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Mark Fleischmann  |  May 13, 2010  | 
Warner is sweetening its DVD2Blu program, which lets you exchange your old DVDs for new Blu-ray discs. The price per exchange has dropped from $7.95 to $4.95.
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2010  | 
Netflix HD video streaming been a feature for game consoles, Blu-ray players, and set-top boxes for months, but until now it's eluded PC and Mac viewers. According to Engadget, approximately half of the 720p movies and television shows available...
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 12, 2010  | 
Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola divides his time these days between making wine at his Rubicon vineyard in Napa Valley, California and making movies. He acquired the large vineyard, formerly owned by the Inglenook brand, over several decades as the land became available. It was at this facility that SIM2 Multimedia conducted the recent launch of a new advertising campaign featuring Coppola's endorsement of SIM2 DLP projectors.
SV Staff  |  May 11, 2010  | 
3D console gaming is finally picking up some momentum, at least in Korea. According to LG's Flickr, the company is now bundling Xbox 360s with the 3D-capable LX9500 HDTV, specifically to highlight 3D gaming on the Xbox 360. Over 1,000 stores...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 11, 2010  | 
Movie Gallery is going to close, subtracting another 1906 video and game rental stores from the American landscape.
SV Staff  |  May 11, 2010  | 
Kaleidescape announced this morning that they have developed a Blu-ray solution to their popular movie server system that will begin shipping next week. The new M500 player ($3995) will playback AND import Blu-ray content to the server. To appease...
SV Staff  |  May 10, 2010  | 
I stumbled upon this site today, and I just had to share it. Since I was a kid, I remember going through the Radio Shack catalog and its hundreds of pages of components and electronics. My father kept a huge stack of them in the attic, and going...
SV Staff  |  May 10, 2010  | 
One of the most iconic thrillers of all time is finally getting a surround mix. After decades of languishing in mono, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is hitting Blu-ray with a DTS HD 5.1 soundtrack. The release commemorates the 50th anniversary of...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 10, 2010  | 
If you like baseball, need a 3D fix, and want to indulge both appetites at the same time, DirecTV, the Yes Network, and the FSN Network have just what you need. They're going to air Major League Baseball games in 3D in nine lucky states.
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 07, 2010  | 
Harman Kardon has announced that three of its receivers will be able to receive firmware updates that will bring them into compliance with HDMI 1.4a and therefore 3D, among other features.
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2010  | 
Best Buy opened its first store in the United Kingdom last weekend, and it was met with record-breaking sales. The store opened in Thurrock, a borough in Essex County, and according to Best Buy CEO Paul Antoniadis, it was the largest opening...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 06, 2010  | 
The good news is that HDTV ownership is up. The bad news is that many HDTVs in U.S. homes can't get an HD signal.
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2010  | 
Roku is finally getting some Netflix features for which users have been clamoring ever since the set-top streaming box launched. The new update, announced on Youtube of all places, will add browsing, searching, and instant watch queue updating...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 05, 2010  | 
Some Blu-ray players need to have their firmware updated before they can play Avatar in its current 2D release.
SV Staff  |  May 04, 2010  | 
Grace Digital Inc. has announced a new Internet radio receiver designed for incorporating directly into your stereo or home theater. The Solo Wi-Fi Receiver is an inexpensive Internet radio device that can access thousands of Internet radio...

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