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MIT's Second Skin: Mocap system for $1,000
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2009  | 
It's easy to write off movie special effects as "computer generated," and leave it at that. Take film, run it through a computer, and effects happen! Of course, the actual production of these effects is much more complex than simply feeding video...
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Star Trek Blu-ray gives fans daily Fedcon updates
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2009  | 
Today through Sunday, Star Trek fans are meeting in Bonn, Germany for Fedcon, Europe's largest Star Trek convention. If you're stateside right now, you're probably not heading to Fedcon. Fortunately, if you have the Star Trek Season One Blu-ray...
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Coldplay's live album to be free May 15
SV Staff  |  May 01, 2009  | 
Let me start off by saying that I don't really want a Coldplay album, even if it is free, but fans of Chris Martin and co. will be glad to know that they can download the band's nine-track live record, Left Right Left Right Left, at no cost...
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Move every sig: real movie-star autographs
SV Staff  |  May 04, 2009  | 
There are three types of celebrity autographs: Sports autographs, convention autographs, and fake autographs. Sports autographs are signed balls, mitts, trading cards, and other memorabilia that bear the signature of a professional athlete....
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Sennheiser sounds the casting call
SV Staff  |  May 04, 2009  | 
Sennheiser calls it the ultimate summer job. I call it a pretty interesting marketing campaign. Either way, it might be your ticket to spending the summer gallivanting around the continent in the name of high-end headphones. The company is...
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Atlantic Technology's new speakers
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2009  | 
Atlantic Technology has unveiled three new series of home theater speakers, along with a set of new, powered subwoofers. The inspirationally-named System 1400, System 2400, and System 4400 speakers replace the System 1200, System 2200, and...
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B&O's 103-inch monster plasma and more
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2009  | 
Massive plasma screens aren't just for CES anymore. This afternoon, Bang & Olufsen unveiled the 103-inch BV103 at the Audi Forum in New York City. This huge beastie of an HDTV comes packed with all of the features B&O could think of,...
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DJ Hero will include a turntable controller
SV Staff  |  May 07, 2009  | 
More and more young people have been realizing the advantages of vinyl lately and we can only hope the release of Activision's DJ Hero video game will be another step in the right direction. The picture above is apparently going to be the...
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MPAA: Don't rip DVDs, just point a camera at your TV
SV Staff  |  May 08, 2009  | 
The MPAA is a touchy subject for a lot of folks. Nothing sparks internet debate quite like the mention of their name (unless of course you're talking about the RIAA). In this video, they demonstrate how it's possible to make "high quality" movie...
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Kirk Hammett's Porsche is the ultimate Metallica collectible
SV Staff  |  May 11, 2009  | 
A Porsche 911 C4 with a $20,000 (in 1990) sound system would generally fetch a decent sum on eBay, but this particular ride is a piece of rock and roll history. Before the release of Metallica's self-titled record (most commonly referred to as...
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Denon's summer fever: AVRs and Blu-ray players
SV Staff  |  May 11, 2009  | 
Home theater equipment manufacturer Denon just announced several new products for the coming year, including a whopping 9 A/V receivers and a pair of Blu-ray Disc players. Every new receiver, from the $349 retail-channel AVR-590 to the $1,999...
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Vizio ships more LCDs in the US than anyone else in Q1
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2009  | 
A few Vizio panels have made their way in front of the S&V staff and the usual verdict is that they produce "solid" performance when you factor in the low cost. Apparently their formula is an effective one, allowing them to ship 21.6%...
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Slingbox iPhone app available tomorrow for $30
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2009  | 
iPhone users have been waiting on an official SlingPlayer app for quite some time, but here we are on the eve of its release and there's a lot of disappointed placeshifters out there. The most glaring problem with the app is the fact that it...
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Klipsch sells Aragon (the amps, not the ranger)
SV Staff  |  May 13, 2009  | 
Klipsch just announced that it has sold Aragon and Acurus, two high-end brands of amps, pre-amps, and processors. The two product names have been sold to two former Klipsch employees for development and marketing. Indy Audio Labs, founded by...
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This is one way to get satellite TV in your car
SV Staff  |  May 18, 2009  | 
  We love DIY projects here at S&V so I could barely contain my excitement when I saw that someone had taken the time to fit a full-sized Direct TV dish into a clapped out old Volkswagen Jetta Diesel. I tried to hunt down the owner of...
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