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SV Staff  |  Mar 03, 2009  | 
Speculation about LG abandoning plasma screen technology seems to be unfounded, according to a statement the company released last week and reaffirmed by John Taylor, LG Electronics USA's Vice President of Public Affairs. The release reaffirms...
SV Staff  |  Mar 03, 2009  | 
Watchmen is shaping up to be one of the biggest movies of the season, and it's almost certainly going to be one of the biggest to hit IMAX. This Friday, the film hits both the big screen and the bigger screen, and if you choose to see it on the...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 03, 2009  | 
Is price gouging on patents inflating the prices of DTVs? A lobbying group says DTV patent holders are imposing onerous terms when licensing their technologies to competing manufacturers. And the Federal Communications Commission has promised to investigate.
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 03, 2009  | 
The US Senate last Friday voted to ban any reinstatement of the so-called Fairness Doctrine, which was originally introduced in United States in 1949 and became a policy of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1967, when there were only three television networks and no Internet. The FCC then abolished the doctrine in 1987, claiming that the proliferation of media outlets made it irrelevant.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 02, 2009  | 
Would you like to subscribe to both satellite radio and satellite television in one convenient package? You might get a chance if Liberty Media's John Malone gets his way. He's thinking of bundling Sirius XM, in which he now owns a minority interest, with DirecTV, in which he owns a controlling interest.
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2009  | 
Sherwood America has unveiled a new A/V receiver with a handy optional feature: Bluetooth connectivity. Thanks to the BT-R7 dongle, the new RD-7503 receiver can pull stereo audio off of any compatible Bluetooth device, from iPhones to notebook...
SV Staff  |  Feb 27, 2009  | 
We're usually on about the biggest and best sound equipment you can buy, but in this case small is definitely cool. Some researchers at UCLA Berkeley have created a radio out of a single carbon nanotube, making it the smallest radio in the...
SV Staff  |  Feb 27, 2009  | 
I haven't had much use for 3-D. But with the advent of RealD — and since I am, after all, the entertainment editor of this magazine — I figured it was high time for me to check out the latest state of the 3-D art. And what better film to do...
SV Staff  |  Feb 27, 2009  | 
3-D has been making a pretty big resurgence lately, especially in movie theaters. From My Bloody Valentine to Coraline, moviegoers have been lining up to put on some silly-looking glasses and watch the special effects jump out at them. While...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 27, 2009  | 
Responding to rumors that it may pull out of plasma manufacturing, LG reaffirmed its commitment to the category in a press release issued today. In its entirety, it says:
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 27, 2009  | 
LG may become the next manufacturer to give up on plasma, following similar moves by Hitachi, NEC, and Vizio and Pioneer's total exit from TV manufacturing.
SV Staff  |  Feb 27, 2009  | 
It's getting mighty depressing around here for plasma fans. Pioneer is gone, Vizio is gone, and now there are reports that LG is thinking about closing shop on its PDP operation. Of course, nothing is set in stone yet, but the decision is...
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2009  | 
"Randy who?" I can't blame you for asking. Randy Bewley was the guitarist for the legendary Georgia band Pylon. In the photo above, that's Randy to the left, playing at Hurrah's in 1979.Pylon? "Legendary"? Yes, to...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 26, 2009  | 
Historically, made-for-cable programming has been just that. Cable operators used it to differentiate their service from broadcast networks. But you just might start seeing it online as early as this summer. Even more surprising, cable operators are leading the effort to put cable programming on the internet.
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2009  | 
For the last two years, Pioneer Kuro plasmas have sit squarely at the top of our HDTV heap. Both the PRO-110FD and the PRO-111FD earned their years' respective Editor's Choice award for Best Product of the Year, and they've been roundly considered...

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