Mark Fleischmann

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Estimated DTV Coverage Woes Worsen
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 15, 2008  |  0 comments
Remember the research firm that predicted 5.9 million antenna-dependent U.S. households would lose at least some channels after the DTV transition? You know, the survey that convinced the Federal Communications Commission to do further field testing to gauge the extent of the potential problem? Well, that same firm has now upped its estimate, predicting that 9.2 million households will have reception problems. But what's a few million more angry viewers between friends?
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AV Receiver Reviews
Marantz SR8002 A/V Receiver
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 14, 2008  |  1 comments
Connected where it counts.

Marantz is a brand name. It was once an individual as well. What would Saul Marantz have made of the SR8002 A/V receiver? It bears little resemblance to the hi-fi products he hand-built in his home in Kew Gardens, New York, during the 1950s—or to the Japanese-made receivers that popularized component audio systems in the 1970s. Saul lived until 1997, so he was not unfamiliar with the concept of surround sound by the time he passed away—but his younger self would have been astonished to see 11 pairs of binding posts on the back of the SR8002. Not to mention some unfamiliar jacks labeled HDMI. What are those for?

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Music Copying Rampant in Britain
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 14, 2008  |  0 comments
Copying, not downloading, is the real key to declining music-industry revenues, according to a survey of British young people commissioned by British Music Rights.
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Blockbuster Eyes Downloads, Gets Blu-er
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 11, 2008  |  0 comments
Where to begin with all the great Blockbuster Inc. news? First, the hard-copy rental chain may be about to take the great leap into home downloads. Second, it will also cater more conscientiously to Blu-ray fans with increased selection and in-store displays.
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Labels Team Up with MySpace
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 10, 2008  |  0 comments
The latest heavy-hitting entry to the music-downloading scene is MySpace Music. It's a joint effort that brings together three of the four of the major record labels with the social networking site owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
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Philips Exits U.S. TV Biz
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 09, 2008  |  0 comments
Philips will no longer sell television sets in the North American market. Instead it will license its Philips and Magnavox brand names to Funai, which makes TVs for Wal-Mart among others. The license is for five years. Other Philips consumer product businesses in North America will not be affected.
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CEA: Convert Your Mom to DTV!
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 08, 2008  |  0 comments
Perhaps there is no more potent icon of American motherhood than Florence Henderson, who played Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch. She'll be helping the Consumer Electronics Association "encourage baby boomers to help their elderly parents, relatives, and neighbors get ready" for the transition to digital television, says a CEA press release.
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Consumers Won't Trash Analog TVs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 07, 2008  |  0 comments
Will all those lead-filled analog TVs end up on the trash heap, where they'll pollute ground water? Not so, says the Consumer Electronics Association. A new study shows most of the obsolete sets will find loving new homes.
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Is TV Demand Shrinking?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 04, 2008  |  0 comments
Demand for television sets is on the wane, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing "recent consumer surveys and comments from a TV supplier and from club stores."
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Semi-Liberated Cubans Buy Electronic Goods
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 03, 2008  |  0 comments
Flat-panel TVs, DVD players, computers, mopeds, and kitchen appliances were among the goods that went on sale in Cuba this week. Incredibly, the old Fidel Castro regime had forbidden sales of these items till just this Tuesday. The new regime is a tad more reasonable about what Raul Castro calls "excessive prohibitions." But there's just one catch.
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