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Price Cut on Wireless Video Glasses
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2008
The future is now. And dorky looking too. But it's on sale, so who cares? YelloMosquito just lowered the price on their Qingbar GP300 wireless video glasses. The GP300 were the world's first wireless LCOS video glasses with a media player built...
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Blockbuster Blunder?
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2008
You don't need to have a business degree or know how to balance your checkbook to know this is just not a good idea. Blockbuster is launching a test program of download kiosks in their stores -- customers come in with a portable storage device or...
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Sony Raises a Glass
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2008
Sony just announced a new speaker that's quite unique. The new Sountina NSA-PF1 is a glass speaker. The Sountina is based on a vibrating glass tube. Sound is omni-directional, as the tube vibrates three-dimensionally in all directions. Afraid it...
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Netflix Nixing DVD?
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2008
News from the Netflix Investor Day was quite interesting. The CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, said that the DVD-by-mail business will peak in as soon as five years. What? That's not going to inspire confidence in investors, will it? Good news for...
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Sony Signs Tru2Way Pact
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 29, 2008
Sony has signed an agreement with six major cable operators to make its products compatible with the new bidirectional, or Tru2Way, CableCARD standard. Unlike the original unidirectional CableCARD, the updated standard accommodates video on demand.
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Theory of REL-ativity
Michael Trei  |  May 28, 2008
Theory of Relativity S REL T1 B REL TI While subwoofers are a dime a dozen these days, few companies take this Rodney Dangerfield of the speaker world quite as seriously as Britain's REL.
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Warner's Watchmen Simultaneous DVD
SV Staff  |  May 28, 2008
Breaking out of the typical Hollywood timeline, Warner Bros. is planning a new approach with Watchmen. The theatrical release of this take of a graphic novel is scheduled for March. However, instead of waiting months for the DVD release, Warner is...
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LG: A Toast To Wireless
SV Staff  |  May 28, 2008
LG's new LHT888 HTiB system is hitting the streets with wireless rear speakers and a look that's bound to impress.  The champagne glass shape to the speakers gives this affordable DVD system an elegant look that belies the price. How's it...
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Sony Joining tru2way Revolution
SV Staff  |  May 28, 2008
Last but not least, Sony has agreed to work with the NCTA (National Cable & Telecommunications Association) to support tru2way, the next generation of high-definition cable devices with two-way communication and interactivity. Sony is joining...
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Sony's Ultra-Ultra-Thin OLED TV
SV Staff  |  May 28, 2008
Ultra-ultra thin. That's not a typo. Just a lack of words to describe what happens when you take an ultra-thin screen and make it 1/10th its original thickness. If you thought that Sony's XEL-1 OLED display was thin at 3.0mm, what do you think...
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