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Comcast Online Venture Attracts Networks
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 17, 2009
Cable networks can't get enough of a soon-to-begin Comcast trial of the On Demand Online video service. It would let cable viewers access shows online for no extra cost beyond the regular subscription fee and some ads.
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Audio Video News
The two best things in the world under one roof
SV Staff  |  Jul 16, 2009
The Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles hosts what might be the only place that combines the two greatest passions of the world's most serious connoisseurs: vinyl records and barbecue. Territory BBQ + Records merges a shack-style barbecue...
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HD Deals: Free Vudu with Mitsubishi TVs
SV Staff  |  Jul 16, 2009
We spend a lot of time reading and researching home theater gear, so we see our fair share of good deals on gear. From now on, we’re going to share those deals* with you. Today we have a free $150 version of the wonderful Vudu box and $50 worth of...
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Audio Video News
Samsung and Blockbuster Get Hitched
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 16, 2009
With Netflix signing streaming deals with everyone in sight, it was only a matter of time till Blockbuster cut a streaming deal with a major manufacturer--and Samsung is pretty major. Blockbuster streaming will come to Samsung HDTVs and Blu-ray players with the first models coming this fall.
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Audio Video News
Verizon Fios TV Adds Facebook, Twitter
SV Staff  |  Jul 15, 2009
Verizon must think we don’t get enough social-media updating via our computers or hand-held devices, with its new plan to bring those types of services to our TVs. Just announced today, Verizon FiOS Tv has worked with social media giants...
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Audio Video News
HD Travels to Theater via BitTorrent
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 15, 2009
What's the best way to get super-high-res HD movies to your neighborhood moviehouse? An experiment in Norway suggests an unlikely answer: BitTorrent.
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AV GlossaryOther Tech
Tune In, Turn Down, Turn On!
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jul 14, 2009
THX, Dolby, and Audyssey deliver reference-level punch at lower volumes.

You know the drill. You’re just getting into the latest action blockbuster on your new home theater rig when a still, small voice wafts gently into your SPL-addled ear. “Isn’t that a bit loud?” Or perhaps the voice comes screeching in from another room. “I can’t hear myself think in here.” Or there’s a knock at the front door from the men in blue, demanding that you surrender your assault rifle in exchange for a fun stay in the slam with Tony the Hammer.

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7.1 vs. 5.1, HTIBs, Dolby Headphone
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jul 14, 2009
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With Blu-ray's storage capacity, lossless codecs, and 7.1 receivers, why aren't the vast majority of Blu-ray movies released with 7.1 audio? Are movie distributors/production companies just cheap or lazy? Did I just waste my money installing a 7.1 setup?
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Audio Video News
New Gear: Insignia’s Portable HD Radio
SV Staff  |  Jul 14, 2009
 HD radio is still playing catch-up to terrestrial and satellite, and they’re hoping the first portable rig will be a step in that direction. You can go to Best Buy tonight and buy it for $50 with no added subscription fee. The Insignia...
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Premiere Design
Diamond John
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jul 14, 2009

John Bowers founded British speaker giant <A href="http://www.bowers-wilkins.com">Bowers & Wilkins</A> in 1965, hand assembling speakers in the back of an electronics shop he ran with Roy Wilkins in Worthing, England. Nearly 45 years later, B&W has become one of the world's pre-eminent speaker companies, thanks in part to the spirit of innovation embodied in its flagship 800 series.

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