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Denon A/V receivers now Windows 7-compatible
SV Staff  |  Mar 08, 2010
Early adopters can rest easy. Denon has just announced that four of its currently available A/V receivers are officially Windows 7-compatible, and all new receivers in 2010 will share that compatibility. The Denon AVR-4810CI, AVR-4310CI,...
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Pioneer’s new AVRs go high, wide, and deep
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2010
Spring must be around the corner again, folks, ‘cause Pioneer has just announced a bunch of new receivers. The company’s new lineup consists of 5 models that range in price from $299 to $749. All deliver height channels ...
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The A-Box: an army-worthy iPod speaker
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2010
Now this is an iPod speaker system with some style. The A-Box from Thodio is an iPod speaker built inside an authentic ammunition box. Olive drab, metal, yellow stenciling, serious military chic. The A-Box comes in two versions, a "light" model...
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YouTube adds closed captioning to videos
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2010
The web's biggest video site is now adding captions to its videos. From now on, all videos uploaded will have optional captions transcribed from the audio through Google's speech recognition system. This is a massive expansion of YouTube's...
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TiVo Premiere and Premiere XL coming in April
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2010
 Walking past the TiVo booth at press events has been a little painful for a while now. They were always touting a new partnership or somethingl like that, but the same, increadingly old hardware still sat there on the table. But now...
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By a Marantz Blu-ray player, get a free Roku HD
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2010
Marantz has a new promotion to get people to buy its Blu-ray Disc players: free stuff. Starting today, if you buy a Marantz Blu-ray player, you can get a Roku HD for free. Specifically, you can get a full rebate for the device by printing out and...
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PSN bug still affecting fat PS3s [UPDATED]
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2010
 If you're a PS3 user, but you don't have one of the newer slim models, Sony would appreciate it if you didn't fire up your console until they can find a viable fix for the clock bug that's currently beating up their...
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Get your own Marvel Comics HDTV
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2010
There's nerdy, and then there's too nerdy even for me. If you really, really love Marvel Comics, you can get an HDTV branded with a popular Marvel superhero or team. A company named RTC23 just announced that it will be releasing a full line of...
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Blockbuster busting up 500 stores
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2010
Things are looking very bleak for the former video rental juggernaut Blockbuster Video. After shuttering 374 stores last year, the company is now planning to close an additional 500 locations. The news comes after Blockbuster posted a quarterly...
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Academy President: The future of 3D is strong
SV Staff  |  Feb 25, 2010
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences (that is, the "Oscars guys") opened up its New York Oscars exhibit today. The opening ceremony featured speeches from Academy president Tom Sherak, Kodak Entertainment Imaging Group president Kimberly...
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