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SV Staff  |  Mar 09, 2009  | 
[Note: this review is spoiler-free, and major plot points outside of the very beginning of the film are not mentioned.] I'm a comic book fan, and for the last few years I've been anticipating the Watchmen movie with a mixture of hope and...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 09, 2009  | 
The last six Virgin Megastores in the United States will close between April and June.
SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2009  | 
 Those of you who watched last night's hilarious episode of 30 Rock know that the gang learned some very valuable lessons from the 1987 John Lithgow classic, Harry and the Hendersons. That show is used pretty regularly for product...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 06, 2009  | 
Circuit City will close all existing stores on Sunday, ending a long-drama over the electronics mega-chain's struggle for survival and its lengthy goodbye.
user  |  Mar 05, 2009  | 
If CES 2009 was any indication, it looked like Philips was getting out of the consumer-electronics business, seeing as how the company had no booth or press conference this year. But the Dutch megacorp recently announced a stunning innovation in LCD TVs—the world's first with an aspect ratio of 21:9 (2.33:1). This nearly matches the cinematic aspect ratio of 2.35:1, allowing it to display such movies without the hated black bars above and below the image.
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2009  | 
In a rather short press release issued this morning, Dish Network announced that it has terminated 10 retailers across 7 states and Puerto Rico. The company believes that the ten retailers have "engaged in illegal activity including fraud and...
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2009  | 
Just received the official press release this morning. Here it is, in its entirety: Apple Corps Ltd., MTV, and Harmonix announce The Beatles: Rock Band, worldwide release set for 9/9/09 New York, NY - March 5, 2009 - Apple Corps Ltd., Harmonix,...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 05, 2009  | 
Will Blockbuster Inc. be the next new face on the bankruptcy soup line?
Thomas J. Norton  |  Mar 04, 2009  | 
Every year, Sony holds a late-winter Open House (aka line show). As in years past, it was located at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. The current financial situation, not to mention bad weather back east, kept most of the consumer-electronics press at home, but I was there from sunny southern California, camera in hand, to bring you the latest scoop.
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2009  | 
Another chain bites the dust. The Virgin Entertainment Group has announced that it will be shutting down all six of its remaining Virgin Megastores. Instead of simply packing up, it seems that Virgin will be moving its Megastore assets into real...
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2009  | 
Two years ago, we reviewed the Kaleidescape Movie & Music Server, a rack-mounted home theater beast that could store all of your albums and DVDs on its hard drives. It was big and expensive, but did its job really well, to the extent that we gave...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 04, 2009  | 
One door closes and another opens. Where will Circuit City customers take their business after the mega-chain's swan dive? To Best Buy, 55 percent of them told NPD Group researchers.
SV Staff  |  Mar 03, 2009  | 
Speculation about LG abandoning plasma screen technology seems to be unfounded, according to a statement the company released last week and reaffirmed by John Taylor, LG Electronics USA's Vice President of Public Affairs. The release reaffirms...
SV Staff  |  Mar 03, 2009  | 
Watchmen is shaping up to be one of the biggest movies of the season, and it's almost certainly going to be one of the biggest to hit IMAX. This Friday, the film hits both the big screen and the bigger screen, and if you choose to see it on the...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 03, 2009  | 
Is price gouging on patents inflating the prices of DTVs? A lobbying group says DTV patent holders are imposing onerous terms when licensing their technologies to competing manufacturers. And the Federal Communications Commission has promised to investigate.

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