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Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up to BD-Live
SV Staff  |  Jun 13, 2008  | 
The long-awaited addition of BD-Live features to Blu-ray releases is over. Well, the wait will be over soon. Disney has previewed the BD-Live functionality on Sleeping Beauty at a recent conference in Hollywood. Word is it looks good. What family...
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Slew Of Superman Releases Even More Super In HD, Plus More HD Announcements From Warner
 |  Oct 15, 2006  | 

Back in July <I>UAV</I> <a href="http://ultimateavmag.com/news/072306supernews/">reported</a> the exciting news that accompanying the November 28th DVD release of this summer's <I>Superman Returns</I> would be new, vastly expanded special editions of <I>Superman: The Movie</I>, and the fabled, somewhat legendary <I>Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut</I>. Well, the news gets better still. Not only will <I>Superman Returns</I> see a day-and-date release on both Blu-ray and HD DVD, <I>Superman: The Movie</I> and <I>Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut</I> will also be released on HD DVD November 28th with the now de rigeur 1080p video and Dolby Digital Plus sound.

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Slim, High Frame Rate SXRD Rear Projectors From Sony
 |  Jun 06, 2007  | 

Sony today unveiled its 2007 line of SXRD microdisplay rear projection televisions. There are five new models, 1080p each and every one, and the big new features are slimmer front to back profiles and Motionflow 120Hz high frame rate technology.

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Sling Media Goes to New Places
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 08, 2007  | 
Sling Media is best known for the Slingbox, which ferries your a/v fix from any home device to any computer in the home or over the net. This well-received technology is now multiplying into new uses in the wake of Sling Media's acquisition by EchoStar.
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Sling Offers Cloud DVR to Amazon Fire TV Users
SV Staff  |  Mar 10, 2017  | 
Sling TV owners who use Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, or Fire tablet devices are being offered an “exclusive” opportunity to buy into Sling’s Cloud DVR service under the company’s First Look “early access” program.
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Sling Offers New Customers ‘Free TV’ Day
SV Staff  |  Oct 19, 2017  | 
Sling Television is offering free, no-credit-card-required access to its 30-channel Sling Orange package to new customers this Sunday (October 22).
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Sling That Dish
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 09, 2010  | 
Dish Network subscribers: How would you like to enjoy your home satellite feed anywhere in the world as long as you have a broadband connection? You can do that now that the Dish Network has introduced the ViP922 SlingLoaded HD DVR receiver.
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Sling TV Now Available on LG Smart TVs
SV Staff  |  Apr 19, 2017  | 
Sling TV today announced that its live and on-demand over-the-top (OTT) service is now available on most 2016 webOS 3.0-enabled LG smart TVs and is coming to webOS 3.5-enabled 2017 models later this year.
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Sling TV Offers Free Preview of its Orange Service
SV Staff  |  Sep 26, 2016  | 
Whether you’re into politics or pigskins, Sling TV is offering a free 18-hour preview of its Sling Orange service just in time for tonight’s Presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and the pro football faceoff between the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons.
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Slingbox iPhone app available tomorrow for $30
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2009  | 
iPhone users have been waiting on an official SlingPlayer app for quite some time, but here we are on the eve of its release and there's a lot of disappointed placeshifters out there. The most glaring problem with the app is the fact that it...
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Slingbox Owners Not Slinging Beyond Home
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 13, 2009  | 
Recently I visited a friend's home. Since we're music buddies, we listened to some music. That entire weekend, I didn't see him touch a single CD or LP. Instead he picked up his remote and commanded his Slingbox to summon music from an upstairs PC. Looks as though a lot of other people have the same idea. According to a Slingbox executive, 70 percent of users use Slingbox as a home networking device. What is odd is that they use it only that way, ignoring its outside-the-home possibilities.
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Slinging in HD - Slingbox PRO-HD
SV Staff  |  Sep 25, 2008  | 
The next generation of Sling Media's Slingbox just hit the stores and online retailers. The Slingbox PRO-HD will stream HD content, from almost any source: over the air, cable, satellite, or DVR. It slings the signal to a computer in your house....
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Slinging iPhones
SV Staff  |  Jun 09, 2008  | 
When is a feature release not a feature release? Sling Media just showcased their new feature for iPhones, not at the WWDC in San Francisco, but at the Starbucks across the street. Why would streaming TV to iPhones be kept so lowkey? Apple hasn't...
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Sly & the Family Stone: "Hits" Are Back!
SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2007  | 
You may recall that, in his review of the Sly and the Family Stone boxed set The Collection, Steve Simels wrote the following: "For reasons I find unfathomable, Epic/Legacy chose not to include a remastered version of Greatest Hits in the...
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Smackdown: DVR vs. DVD
SV Staff  |  Oct 31, 2008  | 
Since getting your DVR, have your DVD viewing habits changed? A new study from Knowledge Networks Inc. found that DVRs aren't cutting into TV watching — they're cutting into DVD watching. The study, reported at The Canadian Press, found...
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