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Retail Woes Worsen
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 04, 2008  | 
Even as shoppers wait expectantly for Black Friday to kick off the holiday shopping rush, retailers are already suffering.
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Retailers vs Blockbuster
Barry Willis  |  Jun 16, 2002  | 

Size is definitely an advantage in commodity retailing. In an antitrust suit begun in mid-June, the7800-store chain <A HREF="http://www.blockbuster.com">Blockbuster, Inc.</A>&mdash;the world's largest video retailer&mdash;admitted that it has an advantage over its smaller competitors, but claimed no wrongdoing in the process of negotiating favorable revenue-sharing deals with Hollywood studios.

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Retailers Push for Equal Access to Cable Boxes
Barry Willis  |  Oct 08, 2000  | 

Electronics retailers are lobbying Congress to ensure their right to sell broadband cable converter boxes. Wary of the coming dominance of the combined power of merger partners <A HREF="http://www.aol.com/">America Online</A> and <A HREF="http://www.timewarner.com/">Time Warner Inc.</A>, retailers such as <A HREF="http://www.circuitcity.com/">Circuit City Stores, Inc.</A> are seeking legislative help.

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Retro Mania Run Amok: Long Live the…Cassette?
SV Staff  |  Feb 24, 2016  | 
Vinyl is cool but cassettes are cooler. Apparently the cassette tape revival—oh, you hadn’t heard?—is greatly exaggerated.
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Retro Remixing: You're Gonna Love It, Too
Michael Berk  |  Aug 25, 2011  | 

To celebrate Buddy Holly's 75th birthday (coming up September 7th), online music creation marketplace Indaba Music has launched - oddly enough, though it is the business Indaba is in - a remix contest, inviting contestants to take on Jenny O's version of Holly's "I'm Gonna Love You Too."

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Return of the Iconic Dynaco ST70 Tube Amp
SV Staff  |  Sep 21, 2016  | 
Back in April we reported on the return of two iconic brands—Hafler and Dynaco under the aegis of Radial Engineering. The Canadian company is making good on its promise to reintroduce the legendary Dynaco ST70 tube amplifier.
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Returning Superman
Thomas J. Norton  |  Dec 03, 2006  | 

You are likely already aware that there is a massive 14-disc, standard DVD <I>Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition</I> boxed set of most, if not all things Superman ($99.98). It includes all four feature films, including both the theatrical cut of <I>Superman II</I> and <I>Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut</I>, 2006's <I>Superman Returns</I>, and enough additional features and details to keep any Supermaniac busy through 2007.

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Revamped iPhone Controller Is Pretty Sweet
SV Staff  |  Jan 25, 2017  | 
iPhone 7 owners who play video games on the go might want to check out the second-generation Gamevice controller due out next week.
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Revel Announces Compact Sub/Sat System
SV Staff  |  Jan 24, 2017  | 
Revel is adding new high-performance models to its Concerta family of compact speaker systems.
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Revel Unveils PerformaBe Speaker Series
SV Staff  |  Jun 18, 2018  | 
Revel has unveiled the PerformaBe speaker series born out of the desire to “create a loudspeaker that redefines performance expectations.”
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Revel’s New, Upgraded Subwoofers Due Out this Fall
SV Staff  |  Sep 14, 2018  | 
Revel previewed two new Performa3 Series subwoofers at last week’s CEDIA Expo that feature updated amplifiers and a new high-performance driver.
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Revenge of the Antenna
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 09, 2017  | 
The percentage of broadband-connected households using antenna-delivered broadcast TV has jumped from 9 percent to 15 percent over the past three years. And the percentage getting pay-TV service has dropped every year during the same period, to 81 percent of broadband households in 2016.
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Review: Aerosmith Soars with THX-Certified Wings at Las Vegas Residency
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 17, 2019  | 
On April 8, Aerosmith delivered a 90-minute performance for the ages inside the THX Certified Park Theater at the Park MGM in Las Vegas during their Deuces Are Wild residency. Our exclusive VIP section review shows how the combined powers of THX, L-Acoustics’ L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology, the MIXhalo live-audio mixing platform, and 1MORE THX Certified triple-driver in-ear headphones all helped make it happen.
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Review: Scorsese's Casino on DVD
Barry Willis  |  Mar 15, 1998  | 

R<I>obert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Aspect ratio: 1.85:1. Dolby Digital 5.1. 179 minutes. Univeral 20159. Rated R. $26.98.</I>

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Revised DTV Sales Figures Revealed
Jon Iverson  |  Apr 16, 2000  | 

At last week's <A HREF="http://www.nab.org">National Association of Broadcasters</A> (NAB) convention, the <A HREF="http://www.ce.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A> (CEA) called on broadcasters to step up digital television (DTV) programming efforts while announcing new market data and projections that they claim demonstrate the link between DTV sales and available content. The CEA says that the data include specific sales numbers for DTV receivers in 1999. The CEA also released revised DTV sales projections based on three different programming scenarios.

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