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Skype Signs Up Third TV Brand
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 04, 2010
Skype has signed up a third TV maker with Samsung adding Skype internet phone capability to its LED 7000 and 8000 Series TVs.
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SKYWORTH Introduces Canvas Elite Art TV Line, Including a 100‑Inch “Art TV”
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 26, 2025

Skyworth has announced the Canvas Elite Art TV line, led by what the company calls the world’s largest Art TV at 100 inches, alongside an 86‑inch model. The series will debut at CEDIA Expo 2025 in Denver and targets custom‑integration use cases where large‑format display, low‑reflection viewing, and framed‑art presentation are priorities.

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Slacking Off on Bravia
SV Staff  |  Nov 19, 2008
The list of reasons to pick up the BRAVIA Internet Video Link for your compatible Sony BRAVIA TV just grew. And grew in a big way.Slacker Personal Radio is now available streaming over the Internet Video Link service. This gets a big...
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Sleep with your iPod
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Apr 24, 2006
If you find it hard to separate yourself from your iPod, now there's one more accessory (yes, another iPod accessory) that will let you keep your lovable, luggable hard drive music box close by even when you sleep.
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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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