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Panasonic puts Twitter on its HDTVs
SV Staff  |  Aug 17, 2010  | 
Twitter, it seems, is inescapable. It's on computers, cell phones, iPads/Phones/Pods, and now it's coming to Panasonic VieraCast HDTVs. The company just announced that several of its VieraCast plasma HDTVs will be getting Twitter Internet apps,...
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$3.99 Download Makes Arcade Fire #1
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 17, 2010  | 
Until now the default price for an album download has been $9.99, with iTunes setting the standard for other music download stores. But a recent pricing experiment involving Arcade Fire and Amazon suggests that a lower price will turn more downloaders into paying customers.
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'Star Wars' trilogy finally coming to Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Aug 16, 2010  | 
It's been a long time coming, but the Star Wars trilogy is finally coming to Blu-ray Disc. That's the good news. The bad news, at least for some, is that it will be the Special Editions of the films and not the original cuts. The "meh" news is...
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Polk’s new LSi M, Blackstone, and Vanishing Series speakers
SV Staff  |  Aug 16, 2010  | 
As I perused the latest Polk speakers at the company’s Baltimore HQ last week, I felt I’d been transported to a more civilized age—to an era before the low end of the speaker market was taken over by HTiBs and soundbars, before the middle of the...
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CE Sales and Industry Recover
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 16, 2010  | 
The consumer electronics industry is showing signs of improvement according to various benchmarks.
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Time Warner Cable working on its own iOS app
SV Staff  |  Aug 13, 2010  | 
Time Warner Cable is playing catch-up with Comcast. Three months ago, Comcast announced an iPad app that would let customers schedule their DVR and browse channel listings directly from their Apple device. Now, Time Warner Cable is announcing its...
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Panasonic Picks Netgear for Routers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 13, 2010  | 
Panasonic has chosen Netgear as the official provider of broadband routers to its Viera networked TVs.
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Sony's 1973 ad is really, really funny in hindsight
SV Staff  |  Aug 12, 2010  | 
CDs are arguably on the way out. Cassette tapes are extinct. Vinyl albums are generally used only by audiophiles and other extreme music enthusiasts. Over the last decade, we've seen digital distribution become one of the most popular ways to...
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THX to Certify 3D Blu
user  |  Aug 12, 2010  | 
THX and BluFocus are getting together to "build an ecosystem of services to address the technical challenges of 3D post-production," a press release says. Their certification program will address a/v quality, artistic fidelity, viewer fatigue, and interoperability of discs and players.
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Engadget: AppleTV to become iTV
SV Staff  |  Aug 11, 2010  | 
While it's still not official, Engadget is reporting some big news about Apple's much-anticipated update to the AppleTV. According to the site, the new A4-powered (the same processor found in the iPhone 4) device will be renamed the iTV. What's...
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Elite Home Theater Seating Unveils the iPad Chair
SV Staff  |  Aug 11, 2010  | 
It has been obvious from the start that Apple's iPad has all kinds of potential uses in a home theater scenario (for proof, see our September issue), but Elite Home Theater seating has taken iPad integration to another level by actually...
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Netflix Approaches Pay-TV Window
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 11, 2010  | 
Netflix has signed an unusual agreement that will let it stream titles from three major studios three months after cable and satellite providers get them.
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Sezmi Says Who Needs Cable?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 10, 2010  | 
Heard of Sezmi? The company offers what it calls a personalized TV solution that integrates DTV broadcasts with online and on-demand video. Having originated in Los Angeles, it is expanding service to 36 other U.S. television markets in 23 states.
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Rocketfish + Ikea = stylish, wireless speakers
SV Staff  |  Aug 09, 2010  | 
Once again it's time to look at a clever, elegant DIY home entertainment project. Charles "The B-Roll" Visnic has put together a guide to making your own attractive, wireless outdoor speakers. All you need is a pair of $99 Rocketfish wireless...
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Wolf Cinema & Best Practices Laboratory
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 09, 2010  | 
Last week, Home Theater editor Shane Buettner, UAV editor Scott Wilkinson, and I visited the Hollywood facilities of The Best Practices Laboratory. BPL is an independent technology laboratory located at the historic Raleigh Studios. Established under a different name in 1915 (it became Raleigh in 1980), Raleigh today is primarily dedicated to the production of independent films, commercials, and TV shows. (When we were there they were filming The Closer, Private Practice, and Castle.)
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