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Flexy, Bendy OLED Screen from Sony
SV Staff  |  Oct 07, 2008
Imagine watching a TV show, then - as the closing credits start to roll - you roll up the TV screen and tuck it in your pocket. Yup: Roll it up. Sony and researchers from the German company Max Planck Institute have revealed a new OLED screen...
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Sony's Frequent Flyer Club: Sony Pictures Blu-ray Club
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2008
Everyone's doing it. Frequent flyer programs for airlines, frequent shopper loyalty cards for the drugstore, grocery store - even the Flying J Truck Stop I went to today (don't ask) asked me if I was enrolled in their rewards program. Sony...
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Apple TV in HD
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2008
Apple TV's latest update, version 2.2, has gone HD. In addition to security updates (always a good thing) and Genius features, Apple TV has HDTV options. Looks to me to be the same things offered through the iTunes Store, and this gives you two...
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Thomson's Technicolor Is Testing Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2008
Nothing like buying a shiny new Blu-ray Disc movie, and discovering that its BD-Live or BD-Java feature doesn't work properly, or takes forever to load. Kinda sucks, doesn't it? Technicolor, a division of Thomson, has opened a facility to test...
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3D: No Goofy Glasses Necessary
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2008
The latest new trend is hitting Sony's 4K projectors, proving that everything old is new again. 3D, once reserved for the truly campy sci-fi thrillers, is going to be available as an adapter for the SRX-R220 4K projector, maintaining the full...
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No Mo MOJO
SV Staff  |  Oct 03, 2008
We've been hearing the rumors. Word on the street was that MOJO was leaving Cox. And, it turns out, the rumors were right. MOJO HD will officially cease scheduled programming on October 29, permanently pulling the plug on Cox customers. Documents...
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Look Ma! No Wires!
SV Staff  |  Oct 03, 2008
Our friends over at EngadgetHD spotted another mildly interesting product at the CEATEC show in Japan. Hitachi is showing wireless HD camcorder transfer. Obviously a prototype, the camcorder reliably streamed high-definition content to a nearby TV,...
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Sony: 3D 4K in 09
SV Staff  |  Oct 03, 2008
At a press event yesterday evening in Sony Pictures' Culver City, California, headquarters, Sony took the chance not only to tout its latest advances in digital cinema, but also to show how those advances could make 3D commonplace in movie theaters...
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All Obama All The Time
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
I'm Barack Obama, and I want YOU to watch my TV channel. If you don't, I'll raise your taxes. Actually, Senator Obama does have his own TV channel. Channel 73 on the Dish Network is now The Obama Channel. As with any campaign, the Obama campaign...
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VUDU Ups the Ante
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
The online movie rental business is quickly stepping up and offering high-quality stuff. The latest move comes from VUDU, a provider of Internet-delivered entertainment to consumer's HDTVs and home theaters. VUDU has announced 1080p"'HDX"...
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