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Satellite Satisfies in Service Survey
SV Staff  |  Jun 27, 2008
Obviously, there's no love lost between most customers and their cable companies. In fact, there's no love lost between a cable company and itself, either. So it's not surprising that more people are satisfied with their direct broadcast satellite...
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Universal Wants "Wanted" Blu to be Wonderous
SV Staff  |  Jun 27, 2008
Universal Studios is betting that Wanted  is going to be the Blu-ray release that's going to explode the Blu-ray business. Universal's Craig Kornblau has been quoted as saying, "What The Matrix did for DVD, Wanted could do for...
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42GB Super DVD -- Coming Soon?
SV Staff  |  Jun 27, 2008
Here's a mouthful. A team from the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials at the Tohoku University announced that they've discovered a way to increase the storage capacity of a standard DVD to 42GB. They can also multiply...
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Blu-ray Hacks Begin: Region-Free Player
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008
Before Blu-ray has even been completely accepted into American households, the hacks have begun. Bluraymods.com is selling two new products: a completely region-free Panasonic Blu-ray player that they've modified, or a do-it-yourself kit that lets...
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Pioneer's Plasmas with Media Receivers
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008
Pioneer's four new 1080p plasma Kuro sets are tall, dark, and thin; who could ask for anything more? Two of them come with a really hot separate media receiver - a 4-port HDMI external switcher. The only problem is that they're only scheduled from...
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Pioneer LCD Kuros Hit Europe
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008
Following the successful release of the new lines of Kuro plasma sets, Pioneer is making the same commitment to LCD. Well, committing to Europe, at least. Those lucky folks across the pond will be seeing three new Kuro LCDs ranging from 32-inches...
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Pioneer's New Center & Bookshelf Speakers
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008
Pioneer is revealing a new center channel and bookshelf speaker designed to match the S-3EX speakers revealed last year. Together, they'll make a kick-ass home theater system that will put most home-theater-in-a-box sat/sub system to shame. What...
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Pioneer's New Center & Bookshelf Speakers
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008
Pioneer is revealing a new center channel and bookshelf designed to match the S-3EX speakers revealed last year. Together, they'll make a kick-ass home theater system that will put most home-theater-in-a-box sat/sub system to shame. ...
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Sony "Me Too!" Movie Downloads for PS3
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008
Playing catch-up with other download services, Sony just announced it will make downloads available on Playstation 3 in the US this summer. Sorry friends in Europe and Japan, you're going to have to wait for information on when you can start...
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Streaming NetFlix Over Xbox 360
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008
It's not an officially sanctioned marriage, but more like common law. With a little effort, you can stream NetFlix movies over your Xbox 360 video game console. It isn't even really a hack - just a clever application of a Vista Media Center...
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