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Motorola MCU3E Wireless . . . Thingy
SV Staff  |  Sep 16, 2008
Is it just me, or do most people get a headache trying to transfigure our HD video to work from one device to the next? Wouldn't a transcoder that would take either HD or SD MPEG-4 AVC or MPEG-2 media, convert and wirelessly transmit it to another...
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No Interest in DTV Coupons
SV Staff  |  Sep 16, 2008
Come on, people. What are you waiting for? According to a study by DisplaySearch, less than 6% of the people who have requested the coupons the government is supplying have actually redeemed them. That means millions of folks will be left in the...
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Sony's Latest "Prosumer" Handycams Announced
SV Staff  |  Sep 15, 2008
You know who you are. You're not shooting home videos, you shoot art. Thus, the two newest Handycam's from Sony are so you. Quite a bit more advanced than the camcorder your neighbor uses to shoot his kid's recitals, but not quite up there with...
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Vizio Going High-End
SV Staff  |  Sep 15, 2008
It seems to be a common business model. Look at Hyundai. They hit the US market with very cheap affordable cars that were good, reliable modes of transportation. Get a reputation for building good, solid cars, then hit the market with luxury cars...
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Best Buy is Buying Napster
SV Staff  |  Sep 15, 2008
Remember when Napster was an upstart controversial music sharing business that was raging across college campuses until it got shut down? Not only has Napster gone legit, it has become Big Business. As reported by Reuters on Yahoo News, Best Buy...
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Toshiba's Sexy Little Pocket Pico Projector
SV Staff  |  Sep 12, 2008
Tiny LED projectors aren't on everyone's wish list, but you gotta admit, this is a sexy little projector. The Toshiba LED pocket projector debuted at Europe's IFA 2008 show. This little specimen weighs in at a scant 100 grams, and measures just 10...
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FlyCast Tunes on iPhone
SV Staff  |  Sep 12, 2008
FlyCast, formerly known as FlyTunes, has just released a new free application for iPhone and iPod touch that should make satellite radio providers a bit nervous. Pandora might be a little shaky too. FlyCast has over 1,000 digital channels ranging...
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S&V Internationale?
SV Staff  |  Sep 12, 2008
Is imitation the best form of flattery? We like to think that this store located in the Zurich airport loves our name and concept so much that they just had to copy it for themselves. I mean, really, Sound & Vision. Covers it all. We think so...
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Sony OLED -- No Strings Attached
SV Staff  |  Sep 11, 2008
There's been lots of talk about wireless HD. Yeah, no HDMI cables have to run to your TV, but they all still need power, and that unsightly power cord running up the wall. (Yeah, yeah, I know you can run all the cables and power in the wall, but...
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Pioneer Shows Off 50" and 60" Kuro Plasmas
SV Staff  |  Sep 11, 2008
Pioneer just had a press conference in Tokyo, introducing two new KURO plasma displays. The KRP-600A (60-inch) and KRP-500A (50-inch.)  Both have Full HD resolution and are designed, according to Pioneer, to produce blacks five times deeper...
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