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SV Staff  |  Aug 05, 2008  | 
Sony is one of the most recognized, and respected, corporate names in the world. How many Sony products do you have at home? But when's the last time you bought a Sony product? The electronics juggernaut struggled to cope with monumental...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 05, 2008  | 
Both DirecTV and the Dish Network announced last week that they would offer viewers more HD channels. Dish also announced it would do video on demand in 1080p.
SV Staff  |  Aug 05, 2008  | 
We all know and love noise-canceling headphones. Who can bear to fly without them, right? Now, imagine that same technology used in your home theater? Come on, who here has a completely acoustically quiet home theater? Between air-conditioners,...
SV Staff  |  Aug 04, 2008  | 
It seems like an interesting game. All the major players in the home-video market are jockeying for position - trying to position themselves in the one location that will remain viable in the future. Netflix is sticking to what they know best....
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 04, 2008  | 
The fight against illegal music downloading is taking some strange turns in Great Britain. Internet service providers have agreed to send letters accusing customers of stealing music. And the government has set a goal of reducing illegal file sharing by up to 80 percent within three years.
SV Staff  |  Aug 04, 2008  | 
I regret to inform you of the passing of the Compact Cassette. At the age of 45 (that's about 135 in technology years) the cassette finally succumbed to market forces. Cause of death, tragically, was the cassette's own offspring, the Compact Disc....
SV Staff  |  Aug 01, 2008  | 
Netflix is onboard the Blu-ray express. They dropped HD DVD like a hot potato, and now they are charging a little extra if you want to come home and find Blu-ray discs visiting a mailbox near you. When you check the "I have a Blu-ray...
SV Staff  |  Aug 01, 2008  | 
LG is making a splash this summer with a rather impressive lineup of new products, obviously not waiting for the holiday buying season. One of the latest announcements is a new 47-inch model with 120Hz frame-rate processing. Not for the...
SV Staff  |  Aug 01, 2008  | 
We've already alerted you to the forthcoming release of the Ultimate Matrix Collection on Blu-ray. Now Warner Brothers is whetting appetites with more details. The seven-disc box set will hit store shelves on October 14. The set will include the...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 01, 2008  | 
Should movies be consumed on disc or via the internet? You can have both options with LG's BD300 Blu-ray player.
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2008  | 
The DISH Network has unveiled what is being called the biggest HD upgrade in pay TV history. They'll beam down 1080p programming, and up to 150 national HD channels; that's an industry first. Their 100% all-HD suite of programming packages will be...
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2008  | 
Don't you hate it when your perfectly tuned, acoustically isolated sound system is ruined by the steady hum of your DVR? Hitachi just announced two new hard drives destined for DVR use that tackle that problem, combine high storage with low power...
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2008  | 
Is it the beginning of the end for Blu-ray?  Already? A new Blu-ray player from LG Electronics might just foreshadow the future of Blu-day, and its ultimate demise. The rumor mill has been buzzing since January and now it's official. LG will...
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2008  | 
The TiVo webstore has a glaring omission. The popular Series3 unit is AWOL. The Series2 is chugging along, and the TiVo HD is prominent, but the Series3 is gone and labeled "Out of Stock." Retailers still have inventory ($593 at Amazon)...
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2008  | 
Halcro, in case you haven't heard, makes some of the most bad-ass hi-fi gear on the planet. In a world gone mad for iPods and earbuds, Halcro is perfecting the art of really, really excellent componentry.  It's also really, really expensive...

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