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Showtime Picks up Lyne's Lolita
Barry Willis  |  May 17, 1998  | 

Like its nymphet namesake, <I>Lolita</I> seems to create nothing but trouble for those who fall under its spell. Director Adrian Lyne's cinematic interpretation of Vladimir Nabokov's still-controversial novel about a middle-aged man's obsession with a teenage girl spent a year in the Hollywood revolving door because no major studio was willing to risk a distribution deal---until now. <A HREF="http://www.viacom.com/press.tin?ixPressRelease=40000482">Showtime Networks</A>, a cable-TV unit of <A HREF="http://www.viacom.com">Viacom</A>, has picked up the film's US rights.

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Showtime to Offer HDTV and Dolby Digital 5.1
 |  Jan 23, 2000  | 

Showtime Networks has begun offering its East and West Coast feeds in high-definition video mode with Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound. <A HREF="http://www.showtimeonline.com/">Showtime</A> is the first premium cable network to do so, the company claims.

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Showtime to Offer HDTV Programming
 |  Jun 20, 1999  | 

According to a June 14 report on the <A HREF="mailto:owner-opendtv@pcube.com">OpenDTV news list</A>, <A HREF="http://sho.com/">Showtime Networks</A> will begin delivering original HDTV programming early next year. Concerts, movies, and sports will all be produced in either 1080i or 720p. Showtime has not yet decided which format will get the ultimate nod, but Mark Greenberg, executive vice president for corporate strategy and communications, says his company is leaning toward 1080i as offering the biggest bang for the buck. Also undecided is whether HDTV signals will be delivered over dedicated channels or will share bandwidth with existing services.

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Shure Pro Audio's new line of headphones
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2009  | 
If the pair of headphones you have is just not cutting it, Shure Pro Audio has just introduced three new professional headphones to add to its lineup of recording equipment. They are the SRH240, SRH440, and SRH840. The SRH240 is calibrated...
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SI Debuts Perforated Versions of Slate & Pure Screens
SV Staff  |  Apr 03, 2017  |  First Published: Apr 05, 2017  | 
Screen Innovations (SI) has announced acoustically transparent versions of its Slate Slate and Pure series projection screens.
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SI Intros Low Gain Ambient-Light-Rejecting Screen
Bob Ankosko  |  May 01, 2015  | 
Screen Innovation says its new Slate .8 projection screen features the company’s most versatile ambient-light-rejecting technology to date.
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SI Ships Motorized Version of Short-Throw ALR Screen
SV Staff  |  Oct 16, 2018  | 
Screen Innovations (SI) has announced that the motorized version of the ambient-light-rejecting Short Throw (ST) screen it previewed at CEDIA Expo will ship in October.
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SI Ships Wireless Motorized Projection Screen
SV Staff  |  Nov 03, 2017  | 
Screen Innovations (SI) has announced that Solo, the wireless motorized projection screen it unveiled at CEDIA 2017, is now available.
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SI Unveils Custom Option for Popular Zero Edge Screen
SV Staff  |  Apr 19, 2018  | 
Screen Innovations (SI) has introduced a customizable version of its popular Zero Edge screen that gives enthusiasts the power to create a projection screen that fits their unique space and looks the way they want it to.
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SI Upgrades and Colorizes Floating Projection Screen
SV Staff  |  Apr 20, 2017  | 
Screen Innovations (SI) has upgraded the cables used to suspend its Zero-G “levitating” projection screen and added new color options for the cables.
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SI's Reference Motorized screens are on the way
SV Staff  |  Apr 27, 2009  | 
Screen Innovations has announced that its Reference Motorized projector screens are now shipping. Like the name implies, SI took its Reference series of fixed screens and put it on a low voltage motor drive. Instead of feeding power directly to...
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SiBeam to Power Your Wireless Living Room
SV Staff  |  Apr 08, 2008  | 
WirelessHD may have just gained the lead in the standards war between it, WirelessUSB, and WiFi for the technology that will power our uncompressed high-def video streaming for years to come. SiBeam, a maker of a 60 Ghz fabless chip designed to the...
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Sidney Harman 1918–2011
SV Staff  |  Apr 13, 2011  | 
Most recently, he was known as the executive chairman of the merger between Newsweek magazine (which he bought last year) and The Daily Beast. But the readers of Sound+Vision — and before that, Stereo Review, Hi/Fi Stereo Review, Hi/Fi...
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Sightsound’s Movie Download Patent Has Hollywood's Attention
Barry Willis  |  May 09, 1999  | 

While the music industry reels from the explosion of freely traded music on the Internet, the looming possibility of a video equivalent has made Hollywood extremely interested in a small startup company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. <A HREF="http://www.sightsound.com/">Sightsound.com</A>, as it was named by partners Authur Hair and Scott Sander, has what appears to be a secure patent on technology for digitally downloading movies over the Internet.

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Silicon Image Completes Acquisition of DVDO
Jon Iverson  |  Jul 09, 2000  | 

Last week, semiconductor developer <A HREF="www.siimage.com">Silicon Image</A> announced that it has completed the acquisition of <A HREF="http://www.dvdo.com">DVDO</A>. Silicon Image says that this acquisition positions the company to extend its Digital Visual Interface (DVI) technology leadership beyond the PC market and into emerging digital consumer-electronics applications such as digital TVs, DVD players, and set-top boxes for high-definition video.

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