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HD Radio Not Making Waves
SV Staff  |  Jul 21, 2008  |  0 comments
HD Radio has been available for about four years in the United States, and is still struggling to make a dent in the marketplace. As XM Radio exceeds 9.6 million subscribers, consumer awareness of HD Radio is pathetically low. Prices of...
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FiOS Invades Gotham
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2008  |  0 comments
Congratulations! It's a girl! It's a boy! Happy birthday! Bingo! You won the lottery! Happy New Year! Look - it's the Publisher's Clearing House van! Actually, in all probability, it's none of those things for you, at least not today. But, if you...
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Sony Delivering $399 Blu-ray Player with BD Live Potential
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2008  |  0 comments
Sony's new Blu-ray player is making news on many accounts. They're currently shipping the BDP-S350 that is about 55% smaller than previous models, uses approximately 52% less packing materials (when will they replace packing peanuts with cheese...
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Samson StudioDock 3i Monitors with iPod Dock
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2008  |  0 comments
Samson is a small manufacturer of studio gear and audio monitors. Nope - not a typo - a different company from Samsung. Good luck with that one. Back on topic - Samson just released a new speaker system that's perfect for your office, home studio,...
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McIntosh Brings HD Radio Home
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2008  |  0 comments
McIntosh is well-known for high-end audio amplifiers, and maybe their popularity will rub off on the HD Radio market. McIntosh just introduced the TM2 AM/FM HD Radio Tuner Module for the MA6600 integrated amplifier. While HD Radio is struggling...
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Amazon On-Demand Now in Beta
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2008  |  0 comments
Who needs Netflix and Blockbuster when Amazon.com is around? Seeming to ditch their Unbox, Amazon.com is launching a new store that will stream movies and television shows directly to your PC and soon, to Sony's Bravia Video Link TVs. Yup. We said...
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"Scrubs" on ABC in HD, Just in Time
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2008  |  0 comments
Scrubs has moved from SD on NBC to HD on ABC. Alphabet soup aside, all those letters might not matter much if rumors are true that this is the last season for the comedy.  Scrubs was on NBC in standard def, surrounded by HD shows for way too...
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YouTube Boobtube TiVo-fest
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2008  |  0 comments
Although we announced back in March that this was coming, it's finally official. Just announced - YouTube videos will be available on your TV through your TiVo. Broadband-connected TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD DVRs can access millions of videos hosted...
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The Dark Knight's IMAX Footage Goes Blu
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2008  |  0 comments
The latest Batman movie is barely breaking out in theaters, yet The Dark Knight's director is already talking about the Blu-ray release. Some sequences of the movie were shot in the IMAX format. For the theatrical 35mm release, they did 35mm...
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John Mellencamp's High-resolution DVD
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2008  |  0 comments
John Mellencamp's latest album, Life, Death, Love and Freedom is coming out in an interesting format included with the usual CD release. (And downloads available from hearmusic.com. Use the code LDLF8 for two free cuts.) The new release will come...
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