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HD VOD May Upstage Blu-ray
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 20, 2008  | 
Look out, Blu-ray. Video on demand may deliver the high-def goods to homes before your shiny discs even make it into stores. And here's a nasty twist: This may mark the first use of selectable output control to turn off the analog component video interface.
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Sharp: DVR Gets Blu
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2008  | 
Sharp just announced three new Aquos products that are Blu-ray players with built-in high-def DVRs. Although these sound like fabulous new combo units, is this really all that great? The three models have different DVR storage capacities. The...
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JVC+YouTube=Winning Combination
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2008  | 
JVC just announced a new camcorder that makes showing your home videos to the world, well . . . at least to anyone hip enough to surf YouTube, easier than ever. The new Everio S Series GZ-MS100 has an UPLOAD button that allows users to transfer...
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Blu-ray Player Prices Falling
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 19, 2008  | 

It seems that predictions of higher Blu-ray player prices now that the HD DVD competition has been eliminated are somewhat unfounded. Wal-Mart just announced it will sell a Magnavox-branded Blu-ray player for under $300 starting May 26. The NB500MG9, which is built by Funai, will conform to BD Profile 1.1 with picture-in-picture functionality.

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FCC Strong-arming Retailers
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2008  | 
Circuit City can't catch a break. The FCC just slapped the struggling retailer with a whopping $712,000 fine for violating an FCC rule. In order to forewarn consumers about the February blackout of analog TV, the FCC is requiring retailers to put...
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Givin' It Away: Free Zune's for All
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2008  | 
Look out your window. See any frost? Apparently, hell hath frozen over. This is something that we would never have thought we'd see. Most MP3 manufacturers bundle in headphones, sometimes really good headphones with their portable players. In a...
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Internet, iPod Taxes Coming
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 19, 2008  | 
Frequent internet shoppers know the feeling. You've searched out the best deal, added it to your shopping cart, and you're ready to type in your credit card number. But what's this? The total isn't what you expected. How are you getting nickel-and-dimed to death? Oh, taxes.
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Like A Rock: Sunfire's Super-Solid New Minis
SV Staff  |  May 18, 2008  | 
Sunfire's built a rep for teensy-tinsy speakers that sound like towering megaspeakers. Only problem was, the tiny transducers carried a giant price tag: about $6,000 to $8,000 for a full system. With the new HRS speaker system, the company's headed...
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L.A. Law: High Def in Hollywood
SV Staff  |  May 16, 2008  | 
Two lawyers are sitting in a bar. One turns to the other and asks, "Want a sneak peak at the latest Hollywood blockbuster?" Sounds like the opening to a great joke. This one isn't a joking matter. A petition filed with the FCC by the MPAA...
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Blu-ray Still Singing the Blues
SV Staff  |  May 16, 2008  | 
It's a little bit ironic, don't you think? After all the dust in the consumer electronics war between HD DVD and Blu-ray settled, it appears that not many people really cared at all. In a survey by Harris Interactive, only 9% of people who don't...
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DTS Ditching Theaters, Staying Home
SV Staff  |  May 16, 2008  | 
If you ever doubted how important the home theater market is, take a gander at this news flash. DTS, a leading innovator in surround sound, is ditching the movie business and concentrating solely on the home theater biz. They've officially sold...
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iPod in the Sky with Singapore Air
SV Staff  |  May 16, 2008  | 
Flying first class has never been this classy. Singapore Airlines, known for their luxurious seating, gourmet in-flight dining, and gorgeous flight attendants is making news again. On their all-business class planes flying from New York and LA to...
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It's Official: JVC and Kenwood Merge
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 16, 2008  | 
Last summer we reported that JVC and Kenwood were contemplating a merger. It appears the merger is about to become official, pending a June 27 shareholder meeting. The new company will be called JVC Kenwood Holdings Inc.
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Who Needs Dinner When I Can Buy a TV?
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2008  | 
Honey, pass the Puppy Chow and hand me the remote. In a time of economic woes, Wal-Mart has posted earnings that are up 6.9%. While many folks are struggling to make their house payments, where's the profit coming from? Oddly enough, it's the...
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More Sling
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2008  | 
Audio and video placeshifting technology: That's what Sling Media does, and does well. If you just got back from the ISS (motto: "Urine doesn't taste so bad!") you might not know about SlingBox. Slingbox "slings" AV signals. It...
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