
Snail-mail DVD rental company Netflix hasn't officially said it plans to allow downloads of movies via Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console, but all clues point in that direction. Let's add them up, shall we? 1. Microsoft nixed Blu-ray on its game...
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Audio Video News
Pow! Classic Batman Gets Blu-ray Boost
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2008
Quick, to the Batcave! Fox Home Entertainment wants you to enjoy a souped-up Blu-ray version of the original Batman movie in the privacy of your home theater weeks before Warner's newer Batman Begins shows up in Blu-ray and The Dark Knight appears...
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Tower Speaker Reviews
Canton Chrono Series Speaker System
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 26, 2008
Chrono logical.

The Canton Chrono Series seems to have a split personality. With the grilles off, you can’t help noticing the gleaming diamond-etched aluminum trim rings that hold the almost equally flashy aluminum drivers. With the grilles on, the floorstanding models become impassive black totems, complemented by equally self-effacing centers, stand-mounts, and subs. The only hint of style is a glossy lacquered fiberboard baffle that twinkles slightly on close inspection under a bright light.

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Audio Video News
Point: Blu-ray's Already Over
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2008
[THE FOLLOWING IS THE FIRST STANCE IN A POINT-COUNTERPOINT DEBATE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF BLU-RAY. THE OPINION IS THAT OF TECH WRITER COREY GREENBERG. TO READ THE REBUTTAL, CLICK ON THE LINK AT THE END.] I don't know if I'm the first CE writer to say...
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Counterpoint: Blu-ray's Just Begun
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2008
[THE FOLLOWING IS A REBUTTAL TO "POINT: BLU-RAY'S ALREADY OVER."] Corey, you ignorant misguided slut. Corey, you flannel-clad dilettante Corey . . . Dude, I understand your pain. We've all been there. You have, what mental health...
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HDTV SetupHDTV Tech
Are You Getting All of the HDTV Resolution You Expected? Round 4
Gary Merson  |  Mar 26, 2008
The rest of the 07 crop.

In the November 2007 issue, I tested 74 HDTVs for their ability to process 1080i signals, the highest resolution standard found on most of the broadcast and cable networks. A number of the remaining HDTVs to be introduced in 2007 arrived too late for our November issue. We decided to follow up with some more displays. Due to space constraints, this article will refer to previous articles more than we normally do. On the bright side, all the articles mentioned (including the November 2007 test) are available on this site.

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