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YouTube to Explore Media Retailing
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 10, 2008
YouTube is getting into the media retail business. Soon the site that feeds video clips to millions will be selling music, movies, TV shows, games, books, and concert tickets.
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Other Tech
Satellite vs. Blu-ray: DISHing up 1080p
Brent Butterworth  |  Oct 09, 2008

Audio and video often seem like nothing more than numbers games. So much is specified in some kind of figure: 7.1 channels, 200 watts, 800 lumens, 90 decibels. Sure, it's simplistic and pandering, but on the whole it's good. If Match.com could deliver this level of precision, I'd be a much happier man.

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Other Tech
Talkin’ DVD Politics with Tom Smothers
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 09, 2008

I find it interesting that you chose to start releasing The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on DVD (Time Life) with a collection of the best episodes from Season 3 (1968-69). That's the season we got fired from CBS. I was very, very, very reluctant to put this show out on home video.

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Audio Video News
Political Planetarium Projector
SV Staff  |  Oct 09, 2008
We try to stay away from politics here - my mom said to never mix business and politics. Sorry Mom, I'm about to break that rule. The curious folks over at Gizmodo picked up on something during the last presidential debate. Apparently, in an...
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Audio Video News
Xbox 360 Turning Blu
SV Staff  |  Oct 09, 2008
Check the weather - looks like a freeze might be coming. Back in the day, PS3 was Blu-ray, Xbox 360 was HD DVD. And, Toshiba was HD DVD, and still refuses to switch to Blu-ray. My, oh my, how times are changing. X-bit Labs is reporting that...
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Audio Video News
Remembering Buddy
SV Staff  |  Oct 09, 2008
We've just gotten word that a distant member of the Sound & Vision family passed on a couple weeks ago. He was the closest thing we had to a mascot and supermodel, and he was a real good sport: Buddy Butterworth, the Yellow Labrador Retriever. ...
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Audio Video News
Broadband Video Audience Doubles
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 09, 2008
The number of Americans viewing video with a browser has doubled in the past year, according to a survey by ABI Research.
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Audio Video News
$1 Blu-ray Premium From Netflix
SV Staff  |  Oct 08, 2008
Netflix has always had very reasonable rates, but if you want to keep getting Blu-ray Discs as part of your rental agreement, you're gonna have to pay to play. Not by much. The Blu-ray premium is only $1.00 per month. Is there anything to...
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Sunfire HRS home theater speaker system
Brent Butterworth  |  Oct 08, 2008
The Short Form
$3,850 (as tested) / SUNFIRE.COM / 425-335-4748
Snapshot
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Tower Speaker Reviews
SVS MTS home theater speaker system
Daniel Kumin  |  Oct 08, 2008
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