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Where's Brian?
SV Staff  |  Jan 08, 2008  |  0 comments
I raced back from the Las Vegas Convention Center to fire up the computer I'd left in my hotel room to catch the East Coast feed of the Nightly News at 3:30 pm thinking that Brian Williams would be broadcasting live from the CES convention floor....
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The New Net TV
SV Staff  |  Jan 08, 2008  |  0 comments
The days of waiting for information to come to you on TV are over. Samsung, Sharp and Sony announced at the Consumer Electronics Show TV services that enable you to instantly pull in data from the Internet for information such as news, stock quotes...
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THX to Bridge Content-Hardware Divide
SV Staff  |  Jan 09, 2008  |  0 comments
THX wants to take the headaches and confusion out of the audio/video/gaming experience for consumers. The company is meeting with journalists and companies at CES to promote its fledgling Media Director program that's designed to take the digital...
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The Delphi-XM Report
SV Staff  |  Jan 09, 2008  |  0 comments
  SKYFI was Delphi's first and very successful XM Radio receiver. Its newest iteration introduced at CES, SKYFi3, is immensely sleeker than its predecessors, and sports genuinely useful new features. Most notably, it can store 10 hours...
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Happy Blu Year
SV Staff  |  Jan 09, 2008  |  0 comments
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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Take Out 'Da Noize; Bring in 'Da Funk
SV Staff  |  Jan 10, 2008  |  0 comments
Noise-canceling headphones are nothing new. Every plane I ride has several passengers who obviously won't leave home without their Bose. But the new Sony 'phones, the MDR-NC500D, bring a new wrinkle to the party. Actually, three new wrinkles....
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Video-a-Go-Go
SV Staff  |  Jan 11, 2008  |  0 comments
Don't have time to catch up with Jack Bauer and every episode of 24? Ever wish you could take all of the programs locked away on your cable company's DVR with you on the road? Now you can with Panasonic and Comcast's new co-branded AnyPlayT...
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The Bummer of 42
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2008  |  0 comments
Pioneer is pretty much universally considered the industry leader in Plasma TV performance. Their latest series of Kuro TVs have been hailed as "best TV I've ever seen" and even "best TV in the world." And their next-gen concept...
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Glassy Loudspeakers
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2008  |  0 comments
While everyone seems to be trying to minimize the look of the loudspeaker, a few companies including KEF, Martin Logan and Sonance are hoping to turn a few heads with theirs. The most recent entry into the designer speaker market is Waterfall...
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PTree in action, Crimson in surround!
SV Staff  |  Jan 22, 2008  |  0 comments
I just got word from Porcupine Tree's manager, Andy Leff, that the band has the following release dates scheduled for 2008: March: acoustic albumMay: Lightbulb Sun (shown above left) in surroundSeptember: live albumNovember: Steven Wilson's...
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