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HD Deals: Xbox Live Gold for $30
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2010
If you are a serious Xbox 360 gamer you might want to disable your auto-renewal account for your Live membership right now, after the deal we found today: Xbox Live Gold for $30 (normally $50). And this is a perfect time for all of you who still...
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Apple patent points to potential portable DVR
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2010
Apple has been both incredibly slow to adopt new features, and yet cutting edge with new ideas for its portable media players. It took forever for the iPhone to get stereo Bluetooth support, but there's an app for darn near everything. It took...
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Iron Man 2 is coming to IMAX screens
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2010
First, I should make it clear that Iron Man 2 was not actually shot on IMAX cameras. If that's a deal breaker for you, which it very well may be, you can just stop reading now. For those who are still on-board for watcing a giant Tony Stark...
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Here Come First 3D BDs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 15, 2010
Sony and Disney are first out of the gate with 3D-compatible movies on Blu-ray.
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Other Tech
Gadget Gary: Sonos ZonePlayer S5
Gary Dell'Abate  |  Jan 14, 2010

My love for Sonos is no secret. You'd think I own stock in the company - full disclosure: I don't! - but you have to love a music-delivery product that starts out great and just keeps getting better.

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CES 2011
15 Miles
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jan 14, 2010

Another CES has come and gone. This was my 15th, near as I can figure—an odd coincidence, since, according to my pedometer, I walked nearly 15 miles during the 2010 geekfest.

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CES 2011
On the Road Again
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jan 14, 2010

Driving from Las Vegas to LA, I had to stop and get a picture of my favorite highway sign, which marks the exit to Zzyzx, California, an unincorporated settlement in San Bernardino County and the former site of the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa that is now occupied by the California State University Desert Studies Center. My ride was a 2010 Lincoln MKZ on loan from THX so I could evaluate the car's THX-certified multichannel sound system. I played a wide variety of music on CD and DVD-Audio, including jazz, classical, and rock as well as two CDs I recorded—one with my wife, Joanna Cazden, and the other with my avant-garde trio Many Axes.

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Ultimate Ears 18 Pro Custom Monitors have six speakers
SV Staff  |  Jan 14, 2010
We know first hand that there are a lot of great in-ear headphone options out there, but the new custom jobs from Ultimate Ears are next level. Like with their other made-to-order monitors, each pair is created from an impression of your ear canal...
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Music Price-Fixing Suit Proceeds
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 14, 2010
Have the major labels colluded to fix the price of downloads at a minimum of 70 cents per track? That's what plaintiffs are alleging in a federal lawsuit. The suit had been thrown out by one court but another has ruled that it may proceed.
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Hitachi Ultravision L46S603 46-inch LCD HDTV
Rob Sabin  |  Jan 13, 2010
Key Features
$1,299 Hitachi.us/tv
• 5 HDMI inputs • Reel120 Motion 120-Hz processi
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