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SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2008  | 
You remember those awful TV's with built-in VCR's, right? The sets with the DVDs were a step up from that. Now, Silicon Mountain (clever - their based in Silicon Valley and Boulder, CO) has produced a line of HDTVs with everything: a...
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2008  | 
Sure, we can talk all we want about high-end video. We can compare formats. We can talk until we're Blu about pixels.Who cares, though? Not when we have PUPPYCAM!!!! No wonder Circuit City is failing. All you need is a computer and a...
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2008  | 
Just a few days ago, we reported that YouTube's big daddy, Google, was in negotiations with a variety of entertainment companies, but no names were mentioned. Well, the negotiations must have gone well, because MGM has just announced a...
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2008  | 
Is this yet another case of "too little, too late?" Blockbuster CEO/Chairman Jim Keyes made an interesting announcement during an investor call last week. Perhaps after seeing the reception that the Xbox 360 and Playstation made with...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 10, 2008  | 
Recent store closures have not been enough to save Circuit City from the apocalypse. The mega-chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
SV Staff  |  Nov 07, 2008  | 
Feeling lucky? How lucky? Do you wait until Black Friday to pick up a Blu-ray player for a great price, or trust that the price at the floundering Circuit City will be your best bet? For a limited time (guessing at that — they're listed in...
SV Staff  |  Nov 07, 2008  | 
Nothing's safe anymore, is it? The folks over at the Doom9 forum just posted an update to their Blu-ray disc copying software. What's included now?The software is one of the first, as far as we know, to copy the BD-Live extension. Blu-ray...
SV Staff  |  Nov 07, 2008  | 
Pandora, take a breath. Slacker, slack off. True, a deal has not yet been struck between the Digital Media Association, which represents web-based radio, and SoundExchange, the agency in charge of royalties for the RIAA. Still, the heavy lifting...
SV Staff  |  Nov 07, 2008  | 
This one seems to be a no-brainer. According to a new study by ABI Research, age plays a part in how viewers access their video content. “The willingness to adopt new forms of entertainment delivery is in many cases determined by the age of...
SV Staff  |  Nov 07, 2008  | 
Looks like I bought a new cellphone a few years too early. While most phones are maxing out these days at around 5 megapixels — 8 if you're lucky — Sony Ericsson just announced plans to blow those numbers out of the water.In a bit of...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 07, 2008  | 
Following the DTV transition next February, cable systems will be required to carry broadcast channels, under a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals that upheld requirements of the Federal Communications Commission. Must-carry rules are nothing new. What is noteworthy here is that they will continue after the transition.
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2008  | 
Lasers have left science fiction movies and just gone to the movies. The Chinese Academy of Science has developed a projector with lasers as the key ingredient. Unlike plasma TVs that display about 50% of the color range visible to the human eye,...
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2008  | 
One of the most fascinating facts I learned in college was that microphones and loudspeakers are really physically the same. Well, you know those parabolic microphones you see on the sidelines of football games? You know, the ones that look like...
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2008  | 
Long the home for user-created video clips, YouTube is looking at offering feature films. Yup — full-length feature flicks from one of the biggest Hollywood studios. Hulu better watch out. According to a report on CNET news, an exec with inside...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 06, 2008  | 
Dolby Digital Plus will make its broadcast debut in France's recently launched HDTV platform.

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