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Will EchoStar Lunge for Sirius XM?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 09, 2009  | 
EchoStar, the owner of the Dish Network, is accumulating debt from the recently merged Sirius XM Satellite Radio Inc., according to The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper speculates that this "could be the first salvo in an attempt to take control of the battered company," either inside or outside of bankruptcy.
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Farewell Kuro?
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 07, 2009  |  First Published: Feb 08, 2009  | 

In a report from the Nikkei and Kyodo news agency in Japan on Saturday, Pioneer is said to be quitting the plasma-TV business altogether—not just getting out of panel manufacturing and handing it over to Panasonic, but abandoning its TV business entirely. The global economic downturn, plummeting demand, and fierce competition led the company to take the drastic action in order to stem growing losses, which are expected to reach almost $850 million in the home-electronics division this fiscal year.

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Logitech Harmony 1100 Hits the Stores
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2009  | 
Would you spend more on a remote than many people would spend on their entire home theater? The Logitech Harmony 1100 touchscreen universal remote is quite an amazing remote. It features a customizable touchscreen, anodized black aluminum body,...
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If a Tree Falls . . .
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2009  | 
If a Tree Camera MP3 player falls in the forest, does it make a noise? Well, yeah. It sounds like an MP3 player hitting the dirt. This little wooden camera-like device isn't a camera at all. It's a cute little MP3 player, disguised as a...
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Blowout Sale on Slacker Portables
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2009  | 
Hooked on Slacker? Who isn't? If you've been lusting for a portable Slacker player, now's the time to pick one up here. For a limited time, you can pick up a 8GB Slacker WiFi Internet Radio for $69.99.  With just a few ads, you...
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Everything Old Is New Again
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2009  | 
Cassette tapes have been dead and gone for a while now, but if you're missing the boxy look of a cassette, we have the desk accessory you've been longing for. This tape is a tape dispenser. Get it? Tape, from a tape.Don't tell the...
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Breaking News: Pioneer Quits TV Biz
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2009  | 
A Japanese business journal has just reported that the Pioneer Corporation will be pulling the plug on the TV business. Almost as shocking, the report in the Nikkei Japanese paper stated that Pioneer will be moving its DVD business to a new...
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X-Men Trilogy on Blu-ray Wants to Sell You a Ticket to X-Men Origins: Wolverine
SV Staff  |  Feb 06, 2009  | 
I, like almost every movie lover, can think of at least two more trilogies that I would like to see on Blu-ray before I would ever even think of asking for X-men. But, on April 21st you'll be able to recapture all of the, um, inconsistency...
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Networks to Keep Analog Until Bitter End
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 06, 2009  | 
Several major TV networks have announced that they plan for their owned affiliate stations to keep analog signals on the airwaves until the final deadline in June.
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Sonic Bed: Home Theater In a Different Box
SV Staff  |  Feb 05, 2009  | 
Home theater in a box takes on a whole new meaning. The Sonic Bed is a home theater system built into a massive bed. The bed, designed by Kaffe Matthews uses a series of loudspeakers and six subwoofers placed in the base of the bed.The subwoofers...
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Speak-er Speakers
SV Staff  |  Feb 05, 2009  | 
Think you do the funniest things with your computer? Spout the wittiest comments on your YouTube videos? Wouldn't you love a pair of these speech bubble speakers perched next to their computer monitor to make sure you hear every funny blurb,...
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Grammy Watch on Palladia
SV Staff  |  Feb 05, 2009  | 
Complain all you want about the lack of new material on Palladia, MTV's HD offering, but this weekend, they're stepping it up. Starting Friday night at 9pm until the start of Sunday night's broadcast of the Grammy's, Palladia HD...
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Panasonic's Green LCDs with WirelessHD
SV Staff  |  Feb 05, 2009  | 
Why does Japan get all the good stuff first? Panasonic Japan is showing off  the new Z series of Viera TVs that use half the power of the competition, but it gets even better. Instead of having those ugly cables running up to these gorgeous...
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Sound-Soothing iPhone App
SV Staff  |  Feb 05, 2009  | 
Do you know anyone addicted to white noise to lull them to sleep? At home with your favorite fan, it's not a problem. But, start traveling, and its a whole new problem. Nights are spent trying to find static on hotel radios as most TVs now...
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Got XBox? Get Netflix and Win!
SV Staff  |  Feb 05, 2009  | 
Do you have an XBox? Have you ever considered adding the NXE-enabled Netflix streaming feature to it? No time like the present. Right now, Netflix has an sweepstake running right now, where weekly winners will be selected to win a kick-ass home...
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