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SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2008  | 
Why is this girl smiling? For heaven's sake, doesn't she know she's just been sued? Well, actually, it's RealNetworks that has entered a new dimension of legal adventure. All because of its RealDVD software. You know, the stuff that lets you rip and...
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2008  | 
And you thought the Hubble Telescope was the only technology that needed refurbishment. Well, it turns out that your local cinema needs an overhaul too. In particular, film projectors are heading to the scrap heap. You'll start seeing a lot less...
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2008  | 
Movie provider Netflix has officially announced a partnership with Starz. Netflix will offer subscribers 2,500 additional movies from Starz Play, and it says that the first 1,000 Starz titles are already available. This is a boost to Netflix's...
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2008  | 
If you know what an API is, then this news will interest you. Everyone else can skip it. Oh, wait. Actually, this is seriously important for everyone, not just code jockeys. Netflix has announced that it's releasing its API at the Experience AJAX...
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2008  | 
The HS102 projector from LG brings some new wrinkles to the technology. In particular, it brings new meaning to the definition of a "portable" projector. The HS102 has a modest native resolution of 800 x 600, and provides switchable...
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2008  | 
Iron Man was one of the hottest releases of the fall season, and was supposed to be a coming out party for the triumphant Blu-ray format. Instead, it's turned into a headache for Paramount. In particular, sometimes success is your own worst enemy....
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2008  | 
If your house is like mine, you have enough remote controls lying around to fill a 10-gallon trash bin. In fact, if Panasonic's new EZ Touch Remote catches on, that's exactly where your old remotes may wind up. Most remotes are the same - slabs...
SV Staff  |  Sep 30, 2008  | 
I'll be the first to admit that working out indoors sucks. Compared to the distractions of the outdoors, being stuck in front of a television set while exercising can be dreadful. However, Panasonic is showing off a new "Family Wellness...
SV Staff  |  Sep 30, 2008  | 
Sure, some HDTVs are boasting dynamic contrast ratios of 500,000:1. Be prepared to be humbled. Lens giant Carl Zeiss has developed a projector that blasts that number into the stratosphere. The new powerdomeVELVET Planetarium Projector has a...
SV Staff  |  Sep 30, 2008  | 
Before they've even hit the market, Panasonic seems to have doubts about the viability of OLED TVs. They don't have an OLED on the market, but they were working on one. CNET is reporting from Ceatec 2008 in Japan that Panasonic's AVC Networks...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 30, 2008  | 
Wal-Mart has become the latest online music retailer to shut down the encryption-key servers for its DRM-encrusted downloads. As a result, anyone unfortunate enough to have bought the latter will have to burn them to CDs for archiving. Otherwise it will become impossible to transfer them to other computers and players in the future.
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2008  | 
It kind of makes sense. If a rear projection TV works by reflecting an image onto a fixed screen, why can't you put any size screen in front of it? It happened to one man. He had a 50" Sony rear projection set. Shortly after buying it, it...
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2008  | 
LG has an interesting view of the future of mobile phones. According to a report on Gizmodo, LG voiced their opinion on convergence at a meeting in London. While showing off their new KC-910 phone, they're implying that there's nothing stopping...
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2008  | 
TiVo is looking at improving their user interface. Lord knows that with so many new features, they have to develop an easier way to let you find everything. The new interface, that's in focus-group testing, has features such as ads on top of the...
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2008  | 
Nothing like beating a dead horse, but Toshiba has just released version 4.0 software updates for their HD DVD players. Umm . . . Does someone want to tell them the format isn't really around anymore? Granted, there are a lot of players out there,...

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