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The Fastest-Selling Consumer Electronics Product in History
 |  Mar 12, 2000  | 

According to the results of the DVD Owners Study, released last week by the <A HREF="http://www.ce.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A> (CEA), "consumers have overwhelmingly voiced their satisfaction with DVD." The CEA has reported that 1999 was a tremendous year for the DVD player, which became the "fastest-selling consumer electronics product in history," achieving a household penetration level of approximately 5% after only three years in the market.

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The Fat Lady Sings: HD DVD Is Dead
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2008  | 
Yes, Yogi, it's OVER. Check out this link, originally filed by the AP at 7:48 this morning (and re-filed at 11:05): http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Japan-Toshiba.html?ref=business By the way, folks, for the record: Contrary to these...
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The Fiber Optic Frontier Gets HD On Demand
SV Staff  |  Apr 02, 2008  | 
Many early subscribers to Verizon's FiOS TV service consider themselves pioneers paving the way for competition among Internet and TV service providers and forcing cable and satellite companies to stay on their toes. As with all pioneers, the...
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The final quartet of prescient home-theater ponderings has arrived
 |  Dec 28, 1998  | 

In installment <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/shownews.cgi?42">one</A> and <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/shownews.cgi?48">two</A> of this series, we presaged the crawl of HDTV, the rise of the flat-panel TV, and the demise of Divx. For our final set of guesses---er, prescient opinions, we tackle four more topics.

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The first 3D Blu-ray Disc hits June 1... in Germany
SV Staff  |  Apr 14, 2010  | 
Sony Pictures is releasing its first commercially available 3D Blu-ray Disc June 1, and it's not coming to America first. Instead, the Blu-ray Disc release of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (or Wolkig Mit Aussicht auf Fleishcballchen, which...
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The Flag is Down
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 08, 2005  | 

In what must be considered a major victory for consumers, on May 6, 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the American Library Association and others who filed suit against the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to block implementation of the so-called "broadcast flag," a digital signature that would have severely limited the circumstances under which consumers could copy DTV programs. As a result, over-the-air DTV signals may be freely recorded and copied for personal, non-commercial purposes as outlined by the principles of fair use (as unclear as those principles may be).

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The Future of Audio/Video Content Storage?
Jon Iverson  |  Dec 20, 1998  | 

Last week, <A HREF="http://www.sony.com">Sony</A> and computer storage company <A HREF="http://www.westerndigital.com">Western Digital</A> announced that they will form a strategic partnership to co-develop a new hard-disk drive (HDD) for consumer audio and video applications. According to the announcement, prototypes of the AV HDD will be developed and tested for verification of basic technologies by the end of March 1999. Commercialization of the AV HDD is being targeted for the year 2000.

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The Gray Lady Is Behind the Times
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2007  | 
Extra! "The multichannel sound available for homes has arrived for the car." So says a teaser on the front page of the Automobiles section in this Sunday's edition of The New York Times. This must be news indeed to engineer Elliot...
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The Great Skywalker Ranch Adventure
Corey Gunnestad  |  Sep 17, 2012  | 
Cue Indiana Jones theme.

To celebrate the release of the Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures on Blu-ray on September 18th, the good people at Paramount and Lucasfilm were kind enough to invite us to a once-in-a-lifetime press shindig at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California and what an experience it was.

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The Great Wall of Japan
SV Staff  |  Jun 13, 2008  | 
Sure, your TV is big. But is it wall-sized? (Hopefully, it's not wallet-sized). Japanese electronics manufacturer Shinoda Plasma Corp. is demonstrating a TV that may provide a convincing argument that you need a bigger house. What's more, their...
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The HDTV Internet?
Jon Iverson  |  Aug 12, 2001  | 

Last week, <A HREF="http://www.2netFX.com">2netFX</A> reported that its ThunderCastIP technology was used successfully in a recent HDTV-over-IP live demonstration conducted by the government's NASA Research and Education Network (NREN). ThunderCastIP is a multicast server for high-definition video streaming over ordinary IP-based networks; it was also <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/shownews.cgi?968">used last March</A> to send HDTV from Hawaii to California.

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The Hi-Fi Show Live Kicks off Saturday in U.K.
SV Staff  |  Nov 08, 2018  | 
The Hi-Fi Show Live 2018, a high-end audio event organized by the editors of Sound & Vision sister publication Hi-Fi News & Record Review, will take place this Saturday and Sunday at the historic De Vere Beaumont Estate in the village of Old Windsor in Berkshire, England.
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The Holy Grail of Hollywood Thrillers?
Derek Germano  |  Oct 18, 1998  | 

S<I>igourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Harry Connick Jr., J.E. Freeman, Will Patton. Directed by Jon Amiel. Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic). Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Surround (French). 123 minutes. 1995. Warner Home Video 14168. Rated R. $24.98.</I>

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The Home Entertainment 2000 show, planned to be held in Rye, NY this spring, has been canceled.
 |  Feb 01, 2000  | 

The Home Entertainment 2000 show, originally planned to be held in Rye, New York this spring, has been canceled. Show staff has received feedback from manufacturers and dealers, who feel that the rooms at the Rye venue are too small, and that a suburban location is not optimal. EmapUSA VP Jaqueline Augustine states that "We want to hold a successful show, and this venue could not guarantee our success."

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The Home Entertainment Show 2023 Kicks Off Friday in Southern CA
Bob Ankosko  |  Jun 05, 2023  | 
Audiophiles and music lovers from around the country are gearing up for the 2023 edition of The Home Entertainment Show (a.k.a. T.H.E. Show SoCal 2023), which opens Friday in Costa Mesa, California at the Hilton Orange County Costa Mesa hotel.
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