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Has The Whole Grain Trend Gone Too Far?
SV Staff  |  May 22, 2008  |  0 comments
The very thing that people love about Blu-ray could very well be the thing that people are going to hate. For the first time, home theaters are able to display every single, subtle detail of your favorite old films, as they've only been visible...
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Hasbro previews "Iron Man 2" toys, still no word on its TV network project with Discovery
SV Staff  |  Feb 13, 2010  |  0 comments
Toy Fair 2010 is in town this weekend. The trade show opens its doors on Sunday, but toy manufacturer Hasbro kicked things off a day early with its Collectors' Day event. If you wanted a sneak peek at some of the biggest toys of the coming year,...
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Hats Off to Led Zeppelin
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2007  |  0 comments
Yes, from all accounts, they pulled it off last night. Exhibit A: Just look at those photos! Exhibit B: Ben Ratliff's review in The New York Times and David Fricke's review at Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily. Exhibit C: The set list: ...
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Have a Merry Glitch-mas?
SV Staff  |  Jan 02, 2008  |  0 comments
According to a Dec. 31 article in The New York Times, most buyers are still on the fence when it comes to the high-def disc battle, with neither camp reporting impressive numbers. Citing data from Adams Media Research, 578,000 HD DVD and 370,000...
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Have Your Dreams Been Answered?
Michael Metzger  |  Apr 23, 2000  |  0 comments

J<I>udy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke. Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (full-frame). Dolby Digital 5.1 and mono. 101 minutes. 1939. MGM/Warner Bros. 65123. G. $24.95.</I>

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Hawaii Enters DTV Age Early
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 22, 2009  |  0 comments
The dark-rumped petrel was responsible for a milestone in DTV history last week. To avoid disrupting the nesting patterns of this endangered bird species, Hawaii became the first state in the union to turn off analog television signals, thus entering the age of DTV at least a month earlier than the deadline for the other 49 states.
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Haystack TV Launches Super Tuesday Channel
SV Staff  |  Mar 03, 2020  |  0 comments
Attention political junkies: Haystack TV, the free news-focused streaming service, has launched a channel dedicated to Super Tuesday news coverage.
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Hazy, Hot, and Humid? Merry Christmas!
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2007  |  0 comments
What a day : NJ train late, NYC subways halted, temperature headed to 97º, humidity already at 5,000%. By the time I melted in to work today (having walked/sweated 20 blocks, my chestnuts long since roasted), I wasn't merely ready to let it snow....
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HBO Announces an Eclectic Mix of Downloads for April
SV Staff  |  Mar 27, 2019  |  0 comments
So much to watch, so little time. HBO has announced its lineup for April, an eclectic mix of TV series with a movie, a couple documentaries, and a newsmagazine series thrown in for good measure. All of the releases are digital downloads except for My Brilliant Friend and Icebox, which are being released on DVD. Guess someone thinks DVD is good enough for those titles — at least for now.
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HBO Crime Series The Night Of on Blu-ray Today
SV Staff  |  Oct 18, 2016  |  0 comments
HBO’s acclaimed series (What Happened) The Night Of arrives on DVD and Blu-ray today.
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HBO Goes Dolby Digital 5.1
 |  Jul 15, 2001  |  0 comments

Last week, <A HREF="http://www.dolby.com">Dolby Laboratories</A> announced that Home Box Office's primary channel will debut programming in Dolby Digital 5.1 with the pay network's premiere of <I>The Perfect Storm</I>. Dolby claims that the movie, which begins airing Saturday, July 14, is the first of many films and other programming to be broadcast by HBO in Dolby Digital 5.1-channel audio.

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HBO Max App Available on Sony Android TVs
Al Griffin  |  Jun 01, 2020  |  3 comments
When we reported on the launch of HBO Max last Wednesday, one shortcoming of the new service that we noted was spotty streaming hardware support. Smart TVs, in particular, had been left behind, with only one set manufacturer, Samsung, included in the list of supported devices on the HBO Max FAQ at launch. The day following our post, Sony reached out to share an announcement that the HBO Max app is now available on all Sony Android TVs released after 2015, upping the number of supported TV lines to two. But what about the other brands?
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HBO Offers Free Streaming of Select Shows
Al Griffin  |  Apr 06, 2020  |  1 comments
Good news for those of us in the U.S. on lockdown who have already blazed through all the good stuff on Netflix and are seeking something different: HBO is offering free streaming of select shows including The Sopranos, The Wire, and Six Feet Under through April 30 on its HBO NOW or HBO GO apps. So, if you happen to be one of the few who for some reason missed out on these early gems from the New Golden Age of Television, you’re now in luck.
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HBO to Release Complete GoT Collection on Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Jun 27, 2019  |  3 comments
HBO has announced plans to release a limited-edition DVD/Blu-ray boxed set encompassing all eight seasons of the Game of Thrones just in time for Christmas and singled out Season 8 for release on 4K/Ultra HD Blu-ray.
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HBO: ‘Barry’ Now Available for Download, GoT Music in the Works
SV Staff  |  Jun 18, 2018  |  0 comments
HBO is releasing Season 1 of the critically acclaimed dark comedy series, Barry for digital download today.
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