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DTV Broadcasts to Get Field Testing
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 14, 2008  | 
Remember that private study predicting that the transition to digital television broadcasting would cause some viewers to lose some channels? It's caused quite a flurry. In fact, the Federal Communications Commission has agreed to a new set of field tests to gauge exactly what will happen to antenna-dependent viewers in February 2009. That's when analog broadcasting is scheduled to end and digital signals will be the only ones winging their way across the sky.
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SXSW, Day 1: Wednesday, 3/12
SV Staff  |  Mar 13, 2008  | 
Hey, here's an official SXSW logo! As you may have seen from the S&V home page, our Web man Rob Medich was able to grab one (those computer guys are, y'know, adept). So, inspired by his adeptness, I finally found one, too. No more ripping off...
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$1 Billion Charge to Format-War Loser: Did Toshiba Get Off Easy?
SV Staff  |  Mar 13, 2008  | 
To design a consumer electronics product and ramp up its production costs lots and lots of money. To shut down the conveyor belts after marketing is already in full swing costs even more. Still, it sure hurt: Japanese business paper The Nikkei...
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Even More Flat-Panel TVs Go Sharp
SV Staff  |  Mar 13, 2008  | 
In yet another move towards the total generic-ization of flat-screen TVs, LG said this week that it would buy 32-inch and 52-inch LCD panels from Sharp. Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic have all recently gotten on the Sharp LCD bandwagon as well. LG's...
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Blu-ray Buyers: Early Bird Catches the Bargain
SV Staff  |  Mar 13, 2008  | 
Data from shopping site Pricegrabber.com showing that Blu-ray player prices have increased since the beginning of the year hammers home the sting of the early-adopter trade-off: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. For savvy buyers of Blu-ray...
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Panasonic 2008 Line Show
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 13, 2008  | 
At a late winter press event, Panasonic Corporation of North America rolled out its complete 2008 line of 21 plasma and LCD flat paneltelevisions, all branded VIERA for the first time in North America. A Panasonic spokesperson explained that VIERA stands for "Visual Era," and for "exceptional picture, connectivity and customer service and satisfaction" [But the latter didn't make such a spiffy acronym!-Ed.].
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R.E.M. Pulls a Radiohead
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 13, 2008  | 
Following in the footsteps of Radiohead, R.E.M. will offer its new album Accelerate free on the internet for a limited period before official CD and download release.
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Imax Goes Futuristic with Digital Projection Chip
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2008  | 
When most people think of Imax, they think of swooping, grandiose shots and dramatic camera angles capturing natural splendor. They remember those huge wall-to-wall screens and imagine the expensive equipment, cameras and film required to produce...
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Get Your House Party In Sync with Audioengine's AW1
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2008  | 
Every audiophile music geek dreams of taking a giant hard drive full of high bit-rate music and streaming it to every room in the house. But making it a reality is expensive and complicated. Short of shelling out $1,000 or more for systems like...
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SXSW: The Night Before
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2008  | 
We said our hellos (on the night before): That would be writer Billy Altman, photographer Ebet Roberts, and I (your humble Entertainment Editor, Ken Richardson) saying our annual hellos on Tuesday night - the night before the South by Southwest...
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You Tube, TiVo?
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2008  | 
In the ongoing battle to lure consumers away from their PCs, TiVo has become the latest consumer electronics company to announce plans to bring Internet-based video content into the living room. TiVo will join Apple TV as the other hardware box...
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GE Promises Cheap, Versatile OLEDS
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2008  | 
For some, OLED displays seem like just another future-tech promise that, like jet packs, flying cars, and domestic robots, has never been fulfilled. Sure, Sony put out one OLED TV this year - the $2,500 11-inch XEL-1 - but who can afford it? Now...
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Olympics Broadcast the Size of an Olympic Pool
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2008  | 
Those lucky Brits. During the 2012 London Olympics, they'll receive BBC broadcasts in "Super Hi-Vision," on big screens across the country. Japan's public broadcaster NHK and Britain's BBC are collaborating on Super Hi-Vision, a format...
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Panasonic Colors Your World
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 12, 2008  | 
Panasonic showed off two distinct approaches to flat-panel color reproduction yesterday at a New York press event. This was just one facet of a sweeping presentation that covered new LCD as well as plasma lines, all rebranded with the name Viera, much of which will reach the market in a "critical mass" slated for April.
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Too Many HD Channels, or Not Enough?
SV Staff  |  Mar 11, 2008  | 
Is there an HDTV owner in America who thinks there's a glut of HD channels and content to watch? Probably not. Well, maybe one. His name is Michael Angelakis, and he's the chief financial officer of Comcast. At a conference Monday, he told the...
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