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Verizon FiOS Rollout to Slow
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 31, 2010
Verizon will slow the rollout of its FiOS fiber optic video/internet/phone service, creating winners and losers in its service area. Among the winners are New York City, Washington DC, and Philadelphia, where existing projects will be completed. But FiOS will not be coming to Baltimore, downtown Boston, and other areas.
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Home Theater Geeks Podcast
Podcast 14: Floyd Toole
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 30, 2010  |  First Published: Mar 31, 2010
Floyd Toole, retired Vice President of Acoustical Engineering for Harman International, talks about live vs. recorded music, 2-channel vs. multichannel music, concert halls and small home-theater rooms, subwoofer placement, subjective vs. objective evaluations of speakers, and more.

Run Time: 1:28:45

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Blockbuster might drop off of NYSE
SV Staff  |  Mar 30, 2010
Things are going from bad to worse for Blockbuster. Store closings, bleak financial statements, and now the company could potentially be dropped from the New York Stock Exchange. According to Forbes today, Blockbuster has fallen below the market...
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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
The Man-Cave Horror Theater
Tom Spina  |  Mar 30, 2010

When movie prop collector (and long-time Tom Spina Designs client) Wesley Cannon told us his dream of having rooms in his home themed like an actual cave, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a more literal stab at the phrase "Man Cave." The result is a pair of richly themed and incredibly unique rooms in his new North Carolina home.

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Is RadioShack on the Block?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 30, 2010
RadioShack, the national electronics retailer that always has that gizmo or adapter you need, may soon be sold to or merged with Best Buy or another large chain, reports the New York Post.
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Higher-res Slingplayer coming to the iPad, Windows Phone 7
SV Staff  |  Mar 30, 2010
Former Sling staffer, Dave Zats has some information about the placeshifting outfit's plans for the upcoming Apple iPad, as well as Windows Phone 7. His post isn't loaded with specifics, but it does confirm the fact that the Sling team is...
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TiVo Premiere now available
SV Staff  |  Mar 29, 2010
The newest TiVo is finally available to the public, after months of waiting and a year or two of sheer speculation. The TiVo Premiere is now on sale in two different flavors, ready for installation in your home theater. The TiVo Premiere features...
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Other Tech
The Red Menace
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 29, 2010

You've probably seen them outside the supermarket. You know - those big red vending machines. But instead of a soda for $1.25, you get a movie. For $1. Swipe your credit/debit card, and the disc is all yours for the night. That's Redbox, and the machines are popping up everywhere, ready to supply the masses with low-commitment, impulse-rental DVDs. With 20,000 machines, each holding about 500 discs, Redbox is making tons of money. And some Hollywood studios are going ballistic.

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Interview: Tom Petty On The Live Anthology Box Set Page 2
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 29, 2010

To disregard the hi-fi end of what we do is wrong," says Tom Petty of his decision to include a Blu-ray Disc with 62 live tracks mixed in 5.1 as part of the Deluxe Edition of his career-spanning boxed set with the Heartbreakers, The Live Anthology (Reprise). That edition, is impressive indeed. Besides the Blu-ray, it comprises five live CDs, two DVDs with two previously unreleased shows, one vinyl LP, a book, lithographs, and other goodies.

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Interview: Tom Petty On The Live Anthology Box Set
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 29, 2010

To disregard the hi-fi end of what we do is wrong,” says Tom Petty of his decision to include a Blu-ray Disc with 62 live tracks mixed in 5.1 as part of the Deluxe Edition of his career-spanning boxed set with the Heartbreakers, The Live Anthology (Reprise). That edition, is impressive indeed. Besides the Blu-ray, it comprises five live CDs, two DVDs with two previously unreleased shows, one vinyl LP, a book, lithographs, and other goodies.

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