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Apple Announcement #1: The Beatles!
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2007  |  0 comments
No, not that Apple. And no, not that technological species of Beatles. In a week when it was rumored that Apple Inc. would herald the long-awaited availability of the Beatles on iTunes, Apple Corps Ltd. instead divulged that the band's second...
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High-Priced Storage
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2007  |  0 comments
Panasonic didn't even have time to gloat about the 8GB SD card it launched this summer when it doubled down capacity on the category. The company is shipping a 16-gig SD memory card in November that costs more than a dozen of its digital cameras...
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Sony: On to the Video
SV Staff  |  Aug 30, 2007  |  0 comments
Whoulda thunk that the company that invented the portable music player would years later play catch up to a computer company and some of its biggest TV rivals? But that's what happened to Sony and the Walkman in the digital age. Today's...
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What Did We Do Before the DVR?
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2007  |  0 comments
A recent survey by Leichtman Research Group indicates that one in five homes now has a DVR. I get that. I don't know where I'd be without mine. I never would have been able to keep up with Lost and I never would have enjoyed Desperate Housewives...
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"Magic": Early Vinyl Gets the Grammy?
SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2007  |  0 comments
Hot on the heels of my Bruce Springsteen post last week comes word that his new album with the E Street Band, due October 2 on CD, will appear on LP a full week earlier, on September 25. Why? Because the cutoff date for albums to be eligible for...
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Sly & the Family Stone: "Hits" Are Back!
SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2007  |  0 comments
You may recall that, in his review of the Sly and the Family Stone boxed set The Collection, Steve Simels wrote the following: "For reasons I find unfathomable, Epic/Legacy chose not to include a remastered version of Greatest Hits in the...
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Did the Industry Just Yell Ouch?
SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2007  |  0 comments
Just when it seemed like the Blu-ray camp was starting to gain an upper hand in the high-res DVD format war, HD DVD scored a major coup. But did the industry shoot itself in the foot again? Paramount Home Entertainment announced this week that all...
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Genesis Update: Hey, They're Late!
SV Staff  |  Aug 23, 2007  |  0 comments
As a postscript to my Genesis scoop below: Rhino has just announced that Genesis: 1983-1998, the second boxed set of the band's complete studio recordings in surround sound, has been bumped from October 23 to sometime in November. Meanwhile, an...
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A Little Fashion Goes a Long Way
SV Staff  |  Aug 21, 2007  |  0 comments
The female demographic has always been a tough nut to crack for the consumer electronics market. After all, pixel count, dB of SPL and high-octane wattage ratings are the kinds of testosterone-driven salesspeak that make most women's eyes glaze...
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Back to (High) School (Musical)
SV Staff  |  Aug 17, 2007  |  0 comments
Quick, it's half past 7 p.m., Eastern time. You have only 30 minutes to LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS. What I mean is, the Disney Channel premiere of High School Musical 2 begins at 8 o'clock. And by then, your tweenettes (and possibly your slightly...
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