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Netflix Streaming coming to Windows Phone 7
SV Staff  |  Mar 15, 2010
Netflix is on a mission to get their streaming service onto just about every device with a screen, but the cell phone market has been woefully neglected until now. Microsoft has been showing off how their new Windows Phone 7 platform plays nice...
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Pink Floyd Stops EMI's Single-Track Sales
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 15, 2010
A piece of conventional wisdom about the nature of online music sales ran into a brick wall last week when a court ruled that Pink Floyd's landmark album Dark Side of the Moon cannot be broken up and sold as individual songs.
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CrunchGear's $20 DIY projector mount
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2010
I can't attest to how sturdy it is, and I certainly would think very carefully before trusting $20 worth of hardware to support a $4,000 projector, but I still have to applaud CrunchGear's Matt Burns' ingenuity. He built his own ceiling mount for...
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Panasonic to Tour U.S. with 3D
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 12, 2010
The Panasonic Touch the Future Tour will let members of the public (that's you) in 15 cities get direct experience with the company's version of 3D technology, starting Monday March 15 in New York and finishing next month in Miami. See end of this story for other locales and dates.
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ABC Fight Prompts Cable Plea
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 12, 2010
Following a bare-knuckled fight that interrupted ABC's Oscar telecast to millions of New York area cable subscribers, the major cable operators are petitioning the Federal Communications Commission for new regulations that would prevent future blackouts during retransmission negotiations.
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NCAA Final Four hitting 100 theaters in 3D
SV Staff  |  Mar 11, 2010
March Madness has gotten a little bit more mad. CBS Sports is going to show the NCAA Final Four live in 100 movie theaters across the country. Oh, and it'll be in 3D. Locations haven't been nailed down yet, but details should be finalized before...
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Feds to Require TV Energy Labels
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 11, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission will require TVs to have EnergyGuide labels at the retail level.
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"The National Parks": Lighthouses of the Holy
SV Staff  |  Mar 10, 2010
Actually, I'm talking about one lighthouse here, but in two images. First up, courtesy of the National Park Foundation: Readers of our print magazine will recognize that as the photo accompanying our December 2009 review of The National Parks...
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3D Glasses maker Vuzix now selling 3D DVDs
SV Staff  |  Mar 10, 2010
3D content is steadily marching onward, but there still aren't too many choices out there. There are several animated movies from the last few years and Avatar will be hitting DVD and Blu-ray soon enough, but that's not a whole lot of 3D....
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Will TiVo Verdict Shut Down Dish DVRs?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 10, 2010
TiVo's victory in a prolonged court battle may force EchoStar to pull the plug on eight million Dish Network DVRs.
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An HDTV with a chrome bezel; spinners extra
SV Staff  |  Mar 09, 2010
Spectre's new Chrome HDTVs are shiny. That's the biggest thing that can be said about them. Shiny. Chrome. Blinged out. Reflective. Besides their shininess, the Chrome screens are basically just relatively small HDTVs (or relatively large...
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Blockbuster Reinstates Late Fees
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 09, 2010
To widespread derision, Blockbuster has reinstated late fees for program rentals.
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Denon A/V receivers now Windows 7-compatible
SV Staff  |  Mar 08, 2010
Early adopters can rest easy. Denon has just announced that four of its currently available A/V receivers are officially Windows 7-compatible, and all new receivers in 2010 will share that compatibility. The Denon AVR-4810CI, AVR-4310CI,...
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RealDVD Case Over, App Dead
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 08, 2010
RealDVD's DVD-copying application is dead, having been officially outlawed by a judge after a protracted legal battle.
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3DTVs Now Available
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 05, 2010

Well, that didn't take long. Less than two months after 3DTVs were introduced at CES, some models are already available for consumers to purchase. The first out of the gate are Samsung's UN46C7000 and UN55C7000 LED edge-lit LCD TVs (shown here), which can be purchased at Amazon.com for $2339 and $2969, respectively, as well as a few other online retailers such as Crutchfield, which has the 46 in stock for $2400 and is taking pre-orders for the 55 for $3060. Soon to follow are some Panasonic plasmas, which are scheduled to go on sale at Best Buy on March 10, marking the first time that 3DTVs will be available at brick-and-mortar outlets.

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