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Shane Buettner | Jan 13, 2009

A number of things have dovetailed into this Blog in the last week and a half. A NY Times article landed downplaying the success Blu-ray is having thus far and its future prospects, and, IMO, vastly overrating the current and future prospects of movie streaming and downloads. A massive wave of CE products launched at CES that connect to Internet-driven content, adding some fuel to this fire, and well, NPR called me in the middle of the show to get my take on this, which you can read and listen to here.

Audio Video News

New iTunes Price List

SV Staff | Jan 13, 2009

Lost in the shuffle of CES was rather interesting news from iTunes. The iTunes stores is going offer all of their music in iTunes Plus -- DRM-free (without copy-protection) and at a higher-quality bit rate. The 256 kbps AAC files were...

Audio Video News

DTV Transition May Be Delayed

Mark Fleischmann | Jan 13, 2009

Acting in response to consumer-group complaints, the Obama transition team has asked the Federal Communications to delay the DTV transition.

Audio Video News

Sony's First Op Loss in 14 Years

SV Staff | Jan 13, 2009

Sony has always seemed a fortress in the electronics world - unshakable, until recently. Sony is expected to post a loss of about $1.1 billion for 2007 and 2008 -- the first loss posted by the corporation in 14 years. Ouch. What...

Other Tech

3-D: IT'S BACK!

Kevin James | Jan 12, 2009