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Sony Talks Up 3D in L.A.
SV Staff  |  Jun 09, 2010
At the Culver City studios of Sony Pictures, Sony execs today rolled out their plans for what they hope will be domination of every aspect of the 3D business: movie/TV production, professional gear, and consumer electronics products. According to...
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Netflix finally coming to the iPhone
SV Staff  |  Jun 08, 2010
Netflix has already made an appearance on the iPad, but it's been curiously absent on Apple's ubiquitous smartphone. That's going to change this summer, as Steve Jobs announced yesterday that Netflix is indeed coming to the iPhone. Few details...
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Monster now selling really, really thin HDMI cables
SV Staff  |  Jun 07, 2010
Monster has started shipping its FlatScreen SuperThin Cables for HDMI, which (spoiler alert!) are much thinner than regular cables. According to Monster, these new cables are 55% thinner than conventional HDMI cables. Thinness alone isn't that...
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Monitor Audio announces new all-weather outdoor speakers just in time for summer
SV Staff  |  Jun 04, 2010
Monitor Audio has just announced a new line of outdoor, all-weather speakers for patios, yards, and other outside applications. The line includes the CL50, CL60, CL80, and CL60-T2. The CL50, 60, and 80 are two-way satellites with single 1-inch...
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Youtube Experiment Reminds Us Why Lossless Formats Rule
SV Staff  |  Jun 04, 2010
Even using the proper settings, uploading a video to Youtube can make a mess of your source material, mercilessly compressing it in the name of bandwidth. So, what would happen if you uploaded, ripped and then re-uploaded the same video 1,000...
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Redbox to start renting $1.50 Blu-ray Discs
SV Staff  |  Jun 03, 2010
Redbox rental kiosks are finally going to start seeing Blu. Redbox president Mitch Lowe announced that he plans to see Blu-ray Discs in Redbox kiosks within the next few months, to the tune of $1.50 each. The $0.50 Blu-ray premium isn't...
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Steve Jobs: "No one wants to buy a [set-top] box"
SV Staff  |  Jun 02, 2010
There's a bit of a hitch in the previously reported rumor that a new Apple TV is coming. It turns out that Steve Jobs himself isn't very big on set-top boxes, and doesn't see much of a future in them because of the prevalence of digital cable and...
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Blu-ray Tuesday: The Highlights of 6/1/10
SV Staff  |  Jun 01, 2010
Vampires, drug trips, and Romans, oh my! This week sees the release of Alice in Wonderland on Blu-ray Disc, along with the 50th anniversary edition of Spartacus. For fans of the excellent HBO series True Blood, which will soon be returning to...
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Step Up 3D: 3D has finally gone too far
SV Staff  |  May 31, 2010
I think we can pull back on the 3D at this point. This weekend, I went to see Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and at the theater I saw a very curious movie poster. It said Step Up 3D, and depicted two people dancing while a red guy wearing...
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Digital Projection demos 3D home projector
SV Staff  |  May 31, 2010
Last week, at the Torrance, Calif., headquarters of Stewart Filmscreen, Digital Projection demonstrated its first 3D home projector--sort of. While the $140,000 Lightning three-chip projector the company used for the demo is actually designed for...
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