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The IMAX experience: More than a name
SV Staff  |  May 18, 2009  |  0 comments
Last week, IMAX generated a lot of buzz among the tech blogs. It wasn't because of the release of Star Trek on the very-big screen, but because of an argument about what constitutes "IMAX." Comedian Aziz Ansari (you may have seen him on Parks &...
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The Shire goes green with Bag End Minima One amp
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2009  |  0 comments
I know, it's the second Lord of the Rings reference in a week, but this one was just begging for it. Bag End Loudspeaker Systems has announced that its Minima One amplifier has become greener and minima-er, thanks to its new smaller size and lower...
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Boston Acoustics shows off stealthy ceiling speakers
SV Staff  |  May 20, 2009  |  0 comments
Look straight up. Do you see any speakers? No? Then this means one of two things: either you don't have any in-ceiling speakers, or you have some remarkably hidden ones. If your situation is the former and you want the latter, Boston Acoustics might...
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First hands on: Creative Zen Aurvana Air Headphones
SV Staff  |  May 20, 2009  |  0 comments
Finding headphones that stay put can be a seemingly impossible task for people with oddly-shaped ears. In-ear phones slip out no matter what tip you stick on them and ear buds get bounced out of place the second you move your head. Normally, a big...
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Pandora One: well worth $36 a year
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2009  |  0 comments
By now, you're almost certainly familiar with internet radio service Pandora. If you're not, you should definitely give it a shot. Basically, it uses your musical tastes to suggest other songs and artists, much like Apple's Genius,...
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Pioneer's new receivers play nice with iPod and iPhone
SV Staff  |  May 27, 2009  |  0 comments
 Pioneer just announced the VSX-819AH, VSX-919AH and VSX-1019AH A/V receivers designed to help users integrate their Apple portables into their home theaters. After plugging in a player, you navigate your media using a specially designed...
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NEC debuts new 2K 3-D projector for Pixar's "Up"
SV Staff  |  May 27, 2009  |  0 comments
If you're in the NYC area this weekend, it might be worth the trip over to the Ziegfeld Theatre to see the new Pixar film on NEC's latest and greatest projector, the NC2500S-A. It uses a 1.2" DMD from Texas Instruments as well triple...
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Custom soda machines for your theme theater
SV Staff  |  May 28, 2009  |  0 comments
Beverages and movie-watching go together like, well, beverages and virtually any other activity. Beverages are just that great. You can keep a cube fridge in your home theater to ensure a frosty drink is always available, but that just seems so...
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Is Zune HD the future of portable media?
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2009  |  0 comments
Just a few days ago, the Zune HD was nothing more than the subject of some wild speculation, but now that it has been made official, many people are wondering whether or not Microsoft's new player is actually going to be make as much noise as...
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Hulu Desktop Beta has great potential
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2009  |  0 comments
The first thought that hits me when I open Hulu's desktop application is how bad I feel for Joost. A few years ago they were trying to pull off the same magic trick: bringing a full-fledged TV experience to the desktop. Adobe tried, too with...
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Forget RGB, Sharp is developing CYRGB displays
SV Staff  |  May 29, 2009  |  0 comments
Since time immemorial (or at least, since color televisions have been available), TVs have used 3 colors: red, green, and blue. Combinations of these three color building blocks produced the increasingly wide spectrum of colors you now see on the...
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Xbox 360's Video Marketplace going 1080p
SV Staff  |  Jun 01, 2009  |  0 comments
Buying HD content from The Xbox Live Marketplace has always been pretty good, but waiting a long time for 720p content is always kind of annoying. Today, on the first day of video game trade show, E3, they announced that they were changing things...
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Panasonic's $800 DMP-B15 portable Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Jun 01, 2009  |  0 comments
We saw Panasonic's portable Blu-ray player back at CES, but it will soon be making its way into the carry-on luggage of HD-addicts. $800 gets you an 8.9-inch WSVGA LCD screen attached to a full-featured BD player that supports both BD Live and...
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Morel ships their balls of steel
SV Staff  |  Jun 02, 2009  |  0 comments
Morel is trying to make round the new square. In a world filled with rectangular, blocky speakers, the company is rolling out a set of sound-blasting spheroids. The SoundSpot MT 1 system uses a set of 60-watt spherical SP-1 satellites, each...
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AMD ATI Theater HD 750 pulls down TV anywhere
SV Staff  |  Jun 02, 2009  |  0 comments
Slingbox is great for getting content when you're a world away from your precious DVR, but it's not always easy to find the required bandwidth. AMD's newly announced ATI Theater HD 750 can grab HDTV/DTV/analog broadcast signals...
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