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Bose New SoundDock Plays Nice with iPhone
SV Staff  |  Aug 22, 2008  | 
Ever since it was released, the original Bose SoundDock seemed to be the 'go-to' iPod dock for anyone looking for decent sound. Kinda like how their Wave radio became the reference system for all clock radios, most docks were compared to - and fell...
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Blockbuster: No Movie Night Tonight?
SV Staff  |  Aug 22, 2008  | 
Earlier this week, we reported that Netflix was having problems shipping out movies. Looks like Blockbuster is also having problems. Our friends over at Gizmodo heard that for the past four days, Blockbuster customers were also experiencing delays...
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Manufacturers - A Rose By Any Other Name . . .
SV Staff  |  Aug 22, 2008  | 
Branding is a big thing. Apple gets it: A Nano is a Nano, a Shuffle is a Shuffle. Cher gets it. As do Sting, Madonna, and Bono. However, most electronics manufacturers just don't. Simple, easy to read, easy to say, and easy to research names for...
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FCC Does DTV Promo Tour
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 22, 2008  | 
With the DTV transition deadline looming early next year, members of the Federal Communications Commission are hitting the streets to educate Americans. They want viewers to take action before analog broadcasting ends on February 17, 2008.
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Kayak Speakers - No, Not THAT Kind of Kayak Speaker
SV Staff  |  Aug 21, 2008  | 
The Sonance Kayak speaker isn't a speaker for your favorite whitewater Delta kayak. No, the Kayak speaker, if you hold your head just right and squint just a little bit, looks like a kayak suspended in your living room. Italian speaker designers...
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Mitsubishi Wireless HDTV
SV Staff  |  Aug 21, 2008  | 
WHDI. Remember that acronym. Consider having it tattooed across your chest, or at least shaved into your head. It stands for Wireless High-Definition Interface. Developed by AMIMON, and embraced by more and more electronics manufacturers, WHDI lets...
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Intel Inside
SV Staff  |  Aug 21, 2008  | 
Remember Convergence? How diverse industries such as telecommunications and entertainment were supposed to merge and create weird new offspring? Well, yesterday at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel and Yahoo announced a bit of...
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Finally! Something Worth Talking About
SV Staff  |  Aug 21, 2008  | 
Sure, iPods, Kaleidescapes and other media servers are great if you've got lots of extra energy for all that button pushing. But if your fingers are busy doing other important things or you just really want to veg out and lie around doing nothing...
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TV Shipments Surge
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 21, 2008  | 
Manufacturers are shipping more more television sets than ever, according to the latest figures from DisplaySearch.
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PS3 Bundle: 160GB with Uncharted:Drake's Fortune
SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2008  | 
Exciting gaming news from Sony out of Germany's Game Convention. Lots of new Playstation product. Who doesn't love new games? Perhaps the most exciting news is the 160GB PS3 that will come bundled with a Dual-Shock SIXAXIS plus Uncharted: Drake's...
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Happy Labor Day HDTV Sale!
SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2008  | 
Black Friday's coming early in the HDTV market. Just in time for all your favorite network shows to return - to say nothing of the fall classics and my fav, college football - HDTVs are going on sale. If you're in the market for a new set, you...
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Harman Kardon's CEDIA Sneak Peek
SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2008  | 
Harman Kardon is going to make a splash at CEDIA 2008 in early September with a bevy of new products for the custom installation crowd (and maybe you too!). Harman,probably best known for making A/V receivers, is introducing a state-of-the-art...
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Verizon's FiOS - Who's Laughing Now?
SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2008  | 
When Verizon began rolling out trucks to run fiber optic cables through nearly half its territory, critics were skeptical. Rightly so. The cost to install fiber optic cables for Verizon's FiOS system was close to $23 billion. Billion. Doing the...
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The Polar Express in 3D -- Funny Glasses and All
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2008  | 
Can't you just picture your whole family gathered around the TV wearing those goofy red and blue 3D glasses? Makes you all warm and fuzzy thinking about it. Well, Warner Bros. just announced they're going to release the computer-generated animated...
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TiVo Working at The Daily Show
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2008  | 
Who doesn't love their TiVo? Who would love to take their TiVo to work with them every day? If you're on the staff at The Daily Show, you don't have to. If you've watched the show, you know that they pull clips from a wide range of sources. Did...
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