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Christmas in August: Tech Drives an Iconic Show
SV Staff  |  Aug 09, 2016
Every year more than a million people take in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York City, a holiday tradition featuring the iconic Rockettes that has been staged annually since 1933. If you haven’t seen the show, it is a spectacle bursting with talent, riveting choreography, live music, pyrotechnics, electronic wizardry, and larger-than-life visuals.
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Chromecast Opens the Music Box
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 05, 2013
The wildly popular Google Chromecast just got even better. It has added Pandora Radio and Hulu Plus to its list of supported content. And, the best may be yet to come.

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Cineak Previews Modular Entertainment Sofa
SV Staff  |  Jan 28, 2019
Hollywood-based luxury seating company Cineak will introduce a new modular entertainment sofa at next week’s Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Amsterdam.
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Cinema Designer Tool Updated for 32-Channel Super Theaters
SV Staff  |  Aug 18, 2017
Developers of The Cinema Designer (TCD), a cloud-based tool for home cinema professionals, has announced an update that’s said to greatly simplify the design of highly sophisticated home theaters.
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CinemaNow To Offer HDNet Content
Scott Wilkinson  |  Aug 03, 2005  |  First Published: Aug 04, 2005

CinemaNow, a leading broadband video-on-demand service, announced last week an agreement with HDNet to make several titles from HDNet's original high-definition library available on a download-to-own basis via the <A href="http://www.cinemanow.com">CinemaNow Web site</A>. This marks the first time that HDNet has made its library of high-definition programming available on demand from an online broadband service.

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CinemaNow to Stream DTS
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 09, 2013
Audio quality in streaming video has taken another step forward with the news that the Best Buy–owned CinemaNow service is adopting DTS-HD. Despite the moniker, it is not the same lossless DTS-HD Master Audio that appears on 80 percent of Blu-ray Discs—it’s a slimmed-down streaming-friendly DTS Express codec that delivers 5.1 channels at data rates up to 512 kilobits per second. Consumers will access encoded content through Rovi-powered storefronts that will operate through Samsung’s 2013 smart TVs and Blu-ray players and their ARC-enabled HDMI or optical outputs. DTS-HD is not the only surround game in streaming town: Dolby Digital Plus is in use by Netflix, Vudu, and Amazon Instant Video.
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Cinram to Offer Hybrid Discs
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jan 24, 2005

In a move that brings to mind the multi compatibility of hybrid SACD and DualDisc, media manufacturer <A href="http://www.cinram.com">Cinram</A> has introduced a hybrid disc format called HD/DVD 9. The new format will include single-layer HD DVD-ROM (15GB) on one side and dual-layer DVD 9 (8.5GB) on the other side. This will allow studios to release titles on one disc that is compatible with current DVD players and the upcoming HD DVD players. Retailers will not be hampered by having to carry separate DVD and HD DVD inventories. And consumers can enjoy movies in their DVD players now while waiting to reap the benefits of high-def playback when they upgrade to HD DVD without having to buy the titles again. (Whether or not the studios will be uncharacteristically generous enough to use the hybrid format in this manner remains to be seen.)

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CircleVision 360!
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
Tough sledding, kids. We're not going to Wally World. I'm not paying 4 bucks a gallon to buckle you into the Hummer and drive your little butts cross-country to that place. And for the last time, we're not getting a damn Prius. But, if you agree to...
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Circuit boards Out, Meta–boards In?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 19, 2013
Conventional circuit boards and their metallic tentacles may be on their way out—someday. Scientists at Oxford University have developed a new kind of sealed “metaboard” by embedding copper coils into a conductive layer. This meta- board can transfer data and power using magneto-inductive waves instead of wires.
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Circuit City Assets to Be Acquired
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 15, 2009
The contents of Circuit City's coffin are likely to be snapped up by a sharp-eyed operator called Systemax.
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Circuit City Closes This Weekend
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 06, 2009
Circuit City will close all existing stores on Sunday, ending a long-drama over the electronics mega-chain's struggle for survival and its lengthy goodbye.
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Circuit City Closing For Good
SV Staff  |  Jan 16, 2009
It's truly a sad day for consumer electronics. Today, Circuit City has asked the courts to approve the closing and liquidation of its remaining 567 stores in the US.  Unfortunately, the approximate 34,000 employees will also be losing...
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Circuit City Comeback?
SV Staff  |  Jan 28, 2016
Circuity City, once the nation’s top electronics retailer until it went belly up in the late 2000’s and closed the last of its stores in 2009, may be making a comeback, according to TWICE.
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Circuit City Depletes Brain Trust
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 04, 2007
Circuit City announced last week that it would fire 8.5 percent of its retail-floor staff and hire replacements at lower pay. Savor the insane panache of the press release: "The company has completed a wage management initiative that will result in the separation of approximately 3,400 store Associates. The separations...focused on Associates who were paid well above the market-based salary range for their role. New Associates will be hired for these positions and compensated at the current market range for the job." Said CEO Philip J. Schoonover: "We are taking a number of aggressive actions to improve our cost and expense structure, which will better position us for improved and sustainable returns in today's marketplace."
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Circuit City Dropping VHS
Barry Willis  |  Jun 23, 2002

A surprise announcement from the nation's second-largest consumer electronics retailer may put the decline of videotape into hurry-up mode.

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