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It's Official: JVC and Kenwood Merge
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 16, 2008
Last summer we reported that JVC and Kenwood were contemplating a merger. It appears the merger is about to become official, pending a June 27 shareholder meeting. The new company will be called JVC Kenwood Holdings Inc.
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Who Needs Dinner When I Can Buy a TV?
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2008
Honey, pass the Puppy Chow and hand me the remote. In a time of economic woes, Wal-Mart has posted earnings that are up 6.9%. While many folks are struggling to make their house payments, where's the profit coming from? Oddly enough, it's the...
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More Sling
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2008
Audio and video placeshifting technology: That's what Sling Media does, and does well. If you just got back from the ISS (motto: "Urine doesn't taste so bad!") you might not know about SlingBox. Slingbox "slings" AV signals. It...
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A Lifetime of TiVo
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2008
Woohoo!!! Celebrate good times, come on! Let's celebrate! TiVo's Lifetime Service is back! For fans of the TiVo service, this can be great news. Plus, unlike what others are reporting, a quick phone call to TiVo customer service revealed that the...
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Samsung: Singing the Blues at 240Hz
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2008
There have been plenty of new developments in plasma displays lately, but here's some interesting news from Samsung in the LCD world. Samsung just revealed the world's first LCD screen driven at 240Hz. The new "Blue Phase" LCD panel is a...
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For Product Opinions, Consumers Trust Friends
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 15, 2008
When you need an authoritative opinion on a prospective purchase, who you gonna call?
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The Big Picture
Japan, Day 1+1
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 15, 2008

It's really strange&mdash;and a little unsettling&mdash;being without Internet access, though it's also kind of refreshing to unplug from the constant torrent of incoming information and spam for a little while. After a long day of bus rides, factory tours, and presentations by Epson execs, we ended up at a hotel in Matsumoto (near Nagano) with futons for beds on woven-wicker <I>tatami</I> floors.

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Toshiba's Turning Green
SV Staff  |  May 14, 2008
Toshiba changed their stripes when Blu-ray demolished HD DVD. So, in addition to abandoning red, they're going green. Methanol fuel, produced naturally from a variety of sources, is the main component in Toshiba's Direct Methanol Fuel Cells....
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Women and Children First
SV Staff  |  May 14, 2008
The Korea Times is reporting that Samsung and LG will stop making Blu-ray/HD DVD combo players. This is another blow to the fast-sinking HD DVD luxury liner. Cutting their losses, and also cutting the throats of early adopters who adopted the wrong...
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To Infinity and Beyond
SV Staff  |  May 14, 2008
Consider something really bright (like the sun on a sunny day) and something really dark (like under your covers at night). That span from light to dark can be expressed as a contrast ratio; the human eye has good ability in that regard. Now...
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