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I Want My Palladia - MHD Relaunch
SV Staff  |  Aug 14, 2008
Hopefully more than just a rebranding, MTV's high-def MHD music channel is changing names to Palladia. MTV Networks is promising more premier, HD programming. The new name kicks in on September 1. The old channel suffered from lack of content and...
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I Watch the Watchmen
SV Staff  |  Mar 09, 2009
[Note: this review is spoiler-free, and major plot points outside of the very beginning of the film are not mentioned.] I'm a comic book fan, and for the last few years I've been anticipating the Watchmen movie with a mixture of hope and...
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I'm Trying to Break Your Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Nov 03, 2008
How bizarre. A band is telling its fans not to buy their latest video release.Wilco is telling its fans to avoid purchasing the Blu-ray release of the documentary about them, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart. The 2002 film was released on DVD, and...
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I-mmersive’s Live Streaming VR Camera Is a Bust
SV Staff  |  Oct 07, 2016
The idea behind I-mmersive’s Veye 360-degree virtual reality camera is intriguing...
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Iconic Brands Hafler and Dynaco Make a Comeback
SV Staff  |  Apr 27, 2016
Two iconic amplifier brands from decades past are coming together under the aegis of Canadian distributor-turned-manufacturer Radial Engineering Ltd., which is staging a global launch of the brands at the High End 2016 show in Munich, Germany, May 5-8.
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IDC: Video and Smart Speakers Lead the Smart Home
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2018
After years of promises, false starts, and slow growth, the smart home might finally be starting to gel. Market research company IDC is forecasting that some 550 million smart home devices will ship worldwide this year...
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IDEA Takes Early Steps Toward Holographic TV
SV Staff  |  Oct 10, 2019
If the notion of a holographic television in your living room strikes you as the stuff of sci-fi, think again.
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If a Tree Falls . . .
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2009
If a Tree Camera MP3 player falls in the forest, does it make a noise? Well, yeah. It sounds like an MP3 player hitting the dirt. This little wooden camera-like device isn't a camera at all. It's a cute little MP3 player, disguised as a...
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If You Get Your TV Off-Air, Channel Rescanning May Be in Your Future
SV Staff  |  Aug 13, 2019
If you live in one of the estimated 16 million American households that use an antenna to receive live TV over the air (OTA), you might have to re-scan some of your local channels to continue receiving them.
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iFi Audio Takes On Bad Sound with New Portable DAC
SV Staff  |  Jan 30, 2020
U.K.-based iFi Audio is taking on bad sound with a svelte yet sophisticated digital-to-analog converter (DAC)/headphone amp that replaces the inferior DACs and amplifiers found in most smartphones, tablets, and PCs.
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