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SV Staff  |  Jul 09, 2010  | 
YouTube's latest addition is surprising, cutting-edge, and wildly unnecessary. The video site can now accept 4K high-definition video. 4K video is video with a resolution of 4096 x 3072, almost four times higher resolution than 1080p video and...
SV Staff  |  Jul 12, 2010  | 
LG is joining Sony on the 3D HDTV bundle train with its newest announcement. The company is going to throw in a package of 3D video products when customers purchase the LG LX6500 or LX9500 3D-capable HDTVs. The package includes two pairs of active...
SV Staff  |  Jul 13, 2010  | 
Samsung is quietly updating its line of 3D-capable Blu-ray Disc players, replacing the company's BD-C6900 and offering a wider selection of players. At the top of the pile is the BD-C7900, sporting two HDMI outs. Under it is the BD-C6800, a...
SV Staff  |  Jul 14, 2010  | 
Few people were expecting Spain to win the World Cup. Toshiba, in particular, put a significant amount of money on the line based on that. The company offered to pay back in full any money spent on a Toshiba TV in Spain if the Spanish team wins...
SV Staff  |  Jul 15, 2010  | 
In a move very few people are celebrating, Marvel Studios has announced that its two upcoming superhero films, Captain America and Thor, will be shown in 3D using 2D-to-3D conversion. Thor will bear the distinction of being the first Marvel...
SV Staff  |  Jul 16, 2010  | 
Criterion has confirmed its October releases, and they include one of the most famous and influential films ever made. Alongside four other movies, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai will be seeing a Criterion Collection Blu-ray Disc release this Fall....
SV Staff  |  Jul 19, 2010  | 
(Warning, mild spoilers!) Predators hasn't exactly wowed critics or fans. While a passable movie and certainly superior to the terrible Alien Vs. Predators films, it doesn't hit the same notes as the beloved original Predator. The most...
SV Staff  |  Jul 20, 2010  | 
Our neighbors to the north have been sadly lacking in streaming video content over Netflix. While we've been able to watch the service's thousands of movies and TV shows over our HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc players, and game consoles, Canada has gone...
SV Staff  |  Jul 21, 2010  | 
Marantz has just unveiled its 2010 line of A/V products, and they run the full gamut of A/V receivers, amplifiers, Blu-ray Disc players, and even an SACD player. In receivers, Marantz announced three new high-end, 7-channel units, the SR5005,...
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2010  | 
Marantz didn't only announce receivers, amps, and Blu-ray Disc players yesterday. The company also revealed two new network-based audio devices for high-end home theater systems, the NA7004 Network Audio Player and the M-CR603 Network CD...
SV Staff  |  Jul 23, 2010  | 
The term "home-theater-in-a-box" has become an expletive in the A/V world. They're usually seen as catch-all, cheap, simple excuses for a carefully assembled home theater. Because of this, companies shy away from the term HTiB. Onkyo, for example,...
SV Staff  |  Jul 26, 2010  | 
This year is seeing some of the greatest movies ever made hit Blu-ray. First Criterion announced that it will be releasing Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai on Blu-ray Disc this fall, and now Lionsgate has announced that Francis Ford Coppola's...
SV Staff  |  Jul 27, 2010  | 
Audyssey has been working on sound technology for home theaters for years now, but it's stayed mostly clear of portable gadgets. That's changing with today's announcement of a new technology for beefing up the sound capabilities of small devices....
SV Staff  |  Jul 28, 2010  | 
Toshiba has announced a trio of 3D HDTVs in Japan, continuing the industry's steady march toward 3D adoption. All three models feature CELL processors, which lets them use realtime 2D-to-3D conversion on videos (although the effectiveness of the...
SV Staff  |  Jul 29, 2010  | 
Redbox is finally making its roll-out of Blu-ray rentals official. After vending machines with Blu-ray Disc rentals started appearing back in June, the company has just announced that it's loading 13,000 vending machines with Blu-ray Discs, and...

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