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SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2010  | 
This is a very interesting use of BD-Live. Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that users of The Office Season 6 Blu-ray Disc will be able to stream the 5 most recent episodes of season 7 whenever they want. The episodes will be...
SV Staff  |  Sep 22, 2009  | 
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/television/Top_Gear_now_recording_in_HD'; I love Top Gear. I might not be a "car guy," but Top Gear always manages to captivate me. Fast cars, strange vehicles, great humor, it's one of the most entertaining series...
SV Staff  |  Jul 24, 2008  | 
How appropriate. On the same day as the one-night viewing of the early-'80s computer geek classic WarGames, WIRED.com has posted an interview with the creators of the classic movie about an innocent hacker who launches the end of the world as we...
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Oct 04, 2004  | 
While we can't vouch for the scientific nature of a recent survey conducted by Quixel Research at Best Buy stores in three different USA locations, the results do fill our hearts with gladness that the average consumer-type person (or at least the average Best Buy visitor) can tell quality when he or she sees it. At least that's how we interpret the results. Sponsored by "several major CE and component manufacturers", Quixel's survey team had "TV purchase intenders" compare Plasma TVs, LCD TVs, front projectors, and MicroDisplay rear-pro sets side-by-side. After careful evaluation in the retail store environment, the consumers then told the Quixel Research scribes what they wanted in a new TV and how much they were willing to pay for it. Quixel claims that the study "is the first of its kind to compare all the products side by side in a retail environment across the USA."
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 07, 2009  | 
When the phrase "video revolution" was in vogue, a generation of viewers weaned on commercial broadcast TV suddenly found they could skip ads in a whole bunch of new ways. With a VCR, they could time-shift programming and fast-scan through ads. They could rent ad-free movies at a video store (trailers don't count). And they could subscribe to pay-TV channels, paying for hipper programming almost without ads. But the heirs to those technologies--DVRs and video on demand --are increasingly overrun by ads, even though consumers have paid to avoid them.
SV Staff  |  Dec 29, 2015  | 
One in seven American adults (15 percent) are “cord cutters” who have abandoned cable or satellite TV service, while another 9 percent have never subscribed to traditional pay TV, according to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center.
SV Staff  |  Jan 25, 2016  | 
1More, a Chinese headphone company founded in 2013, says its new flagship E1001 Triple Driver In-Ear Monitor outperforms most single- and dual-driver earphones.
SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2009  | 
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/10_Beatles_Songs_We_Wish_Rock_Band_Included'; This week 44 of the 45 tracks off of The Beatles: Rock Band video game have been announced, leaving the mystery 45th track up in the air until the Sept. 9...
SV Staff  |  Jun 29, 2018  | 
As the July 4th holiday nears, we decided to cruise our own Shop Sound & Vision site to see what kind of deals we could rustle up. Here are 10 — five AV receivers and five speaker systems — that are worth a look. All are Sound & Vision Top Picks. Yes, some are older models and a couple are even discontinued, so they won’t be of great interest to those who live on the cutting edge…but it’s hard to ignore those prices. If not for your main system, there might be something here for that second system down the hall or the one in the basement. Or maybe your vacation home. Happy hunting.
SV Staff  |  Jan 21, 2010  | 
There are all kinds of reasons to buy an HDTV at a big box electronics store. Maybe you found a really good price in one of their ads. Maybe you have a family member who's suspicious about getting a big-ticket item over the web. It doesn't...
SV Staff  |  Sep 09, 2009  | 
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/10_Dreamcast_Games_Still_Worth_Playing_Today'; tweetmeme_url = 'http://bitstream.soundandvisionmag.com/blog/2009/09/10-dreamcast-games-still-worth-playing-today.html'; Before Xbox, Game Cube and...
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2009  | 
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/10_Giant_HD_Screens_We_d_Die_to_Game_On'; tweetmeme_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/10_Giant_HD_Screens_We_d_Die_to_Game_On'; Getting a TV...
SV Staff  |  Aug 25, 2009  | 
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/music/10_Iconic_Music_Voices_That_Would_Sound_Great_In_Your_GPS'; You may not want to hit the mute button on your GPS during your next cross-country trip, because that annoying computerized voice might be...
SV Staff  |  Sep 01, 2009  | 
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/movies/Bitstream_10_Movie_Scenes_We_Want_To_See_On_Yoostar'; There was no shortage of wannabe actors trying to recreate their favorite movie scene on the internet before. But, now that YooStar has made its way to...
Bob Ankosko  |  Dec 15, 2022  | 
Okay, now we’re really getting down to the wire. Christmas is 10 days away and it’s awfully late to be still thinking about holiday shopping…yet I know I’m not alone. The good news: There’s still time to squeak in a few last-minute gifts and there are some really sweet deals to be had. Adding to last week’s holiday gift list, here’s another 10 potential gifts to give (and get) — all Top Picks, vetted and approved by Sound & Vision reviewers — 11 if you count our just-posted Top Pick: Bowers & Wilkins’ excellent Px8 noise-canceling wireless headphones. This week’s picks range in price from $230 to $800 and are presented here from least to most expensive with current discounts noted. Happy last-minute shopping!

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