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SV Staff  |  Jun 30, 2008  | 
Gasoline may be expensive as hell, but summer's arrival means road trips (just ask AAA). Heeding the season's call - or rather that of Ron Stimpson, SVS's co-founder and Director of Product and Marketing - I grabbed some CDs, hopped into my wagon,...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 30, 2008  | 
The race to bring new display technology into a home theater near you has heated up with a report that Panasonic plans to start making OLED TVs in three years.
SV Staff  |  Jun 29, 2008  | 
Pioneer has opened a special showroom at the corner of Hollywood and Vine to show Hollywood professionals what their works really look like once they get into someone's home. The Kuro Loft gives "the industry" a chance to look at...
SV Staff  |  Jun 27, 2008  | 
Sony's acclaimed ES (Elevated Standard) high-end product line just got three new A/V receivers, all supporting 1080p/24 video signals and the latest high-resolution audio formats. Packed with features, these new Sony ES products are just what you...
SV Staff  |  Jun 27, 2008  | 
Obviously, there's no love lost between most customers and their cable companies. In fact, there's no love lost between a cable company and itself, either. So it's not surprising that more people are satisfied with their direct broadcast satellite...
SV Staff  |  Jun 27, 2008  | 
Universal Studios is betting that Wanted  is going to be the Blu-ray release that's going to explode the Blu-ray business. Universal's Craig Kornblau has been quoted as saying, "What The Matrix did for DVD, Wanted could do for...
SV Staff  |  Jun 27, 2008  | 
Here's a mouthful. A team from the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials at the Tohoku University announced that they've discovered a way to increase the storage capacity of a standard DVD to 42GB. They can also multiply...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 27, 2008  | 
Consumers between the ages of 14 and 24 are willing to pay for downloads, says a new survey by British Music Rights. But there are conditions attached to their willingness to pay.
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008  | 
Before Blu-ray has even been completely accepted into American households, the hacks have begun. Bluraymods.com is selling two new products: a completely region-free Panasonic Blu-ray player that they've modified, or a do-it-yourself kit that lets...
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008  | 
Pioneer's four new 1080p plasma Kuro sets are tall, dark, and thin; who could ask for anything more? Two of them come with a really hot separate media receiver - a 4-port HDMI external switcher. The only problem is that they're only scheduled from...
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008  | 
Following the successful release of the new lines of Kuro plasma sets, Pioneer is making the same commitment to LCD. Well, committing to Europe, at least. Those lucky folks across the pond will be seeing three new Kuro LCDs ranging from 32-inches...
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008  | 
Pioneer is revealing a new center channel and bookshelf speaker designed to match the S-3EX speakers revealed last year. Together, they'll make a kick-ass home theater system that will put most home-theater-in-a-box sat/sub system to shame. What...
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008  | 
Pioneer is revealing a new center channel and bookshelf designed to match the S-3EX speakers revealed last year. Together, they'll make a kick-ass home theater system that will put most home-theater-in-a-box sat/sub system to shame. ...
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008  | 
Playing catch-up with other download services, Sony just announced it will make downloads available on Playstation 3 in the US this summer. Sorry friends in Europe and Japan, you're going to have to wait for information on when you can start...
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008  | 
It's not an officially sanctioned marriage, but more like common law. With a little effort, you can stream NetFlix movies over your Xbox 360 video game console. It isn't even really a hack - just a clever application of a Vista Media Center...

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