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Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 02, 2010  | 
Viewing 3D video can cause headache and blurred vision, according to a study undertaken at the University of California at Berkeley.
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2010  | 
 If you're a PS3 user, but you don't have one of the newer slim models, Sony would appreciate it if you didn't fire up your console until they can find a viable fix for the clock bug that's currently beating up their...
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2010  | 
There's nerdy, and then there's too nerdy even for me. If you really, really love Marvel Comics, you can get an HDTV branded with a popular Marvel superhero or team. A company named RTC23 just announced that it will be releasing a full line of...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 01, 2010  | 
The world economy may be tottering, but TV sales are on the rise, especially LCD TV sales.
Thomas J. Norton  |  Feb 26, 2010  | 
Panasonic's traveling road show for its new 2010 product line came to Los Angeles this week, and we were there. Most of the products shown or described at the event were first announced at last January's CES, where the featured attraction was 3D, with other new products taking second billing—if not in Panasonic's eyes, then in the eyes of most attendees. It was not that the new products were uninteresting; far from it. But 3D was king of the video mountain at CES 2010.
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 26, 2010  | 

Panasonic just finished a bi-coastal press briefing about its 2010 lineup of TVs, Blu-ray players, HTIBs (home-theater-in-a-box systems), and soundbars, but 3D was conspicuously absent. In fact, we were told that the company would be back in the late Spring or early Summer with more specifics about its 3D offerings.

SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2010  | 
Things are looking very bleak for the former video rental juggernaut Blockbuster Video. After shuttering 374 stores last year, the company is now planning to close an additional 500 locations. The news comes after Blockbuster posted a quarterly...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 26, 2010  | 
As part of a National Broadband Plan, the Federal Communications Commission will try to persuade broadcasters to relinquish some of the spectrum allocated just last year in the DTV transition.
SV Staff  |  Feb 25, 2010  | 
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences (that is, the "Oscars guys") opened up its New York Oscars exhibit today. The opening ceremony featured speeches from Academy president Tom Sherak, Kodak Entertainment Imaging Group president Kimberly...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 25, 2010  | 
Internet TV use continues to rise. According to iSuppli, 27.5 of consumers who bought new TVs last month connected them to the net, and the figure was up from 24.3 percent in December.
SV Staff  |  Feb 24, 2010  | 
If you like your headphones German, shiny, and really expensive, Ultrasone has the pair for you. The company is shipping its Edition 8 Palladium headphones to North America, giving American audiophiles a chance to get their hands on (according to...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 24, 2010  | 
One of LCD's key weapons in its competition against plasma is LED backlighting, which provides superior black level reproduction compared to old-school CCFL (fluorescent) backlighting. But don't count CCFL out just yet. A new type may enable it to hold onto the lower end of the LCD market.
SV Staff  |  Feb 23, 2010  | 
If you need a change from your daily Modern Warfare 2 experience, today's deal on Dante's Inferno on Xbox 360/PS3 for $39.99 normally $49.99 is exactly what you've been waiting for. Not a Gamer? Don't worry we have more HD deals*...
user  |  Feb 23, 2010  | 
Walmart has launched itself into the video streaming business in a big way with the acquisition of Vudu.
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2010  | 
[Pictured, clockwise from top center: Obidiah Stane, Bruce Wayne, (possibly) Clint Barton, Lucius Fox, and Harry from Mama Mia. Yes, four out of five of this year's best actor nominees have been or are rumored to be main characters in comic book...

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