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SV Staff  |  Jan 10, 2009  | 
JVC is making it easy to build a complete home theater with an iPod dock, upscaling DVD player, and even wireless surround speakers.The included dock will charge new 6th generation iPods, in addition to playing video from your iPod.The three new...
SV Staff  |  Jan 10, 2009  | 
It's finally here: the Holy Grail of satellite radio. One box to rule them all. Sirius XM Radio just announced a plug-and-play radio that will be able to access every station offered by Sirius and XM, all in one unit. The box, the Mirge,...
SV Staff  |  Jan 10, 2009  | 
Paradigm is showing off big time at CES. They've updated the Reference Studio line to v.5. What's changed? Smooth, rounded cabinets, new grille design, new sizes, and refined componentry, and the best part - two new subwoofers. Who...
SV Staff  |  Jan 10, 2009  | 
Wireless tech has been a big part of this year's CES. Wireless HDMI. Wireless speakers. If you can name a product that uses wires, somebody is working on getting rid of those wires. THX was showing off its Roomcaster technology, a wireless...
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009  | 
Typically, 3-chip DLP projectors come in HUGE chassis. The kinds of behemoths that dominate large tabletops or need to be cosseted away behind a piece of glass in a projection room. Sim2 demo'd their C3X 1080, the world's smallest 3-chip 1080p...
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009  | 
If you’re still sitting on your couch to game, you’ve just officially become lame. Simcraft displayed their Apex SC830 racing simulator that is designed to “blur the line” between gaming and reality. (Or “blur the line” between being rich and...
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009  | 
Despite the amazingly simple remotes churned out by the likes of Harmony and Universal Remote Control, remotes festooned with buttons continue to baffle, confuse and anger many users. Panasonic demonstrated a concept called the "Easy...
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009  | 
Like many of the questions that have haunted us from the dawn of man – why are we here? Why do hot dogs and hot dog buns come in different quantities? Why do super models always go for the grungiest rockers? – Samsung has managed to answer the age...
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009  | 
One of the big video stories from CES 2009 was 3D. Whether it was LCD, Plasma, DLP, flat panel, front projection or rear projection it seemed like every booth had a crowd of people standing around wearing plastic glasses with polarized ...
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009  | 
This year, a lot of TV manufacturers demonstrated how they are integrating the Internet into their sets. Whether the Web is used for checking the weather, news or sports scores, or streaming You Tube or Netflix videos, once your TV is Web-enabled...
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009  | 
A ninety-nine cent double-cheeseburger is about 1.5-inches thick, but looking inside one of those isn’t too interesting. Actually, looking inside one of those is equal parts scary, sadness and curiosity. What is interesting is taking a peek inside a...
SV Staff  |  Jan 13, 2009  | 
Sony has always seemed a fortress in the electronics world - unshakable, until recently.  Sony is expected to post a loss of about $1.1 billion for 2007 and 2008 -- the first loss posted by the corporation in 14 years. Ouch.  What...
SV Staff  |  Jan 13, 2009  | 
Lost in the shuffle of CES was rather interesting news from iTunes.  The iTunes stores is going offer all of their music in iTunes Plus -- DRM-free (without copy-protection) and at a higher-quality bit rate. The 256 kbps AAC files were...
SV Staff  |  Jan 14, 2009  | 
We reported last week about President-elect Barack Obama's desire to postpone the DTV transition, mainly because the poor and elderly weren't prepared. Now, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is suggesting alternatives to keep the...
SV Staff  |  Jan 14, 2009  | 
  A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to test drive the new Aston Martin DBS for an upcoming Sound & Vision feature. One of the coolest parts of the car's Bang & Olufsen audio system was the iPod integration. Once docked, this...

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