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Netflix Profiles Back On Track
SV Staff  |  Jul 01, 2008
The Netflix queue system was a complete mystery in the past until Sound & Vision peaked behind the curtains to see how the system worked. Unfortunately, Netflix planned on nixing one of its best features - separate user profiles that let shared...
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Audio Video News
Mitsubishi LCDs With 16-Speaker Array
SV Staff  |  Jul 01, 2008
Mitsubishi is making some big splashes in the HDTV pool. They just announced some exciting news, which includes 3-D DLP packages with new screen sizes. But, perhaps the most exciting news is in the LCD line. Mitsubishi is releasing two new sets:...
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Audio Video News
Most CableCARDs End Up in Boxes
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 01, 2008
Here's the number of CableCARDs in circulation: about 6.6 million. Hooray! Now here's the number of CableCARDs operating in digital cable ready TVs: 372,000. Huh? Wha?!
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Other Tech
S&V's Top 50 DVDs of All Time
SV Staff  |  Jun 30, 2008

Yes, the DVDs here in the image gallery above represent some of the best movies and TV series ever made. But these are DVDs after all, and this is Sound & Vision.

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Audio Video News
Hey, Can You Help Me?
SV Staff  |  Jun 30, 2008
So it's not just me. Seriously, whenever any of my friends need advice on what stereo/MP3 player/home theater speakers/car stereo/bicycle/television they should buy, why am I first on their speed dial? Apparently, the folks at Gizmodo have the same...
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Audio Video News
Sony Downloads - Not So Fast, PS3
SV Staff  |  Jun 30, 2008
Okay, so maybe when Sony reported that they were planning on downloads for its PS3 platform, they were a little optimistic. Turns out, they're only able to confirm that they can only offer downloads from one movie studio. Wanna take a guess at...
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Audio Video News
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast, in HD
SV Staff  |  Jun 30, 2008
Finally, the execs at CBS have come to their senses. Or perhaps their higher-ups threatened to vote them off the island if they didn't do this. After 16 standard-def seasons, the new season of Survivor, based for the first time in Gabon, will be in...
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Audio Video News
Champagne Dreams - Onyko TX-SA706X
SV Staff  |  Jun 30, 2008
Champagne dreams and caviar receivers . . . you know what I'm talking about. The new Onkyo TX-SA706X is a "champagne"-colored A/V receiver. They can call it what they want - I think it's a gilded gold receiver with plenty of processing...
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Audio Video News
S&V Road Trip: SVS
SV Staff  |  Jun 30, 2008
Gasoline may be expensive as hell, but summer's arrival means road trips (just ask AAA). Heeding the season's call - or rather that of Ron Stimpson, SVS's co-founder and Director of Product and Marketing - I grabbed some CDs, hopped into my wagon,...
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LCD TV Reviews
Samsung LN52A750 LCD TV
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 30, 2008

Samsung has come a long way since the days when it was considered a second-tier bargain-basement brand. Thanks to steadily improving quality, the Korean megacorp is now one of the world's pre-eminent consumer-electronics manufacturers. I've reviewed several Samsung TVs over the years, and each one has been better than the one before.

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