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Happy 200 Million, iTunes!
SV Staff  |  Oct 16, 2008
Apple is celebrating, and with good reason. According to Apple, the iTunes Store is the world's most popular online TV store. How popular? They've sold over 200 million TV episodes, which includes the 1 million HD shows sold since launching the HD...
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Happy 25th Birthday, CD! Now, Get Lost!
SV Staff  |  Aug 17, 2007
Or so the masses seem to be saying. The Compact Disc is indeed 25 years old today. On August 17, 1982, the first discs were born in Germany. They contained Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony, but the first commercially available release would be...
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Happy Birthday Big Bird, and Welcome to the 'Net!
SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2008
Sesame Street just turned 39!  Happy Birthday! To celebrate, Sesame Street is hitting the Internet, in a big way. They're heading to iTunes, YouTube, and Hulu. Talk about covering all your bases. It makes sense - their target audience...
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Happy Birthday Television!
SV Staff  |  Jan 26, 2009
Not only is today the start of the year of the Ox - Happy New Year, China, but it's also the birthday of the television.  Way, way back in 1926, John Baird demonstrated the device in London. You have two choices: go home and share a...
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Happy Blu Year
SV Staff  |  Jan 09, 2008
At its CES press conference, the Blu-ray Group could have been doing the Happy Dance. Instead, it was all about business. Home video software executives made the case for BD with a series of slides, showing both the hard sales data, as well as...
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Happy Halloween from Proficient Audio!
SV Staff  |  Oct 29, 2008
Gotta admit this: Most whole-home system manufacturers are a bit, well, boring. Really, how interesting can an in-wall speaker be? Well, the folks at Proficient Audio Systems have a bit of a sense of humor. And, a bit of creativity too!This...
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Happy Labor Day HDTV Sale!
SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2008
Black Friday's coming early in the HDTV market. Just in time for all your favorite network shows to return - to say nothing of the fall classics and my fav, college football - HDTVs are going on sale. If you're in the market for a new set, you...
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Happy ‘Back to the Future’ Day
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2015
In case you haven’t heard, October 21, 2015 is the day Marty McFly travels to in Back to the Future Part II and discovers flying cars, hoverboards (not quite there yet), self-lacing sneakers, and drones (bingo).
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Hard Times
SV Staff  |  Oct 24, 2008
Hey buddy, can you spare a nickel? Better yet, how about $700 billion? Everyone is feeling the pain these days, even Sony Corporation.The electronics giant issued a revised earnings report, and the news was not good. Consumer demand is slowing so...
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Hard Times Hit HDTV?
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2008
These economic times are tough on everyone. Is the TV hardware business immune from the troubles? In a conference centered around HDTV displays, the news was surprisingly optimistic. In the past, manufacturers were concerned about dropping prices...
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