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Record Revirginizer makes your vinyl new again
SV Staff  |  Mar 15, 2010  | 
No matter how neurotic you are about storing and maintaining your records, they're going to collect dust, dirt, smoke and scads of over gross things that you could only hope to see with a fancy microscope. Obviously, all of that stuff is going...
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Record Store Day
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 14, 2011  | 

[UPDATE: This year's event is over now, but the RSD Web site remains active all year.]

Since this is the fourth annual Record Store Day, you should know what to do: Go to your local store and buy lotsa "records," be they vinyl LPs, CDs, or whatever else your shop happens to carry.

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Record Store Day recap
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 18, 2011  | 

At the Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton, New Jersey, I got two of the Record Store Day exclusives, both EPs:

• The Decemberists: Live at Bull Moose (CD)

• Kate Bush: Hounds of Love (10-inch pink-marble vinyl)

In addition, I found these:

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Record Store Day Releases to Quench Your Vinyl Thirst
SV Staff  |  Apr 17, 2019  | 
If you’re hungry for new vinyl and somehow missed the festivities around Record Store Day this past Saturday (hey, it happens), fear not: A few hundred new releases are catalogued for perusal on the excellent website, RecordStoreDay.com.
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Recordable Blu-ray Coming from Pioneer
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 09, 2008  | 
Pioneer will unveil its first BD recorders before March 2009.
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Recordable DVD News This Week
 |  Jun 27, 1999  | 

Last week, the DVD Forum announced that its Steering Committee has formally approved the physical format of the DVD-RAM discs for 4.7 gigabytes (GB) as version 2.0. The Format Book for version 2.0 (Physical Specifications) will be published in the third quarter of this year. The DVD Froum says that the 4.7GB DVD-RAM format will be compatible with the existing 2.6GB (v.1.0) DVD-RAM format, as well as with other DVD formats established by the DVD Forum. The new 4.7GB format is expected to impact both PC and audio/video applications.

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Recordable Fluorescent Multilayer Discs Promise Huge Storage
Barry Willis  |  Oct 29, 2000  | 

If <A HREF="http://www.c-3d.net/"> Constellation 3D, Inc</A>. succeeds with its ambitious plan to develop a high-density optical disc, "FMD" will be the next acronym to enter the technophile lexicon. The letters stand for Fluorescent Multilayer Disc, a recordable format under development that promises 100 gigabytes of storage on a disc no bigger than an ordinary DVD.

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Recording Academy Addresses Lack of Production Standards for Hi-Res Music
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2017  | 
The Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy will present new guidelines for hi-res music production at the upcoming AES New York Convention as part of its continuing efforts to deliver music to consumers in its highest quality form.
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Recording of John Lennon’s First Song Discovered
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2016  | 
The latest item in the never ending flow of Beatle’s memorabilia to go up for auction is an exceptionally rare 1962 recording of “Till There Was You” and “Hello Little Girl,” which is thought to be the first song written by John Lennon, according to Mashable.
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Records 4 Sale
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2008  | 
Our fellow bloggers over at Gizmodo uncovered an interesting opportunity. Some guy is selling some records. About 3 million records, along with 300,000 Compact Discs. More than half the records are said to be new. Billed as the World's Greatest...
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Recycle Wisely, Says CEA
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 29, 2009  | 
Got some electronic joy for the holidays? Congratulations! Now what should you do with the old stuff it's replacing? The Consumer Electronics Association has a few tips on just that subject.
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Red Laser HD Disc?
Barry Willis  |  Nov 22, 2004  | 

At present, high-definition video is available two ways: via broadcasters or on HD digital VHS tape cassettes. There are no high-def DVDs, despite the hype from the promoters of Blu-ray and HD-DVD, both of which will require disc transports using short-wavelength blue lasers.

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RED's Scarlet Beauty Update
SV Staff  |  Jul 11, 2008  | 
Scarlet is the new black. Really. This Scarlet is the much-anticipated 3K camera from RED Digital Cinema. Finally we have a sneak peek at this beautiful bombshell. Scarlet is a 3K digital camera that's expected to retail for under $3,000. It has...
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Red's Scarlet is Out, New Vision is In
SV Staff  |  Sep 23, 2008  | 
Whatever rumors you've heard about the Red Scarlet camera, just forget them. While waiting to come out with the Scarlet, times changed, needs arose, and Red rolled with the changes, with a massive redesign. Lucky for us, Jim Jannard from Red likes...
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Redbox Blu-ray rentals going nationwide this Fall
SV Staff  |  Jul 29, 2010  | 
Redbox is finally making its roll-out of Blu-ray rentals official. After vending machines with Blu-ray Disc rentals started appearing back in June, the company has just announced that it's loading 13,000 vending machines with Blu-ray Discs, and...
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