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SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008  | 
I've mentioned the LG BD300 previously, when talking about Netflix's streaming video service. Blu-ray player with support for Netflix content, like the Roku Netflix player (currently available) and the Xbox 360 (available through a free interface...
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008  | 
In a classic battle between Korea and Japan, Sony and Samsung are fighting to be first. First to have a 200Hz LCD TV, that is. It's a also a matter of semantics. Samsung had the world's first prototype, but it's looking like Sony is going to be...
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008  | 
Toshiba's gone all-out with its HDTVs at CEDIA this year. The company unveiled not one, not two, but eleven new televisions across four different lines. On top of that, Toshiba showcased several new features it's integrating into its newer high-end...
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008  | 
I just got back from Sony's press conference at CEDIA 2008, and I got the impression that they're rather enthusiastic about this new "Blu-ray" format. Some might say that Sony was gloating about Blu-ray overcoming HD-DVD as the major...
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008  | 
While most of us have until February 2009 for the digital switch, for Wilmington, North Carolina, the switch is happening now!  Well, next Monday, to be exact. In a test by the FCC and local broadcasters, Wilmington stations will begin...
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008  | 
As this bitstremia item went to post, the CEDIA Expo in Denver hadn’t yet opened. But we’ve already seen what will surely be one of the show’s real groundbreaking products: a bulb-free video projector. No more spending $300 and up to change the...
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008  | 
Canadian speaker manufacturer PSB has released a new line of speakers designed to be affordable, while maintaining an extremely high quality sound and construction. The new speaker line, if you can imagine it, is called "Imagine." ...
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008  | 
SpeakerCraft's unconventional president, Jeremy Burkhardt, kicked off his press conference by saying this would be a CEDIA "like no other we've ever had." And he wasn't kidding.  Before Jeremy took the stage, dancers/performers from the...
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008  | 
Sharp will be celebrating their 100th anniversary in 2012, and part of their core philosophies for the big event is to create energy saving and energy creating products and "achieve ubiquity for LCDs by integrating Sharp LCD technology into...
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008  | 
You gotta wonder how TV makers decide what sizes their screens should be. Why does one manufacturer go for a 60-incher (cough, cough . . . Pioneer) while another goes for 58? Maybe someday, we'll try to find out for you. Till then . . . After...
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008  | 
DirecTV and TiVo are together again, with a new unit coming soon. It was a sad day when DirecTV and TiVo broke up a few years ago. They were the first receivers with a built-in DVR, and worked together seamlessly. But, when DirecTV started using...
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008  | 
Shortly after announcing a new DirecTV combination unit, TiVo is making bigger news, all by themselves. A new standalone DVR has been released, with tons of exciting features. The TiVo HD XL, if you couldn't guess by the name, has extra-large...
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008  | 
JVC held its CEDIA 2008 press release this morning, where it showed off five new digital projectors. The first one was the DLA-SH4K (left). It's a "4K" projector, which means it can project a 10 megapixel picture (four times the...
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008  | 
Amazon has boxed up Unbox and just announced that starting immediately, Mac and PC customers can instantly watch movies on either a Mac or PC with Amazon Video On Demand. Using the old Unbox app, material had to be downloaded first, to either a PC...
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008  | 
I explained most of Sony's new Blu-ray products yesterday when covering the company's press conference, but I've been saving this gadget until I could actually get a picture of it. Sony has a 400-disc Blu-ray mega-changer slated for 2009. It...

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