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Mark Fleischmann  |  May 03, 2010  | 
Google has its giant corporate eye on your TV and rack. It is planning to show developers Android-based software designed to fit into sets, set-top boxes, and other devices, reports The Wall Street Journal.
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2010  | 
This past week, I was among a small group of journalists invited to attend a special donation ceremony at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, in Washington DC. While this typically wouldn’t be newsworthy for Sound + Vision...
SV Staff  |  Apr 30, 2010  | 
It sounds surreal, but Avatar's massive success could influence our real-life space program. According to CBS News, James Cameron has convinced NASA to use a 3D camera on its next Mars mission. The Curiosity mission, set to launch next year,...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 30, 2010  | 
TiVo is pleading with Congress to make its DVRs, and retail set-top devices in general, as powerful as those leased by cable operators to their subscribers.
SV Staff  |  Apr 29, 2010  | 
First Avatar became the highest grossing film of all time. Now it looks like Avatar is the most illicitly downloaded Blu-ray Disc of all time. According to BitTorrent blog Torrentfreak, over 200,000 copies of the Avatar Blu-ray Disc have been...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 29, 2010  | 
Avatar is breaking Blu-ray records all over the place, and it's not even out in 3D yet.
SV Staff  |  Apr 28, 2010  | 
After two years, Sanyo is finally rolling out a follow-up to its 3LCD PLV-Z3000 home theater projector. The PLV-Z4000 is a 1080p home theater projector with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 1,200 lumen lamp, and Deep Color and x.v.Color compatibility....
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 28, 2010  | 
The KEF Ci Speaker Placement Tool is not just for custom installers, says the speaker company. It's also for consumer level users.
SV Staff  |  Apr 27, 2010  | 
Samsung is looking into incorporating Google's Android OS into its HDTVs, according to a report in the Korea Herald. An unnamed Samsung executive is reported to have said, "We are considering (developing) Google TVs. We are examining the...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 27, 2010  | 
Congratulations, Denon. You were founded in 1910 by the American-born entrepreneur Frederick Whitney Horn as the Japan Recorders Corporation, making records and gramphones. Since then you've celebrated many technological firsts, become the number one brand in surround receivers, and been adopted into the D&M Holdings family. Now you're 100 years old, a claim few consumer electronics companies can make.
SV Staff  |  Apr 26, 2010  | 
Denon has announced several new home theater products, including eight new A/V receivers and two new Blu-ray Disc players. For the retail market, Denon unveiled the AVR-391, AVR-591, AVR-791, AVR-891, and AVR-991. The 391 and 591 are...
SV Staff  |  Apr 26, 2010  | 
DRM measures may be preventing some Avatar DVDs from playing on Blu-ray players, according to The Consumerist. Based on first-hand consumer reports on Amazon.com, several DVD players simply aren't playing Avatar correctly. Users have noted...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 26, 2010  | 
The new management at the Federal Communications Commission isn't taking the CableCARD snafu lying down. They want to make new rules to foster card adoption--and they've also got ideas on what the card's successor may look like.
SV Staff  |  Apr 23, 2010  | 
Panasonic has announced official pricing and availability for its new 3D plasma HDTVs, and they're much less expensive than first reported. The previously-announced 54-inch TC-P54VT25, priced at the equivalent of $6,000 in Japan, will go on...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 23, 2010  | 
Want more high-def choices on satellite? Both of the major satellite TV providers are adding HD channels, and DirecTV's 3D roster is now up to four channels.

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