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Panasonic's Big, Green and Thin
SV Staff  |  Aug 29, 2008  |  0 comments
No, not the Jolly Green Giant. EngadgetHD has news from IFA about Panasonic's newest products. Plasma prototypes that are very big, very thin, or very eco-friendly. Not happy with a 103-inch screen, Panasonic debuted a 150-inch 4K plasma. I want...
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Toshiba's Upscaling LCDs
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  0 comments
We've got to say this: Perhaps it was good for most of us that HD DVD failed. It seems that failure has prompted Toshiba to really step up the developments for standard-def DVD. Not long ago, we talked about Toshiba's upscaling DVD players. Now...
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Toshiba's Regza Rising in Europe
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  0 comments
More news from Berlin's IFA, courtesy of EngadgetHD. Toshiba has announced new additions to the Regza line of LCD HDTV's, with a greater variety of sizes and features. These additions are across many series. For example, the XV line has more...
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Ahoy, Capt. Jack!
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  0 comments
Join Jack Sparrow and his crew for the ultimate pirate adventure. That's right. The cannon are loaded and the fuses are lit for The Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy, a 6-disc Blu-ray Hi-Def set. You'll get all three swashbuckling adventures...
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Sharp's Super Skinny Lineup
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  0 comments
News out of IFA 2008 is clear. According to Sharp, you can never be too thin. At the Berlin show, Sharp was showing off their new XS1 Aquos LCD products, slated for release in the UK in October. The XS1 is available in either a 52-inch or 65-inch...
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Sony's New Walkmans
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  0 comments
September means only one thing: It's time for Apple's announcement of its new iPods. But it's still August, and that means that everyone else wants to steal Steve Jobs' thunder. For example, Sony has announced new additions to its line of Walkman...
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Home Theater in the Round
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  0 comments
Some people like their home theater components big and imposing. Some like them small and cute. For the latter demographic, Philips has introduced the CinemaOne. Very round and very cute, the CinemaOne contains a CD/DVD player, iPod dock, USB...
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Sony's New HDTV Choices: Super-thin vs. Super-fast
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  0 comments
Sony just unveiled two new Bravia HDTV lines, focused on offering some of the fastest pictures or thinnest profiles on the market. Unfortunately, since they're two separate series, you're going to have to make a choice between a really thin screen...
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Samsung bumps up the Blu-ray with new BD-P2500 player
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  0 comments
A short time ago, we reviewed Samsung's BD-P1500 Blu-ray player. Time really flies, because Samsung already has a new player on the way. The BD-P2500 is a follow-up and upgrade to the BD-P1500, with some new features and a fatter price tag to match....
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It's Alive! It's Alive!
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  0 comments
Remember SACD? You know, Super Audio Compact Disc?  You know, Sony's contender against DVD-Audio? Both provided better sound quality and more channels than CD, and were supposed to replace CD? And remember how both failed in the U.S. market?...
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