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$399 PS3 In November?
 |  Oct 08, 2007  |  First Published: Oct 09, 2007  | 

Could the cheapest Blu-ray Disc player on the market be about to get $100 cheaper? Hot on the heels of a UK announcement of a cheaper PlayStation3, speculation online began that a $399 US model would follow. The Hollywood Reporter cited industry sources that seem to be calling it a done deal, citing that the cheaper PS3 will hit US stores November 2nd.

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Sling Media Goes to New Places
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 08, 2007  | 
Sling Media is best known for the Slingbox, which ferries your a/v fix from any home device to any computer in the home or over the net. This well-received technology is now multiplying into new uses in the wake of Sling Media's acquisition by EchoStar.
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Copying Is Stealing, Says Sony BMG
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 05, 2007  | 
Buying a CD doesn't give you the right to copy it, a record-company attorney testified in a trial that pit the recording industry against a Native American woman in Minnesota. The single mother of two was successfully sued for using peer-to-peer file sharing to violate numerous copyrights. What may ultimately come to matter more than the verdict were some of the details that emerged along the way.
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Universal Expands Web-Enabled HD DVD Connectivity
 |  Oct 04, 2007  | 

Universal is boldly going where no studio has gone with its HD DVD web interactivity. In addition to allowing users to access and download content and share favorite scenes with other HD DVD users on their "Best Buddies" lists, the U-Shop feature will expose users to movie-related online purchases.

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DLP: Tales from the Dark Side
SV Staff  |  Oct 04, 2007  | 
At the CEDIA Expo, Texas Instruments announced the latest generation of its Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) technology, dubbed DarkChip 4. The company claims even better reproduction of black and dark grays than achieved by its current DarkChip 3...
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iCompetition Heats Up
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 04, 2007  | 
Look out, Steve Jobs. Two (other) large corporations are looking to eat your lunch. Cue famous Steve Jobs scowl. Thank you, sir.
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Read This
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2007  | 
There's something about the electronic book that holds a lot of appeal. When Sony launched its first-edition Reader at the Consumer Electronics Show a few years ago, reporters flocked around the device - to the surprise of the Sony PR team, who...
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HD Ads Sell Better
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 02, 2007  | 
Viewers who watch high-def commercials are more likely to remember brands, buy stuff, and have a good time than viewers of standard-def commercials, according to a recent survey.
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Samsung Cancels BD-P2400 And Delays Duo-HD Combi Player
 |  Oct 01, 2007  | 

Reports circulated around the web today that Samsung has canceled the release of its upcoming high-end Blu-ray Disc player, the BDP-2400, and that its BD-UP5000 Blu-ray/HD DVD combi player will be delayed until December. And this is not all bad. Let me explain.

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Radiohead, Eagles: Out of Record Stores
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2007  | 
"Record stores"? What are those? Judging from actions by bands as seemingly disparate as Radiohead (left) and the Eagles, record stores are obsolete. Just this morning, it was confirmed that Radiohead's new album, In Rainbows, will be...
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Picture This
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2007  | 
2006 was a watershed year for digital photo frames, according to Dallas-based market research company Parks Associates. Sales of digital photo frames in the first half of 2006 showed a typical growth curve and then skyrocketed. During the second...
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MGM Lion to Roar in HD
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 01, 2007  | 
DirecTV will get a leg up on the Dish Network this fall with the launch of the MGM HD channel, reports Broadcasting & Cable. The lion will roar 24/7.
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Will Zune Acquire Auto Download Magic?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 28, 2007  | 
Zune may be about to start making download decisions for you. The name of the Microsoft patent application in question is "Automatic delivery of personalized content to a portable media player with feedback." That says it all, doesn't it?
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Holiday Heap O' Hi-Def Growing... And Growing
 |  Sep 27, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 28, 2007  | 

Many long-rumored HD releases have been officially announced into fact in recent weeks, and since other news has been slower this week I thought we'd play some catch up.

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Burn DVDs the Legal Way
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 27, 2007  | 
Burning a DVD with copyrighted material is about to become legal--under the right circumstances. The DVD Copy Control Association has approved CSS Managed Recording for burning of commercial DVDs.
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