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Boston Acoustics' Flagship Vista
SV Staff  |  Aug 12, 2008
While some companies are concentrating on making small little itty-bitty plastic speakers, Boston Acoustics just announced a new line of furniture-grade speakers that look gorgeous, with technology to make them sound as good as they look. Vista is...
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Soundmatters' SLIMstage40 Soundbar
SV Staff  |  Aug 12, 2008
Soundbars are in. No, not the kinda bar you regret through your hungover haze the next morning. Slim, single speaker cabinet that blends in seamlessly with your TV-type of soundbar is what we're talking about. The new SLIMstage40 is an amplified...
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DTV Audio Glitches
SV Staff  |  Aug 12, 2008
While no one can complain about the visual advantages of digital TV, the audio department is hearing plenty of complaints. The Dolby Digital standard does provide 'CD-quality' sound in the home, but other audio problems are plaguing the new format....
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Integrated Digital TV's on the Rise
SV Staff  |  Aug 12, 2008
Set-top boxes, your days are numbered. That's according to a new study from IMS Research. Integrated digital TVs (iDTVs) will replace set-top boxes, with shipments of iDTV expected to hit 143 million by 2013. Japan has already seen the decline in...
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Deep Tracks - Universal's Lost Tunes
SV Staff  |  Aug 11, 2008
Imagine finding all the deep tracks, random recordings that you loved but the general public never got, or even just a beloved favorite that's too old for the mainstream sites to carry. Now, imagine finding them without copy-protection. Wanna...
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Blockbuster Busting Out Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Aug 11, 2008
Blockbuster is taking aggressive steps to push Blu-ray and download services. While known as a DVD rental giant, Blockbuster is busting out of the mold. The stores are pushing Blu-ray with software and hardware displays and kiosks in a joint...
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Netflix's streaming future: Classics online, new movies in the mail
SV Staff  |  Aug 11, 2008
Last week, we published a review of the Roku Netflix Player, a $99 box that lets you use the Internet to stream movies and TV shows straight into your TV from Netflix. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a handy, inexpensive way to get some...
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Chinese HD DVD Format - Phoenix Rising?
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2008
No, that's not a typo. Rising from the ashes of HD DVD, the Chinese version of the format is getting ready to launch. Yup - almost a year after the demise of HD DVD,  Shanghai United Optical Disc is set to power up its production line of CBHD...
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Polk Debuts SoundBar 360
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2008
People with lots of speaker cabinets in their listening room can laugh all they want, but soundbars are still pretty cool. This newest kind of speaker fits neatly under your flat screen, and creates a good, if not great, soundfield. In some cases,...
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Bohemian Rhapsody
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2008
The Apple iTunes store will go down in history as a textbook success story. Other music services, such as Rhapsody, might just go down as footnotes.  While iTunes has prospered, Rhapsody has struggled. The service offers over 5 million songs,...
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