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SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2008  | 
Target isn't the first name you think of when you go shopping for electronics gear, but with Circuit City pulling out of some cities and Tweeter/HiFi Buys disappearing, options are getting pretty limited. So, why not see what Target has to...
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2008  | 
What could possible push the sales of Blu-ray harder into the positive numbers is debuting in Japan. The world's first hybrid Blu-ray/DVD movie is going to be released (in Japan) on February 18th.  One of the benefits of the dearly...
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2008  | 
You would have thought that sales of flat panel TV would be booming right now. We're 61 days away from the digital conversion. Instead of buying converter boxes, most pundits thought everyone would be rushing out to buy new digital TVs this...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 19, 2008  | 
Just in time for the holidays, the Recording Industry Association of America has announced that it will no longer launch mass lawsuits against wayward consumers for illegally sharing music files on the internet. What a lovely present!
SV Staff  |  Dec 18, 2008  | 
LG's BD300 Blu-ray player is getting an upgrade. I know, it's about time!  Joining the likes of Samsung and TiVo, the BD300 is getting a firmware update that give it access to Netflix HD streaming. Woo-hoo. The upgrade, vBD8.11.480...
SV Staff  |  Dec 18, 2008  | 
While companies in London are touting 3D with not-so-dorky-looking glasses, they still have glasses. However, next month in Vegas, Alioscopy is going to be showing off their Autostereoscopic 3D display -- NO GLASSES REQUIRED! Alioscopy and TCL...
SV Staff  |  Dec 18, 2008  | 
England's Sky satellite broadcaster has said that "there is a very good chance you'll see the London Olympics in 3D"Sky had a meeting in London demo-ing 3DTV, and if they have their way, they'll be shooting more and more 3D...
SV Staff  |  Dec 18, 2008  | 
Say that three times fast.  The Internet-based set-top box is getting bigger. Not physically, but the features and sites it connects to is growing. The latest? YouTube, Flickr, and Picasa, plus on-demand TV from the NBC family, ABC, CBS,...
user  |  Dec 18, 2008  | 
Two Japanese electronics giants have merged with the news that Panasonic will buy Sanyo.
SV Staff  |  Dec 17, 2008  | 
Best Buy is the largest consumer electronics retailer left in the country. Circuit City filed for bankruptcy, Tweeter shuttered just weeks ago. You would think that without competition, Best Buy would be flourishing. However, they just announced...
SV Staff  |  Dec 17, 2008  | 
Green is the new black. We knew that already. It's great to see how companies are living up to their responsibility to reduce power consumption and save our planet. GreenPeak is coming out with a new product line featuring wireless radio...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 17, 2008  | 
Recently we reported that Blu-ray has been hacked. Well, now it's been unhacked, though the victory was short-lived.
SV Staff  |  Dec 16, 2008  | 
So tell us: would you buy a movie or album on a USB flash drive? Even if it was a really good movie or album? Sony thinks you will.  They're releasing MicroVault Click flash drives with Michael Jackson's "Thriller: 25th...
SV Staff  |  Dec 16, 2008  | 
Children listen to headphones probably more than any other demographic - it's part of their culture more so then it was when most of us were young. But, most gear aimed for kids are real low quality "toy" products. Finally, a new...
SV Staff  |  Dec 16, 2008  | 
Don't you wish more companies were like this? Canadian amplifier giant Bryston is introducing their latest line of amplifiers, upgrading their SST product line.The SST "Squared" amplifiers won't win many style points, but...

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