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SV Staff  |  May 11, 2010  | 
3D console gaming is finally picking up some momentum, at least in Korea. According to LG's Flickr, the company is now bundling Xbox 360s with the 3D-capable LX9500 HDTV, specifically to highlight 3D gaming on the Xbox 360. Over 1,000 stores...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 11, 2010  | 
Movie Gallery is going to close, subtracting another 1906 video and game rental stores from the American landscape.
SV Staff  |  May 11, 2010  | 
Kaleidescape announced this morning that they have developed a Blu-ray solution to their popular movie server system that will begin shipping next week. The new M500 player ($3995) will playback AND import Blu-ray content to the server. To appease...
SV Staff  |  May 10, 2010  | 
I stumbled upon this site today, and I just had to share it. Since I was a kid, I remember going through the Radio Shack catalog and its hundreds of pages of components and electronics. My father kept a huge stack of them in the attic, and going...
SV Staff  |  May 10, 2010  | 
One of the most iconic thrillers of all time is finally getting a surround mix. After decades of languishing in mono, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is hitting Blu-ray with a DTS HD 5.1 soundtrack. The release commemorates the 50th anniversary of...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 10, 2010  | 
If you like baseball, need a 3D fix, and want to indulge both appetites at the same time, DirecTV, the Yes Network, and the FSN Network have just what you need. They're going to air Major League Baseball games in 3D in nine lucky states.
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 07, 2010  | 
Harman Kardon has announced that three of its receivers will be able to receive firmware updates that will bring them into compliance with HDMI 1.4a and therefore 3D, among other features.
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2010  | 
Best Buy opened its first store in the United Kingdom last weekend, and it was met with record-breaking sales. The store opened in Thurrock, a borough in Essex County, and according to Best Buy CEO Paul Antoniadis, it was the largest opening...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 06, 2010  | 
The good news is that HDTV ownership is up. The bad news is that many HDTVs in U.S. homes can't get an HD signal.
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2010  | 
Roku is finally getting some Netflix features for which users have been clamoring ever since the set-top streaming box launched. The new update, announced on Youtube of all places, will add browsing, searching, and instant watch queue updating...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 05, 2010  | 
Some Blu-ray players need to have their firmware updated before they can play Avatar in its current 2D release.
SV Staff  |  May 04, 2010  | 
Grace Digital Inc. has announced a new Internet radio receiver designed for incorporating directly into your stereo or home theater. The Solo Wi-Fi Receiver is an inexpensive Internet radio device that can access thousands of Internet radio...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 04, 2010  | 
Roger Ebert, one of the nation's most eminent film critics, is giving the 3D revival a thumbs-down.
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 03, 2010  | 
Sharp recently announced the launch of its new Quattron LCD sets with LED edge lighting. All of them employ the company's new Quad Pixel technology, which adds dedicated yellow pixels to the red, green, and blue pixels present in all LCD displays. The added pixels are said to produce colors that ordinary LCD sets cannot.
SV Staff  |  May 03, 2010  | 
German speaker company Finite Elemente's Hohrizontal 51 iPod/iPhone dock is so simple, it's a wonder why no one has thought of it before. This meter-long slab of an iPod dock doubles as a functional shelf, combining minimalist design with...

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