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HD Deals: Video Game Credit Deal
SV Staff  |  Oct 28, 2009
We all can agree that video games aren't the cheapest things to buy during the Holidays, so hopefully today's deal will help early shoppers slash their expense a little: Amazon.com is offering a $40 game credit when you spend $80 on a...
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How To Prevent "The Pause" When Switching HD Channels
SV Staff  |  Oct 28, 2009
Question: My high-def DirecTV receiver connects to my Pioneer Pro-111FD plasma HDTV through a Pioneer SC-07 A/V receiver. When I’m changing channels, there can be a significant pause before the new channel is displayed. It seems that the TV is...
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Will Streaming Bring Metered Net?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 28, 2009
Netflix, Blockbuster, and other online program providers are cutting deals left and right to get their services into various devices. But many of these scenarios hinge on an important assumption--that consumers have fixed-price internet service to bring all those audiovisual bits into the home. This assumption may not be viable indefinitely, as internet service providers are now threatening to shift from all-you-can-eat plans to metered, usage-based pricing.
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PIP, Bi-Amping, Burn-In
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 27, 2009
PIP, PIP, Cheerio!
Why is it difficult to find new TVs with PIP (picture-in-picture). I'm looking for a new set to watch multiple sports channels on, so motion blur is also an issue.
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HD Deals: Poltergeist on Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2009
If you want to get a good scare out of your party guests on Halloween then there's no better movie to do that than Poltergeist. And we just happened to find a deal on the Blu-ray just before the holiday. More HD and gadget deals* after the...
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Roku rocks out with two new players
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2009
Roku is making a nice sandwich out of its line-up, with new offerings priced above and below its popular Roku HD streaming media player. On the high end, Roku has announced the HD-XR player, an updated Roku HD player with 802.11n wireless...
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PlayStation Gets Netflix Streaming
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 27, 2009
The video streaming news just keeps on coming. Latest word is that Netflix streaming will penetrate Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console.
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Hands On With 5 New iPod Docks
 |  Oct 26, 2009

Future historians seeking a thumbnail to represent the early 21st century would do well to select an image of an iPod. More than 200 million iPods have been sold worldwide, and it's a universally recognized symbol of newmillennium technology. Moreover, the iPod's arrival signaled the beginning of the Advanced Personalization of Audio, wherein playlists expanded from tens of songs to thousands.

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HD Deals: Xbox 360 For Under $200
SV Staff  |  Oct 26, 2009
Get your hands on an Xbox 360 for under $200 with this deal. More HD and gadget deals* after the jump. Apple MacBook Pro MB990LL/A 13.3" for $999.00 (normally $1,199.00).Gears of War 2 for $26.95 (normally $39.95).Philips 42PFL5704D/F7...
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Premiere Design
Glass Ear
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 26, 2009

The materials used to make speaker diaphragms are well established&#151;polypropylene, paper, Kevlar, aluminum, titanium, beryllium, silk, and even diamond, to name a few. So I was surprised to find a speaker system with diaphragms made of glass. Developed over nearly four years by a Japanese glass company called <A href="http://www.harioglass.com">Hario</A> (Japanese for "king of glass"), the Harion system is certainly intriguing, though the English-language website linked here has nothing about it, and the company did not supply much info, even after repeated requests.

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