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Survey: How much more will you pay?
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2008
Studios: Your Blu-ray pricing is making the discs unsaleable! I love home theater. And I own a Blu-ray player. So, when Pixar's Wall-E came out on disc, I headed down to Wal-Mart on launch day to pick up the movie on Blu-ray. But when I saw the...
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TiVo Guilt?
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2008
Come on. 'Fess up. How much stuff do you have backlogged on your TiVo? Me? I've got 27 shows in a folder called "Everest," 34 episodes of House, and a stack of movies that I record whenever HBO or Showtime has a free preview...
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Denon: World's First Universal Blu-ray Player
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2008
Did you buy into SACD? Stocked up on every new DVD-Audio that came out? Been wondering what the heck you were gonna do with those discs if you upgraded to Blu-ray?Denon's new DVD-A1UDCI to the rescue! Claimed to be the world's first...
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Boston Planning DTV Day, December 9th
SV Staff  |  Dec 02, 2008
Sure, you can say you're prepared for the DTV transition, but is your whole city? Wilmington, NC has already done a full test switch, literally pulling the plug on their analog TV. Boston isn't going quite that far, but the city is doing...
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Makin' a List, Checkin' it Twice
SV Staff  |  Dec 02, 2008
Grab a pencil and paper - it's time to make a list. What are the top ten things you are wishing for this year? The results of a recent CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) survey will surprise you. Blew me away, actually. Black Friday has...
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Pioneer Displays 400GB Blu-ray-playable Optical Disc
SV Staff  |  Dec 02, 2008
Already bored with dual-layer discs?  Plain old Blu-ray passé? Then we've got news for you! Pioneer is showing off a 16-layer 400GB optical disc. Each layer on this read-only optical disc has 25GB of storage. Pioneer was showing it off...
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Roku Hiccups
SV Staff  |  Dec 02, 2008
Did you pick up a new Netflix Roku player on Black Friday? Have one waiting under the tree? You better check on it, because it's not feeling too good. Roku owners have been experiencing a bug. A bad bug at that. Seems like owners are...
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Sooloos Ensemble System: MP3 Player on Crack
SV Staff  |  Nov 26, 2008
You think your 120GB iPod is hot stuff, right? Think again. Sooloos, maker of high-end home networking and entertainment systems, just announced a lower-cost digital music management / storage / playback system with a terabyte of storage....
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Samsung Streaming HD Netflix
SV Staff  |  Nov 26, 2008
Before you head out Friday morning, (or Thursday night, for that matter) for your Black Friday shopping spree, you might want to put a Samsung Blu-ray player on the top of your list. Aren't we nice — giving you a head-start so you can shop...
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Atlantic Records: For First time, Digital Outsold CD
SV Staff  |  Nov 26, 2008
We knew this day would happen, and oddly enough, the world is still spinning. Legendary music label, Atlantic Records just reported that digital music revenue has surpassed compact disc sales. Yikes!Atlantic has said that digital sales, which...
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