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Higher-res Slingplayer coming to the iPad, Windows Phone 7
SV Staff  |  Mar 30, 2010  | 
Former Sling staffer, Dave Zats has some information about the placeshifting outfit's plans for the upcoming Apple iPad, as well as Windows Phone 7. His post isn't loaded with specifics, but it does confirm the fact that the Sling team is...
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TiVo Premiere now available
SV Staff  |  Mar 29, 2010  | 
The newest TiVo is finally available to the public, after months of waiting and a year or two of sheer speculation. The TiVo Premiere is now on sale in two different flavors, ready for installation in your home theater. The TiVo Premiere features...
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Theaters Bottleneck 3D Movie Glut
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 29, 2010  | 
A shortage of 3D-capable theaters may damage the box office numbers for the glut of 3D movies scheduled for release this year.
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Blockbuster Gets Warner Titles Faster
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 26, 2010  | 
If you want to rent Warner Bros. movies from Netflix or Redbox, you'll have to wait till they've been available for sell-through for 28 days. Unless, that is, you rent at Blockbuster, which has cut a unique deal with the studio.
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LG unveils its first 3D LED HDTV
SV Staff  |  Mar 25, 2010  | 
3D marches on, with a notable advance in LED display technology. LG has just announced the LX9500, a screen the company says is the world's first 3D-capable HDTV with a full-array LED backlight. According to a press release on Korea's Newswire,...
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Netflix has started shipping Watch Now discs for Wii
SV Staff  |  Mar 25, 2010  | 
 It might not be the best way to get Netflix's streaming content to your TV, but starting tomorrow (which is presumably when most of the discs will arrive) your Nintendo Wii will officially have the Watch Now hook-up. Today, Netflix...
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Google Tests TV Search
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 25, 2010  | 
Google makes life easier in so many ways. Soon it may become useful in a new way: searching TV content.
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B&W P5 headphones now shipping
SV Staff  |  Mar 24, 2010  | 
Bower and Wilkins' first foray into headphones start hitting stores this week, 3 months after they premiered at CES 2010. The P5 Mobile Hi-Fi Headphones will be available at Apple stores across the country over the next few weeks. The headphones...
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Shelves Emptied of Panasonic 3D TVs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 24, 2010  | 
A week after they went on sale, Panasonic's 3D TVs have sold out. Early adopters love 'em.
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Warner Bros. gives Blockbuster DVDs and Blu-rays a month before Netflix and kiosks
SV Staff  |  Mar 23, 2010  | 
If you prefer to get your movies from Netflix or a kiosk rather than a rental store, you'll be waiting a full month longer than everyone else to get the latest Warner Bros. movies. Warner Bros. has signed an agreement with Blockbuster to let them...
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Blockbuster Coughing Blood
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 23, 2010  | 
The mega-retailer that killed innumerable independently owned neighborhood video stores is now coughing blood.
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Sharp's TVs are thin, George Takei is awesome
SV Staff  |  Mar 22, 2010  | 
We don't usually highlight HDTV commercials, but HDTV commercials don't usually feature George Takei in a lab coat. It's for Sharp's new Quattron screens, which aren't only very thin, but have an additional color. Sharp claims that the addition...
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First 3D Live Sports Show Coming
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 22, 2010  | 
3D fans will get a jolt this Wednesday night, March 24, 2010, when Cablevision will treat 3D TV early adopters to a hockey game with two New York teams, the Rangers and the Islanders. Cablevision's MSG network is calling it "the first network hockey telecast ever produced in 3D," making MSG "the first network in America to offer home viewers a live 3D sports telecast."
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Torn and frayed at SXSW . . .
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2010  | 
It's like this . . .  You "wake up" in the (late) morning, and immediately there are panel discussions to run to. Then there are day parties to hopscotch to and fro — not to party at, mind you, but to see bands that you...
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Blockbuster might file for bankruptcy
SV Staff  |  Mar 19, 2010  | 
Things are looking bleak for Blockbuster. The former video rental giant is in the process of closing hundreds of its stores, and now it's finding itself in a massive financial hole. The company filed its annual report on Tuesday, which stated...
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