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OUR SITE: STILL BROKEN
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008
Wondering why we haven't posted a new story on our homepage since Al Griffin took the No. 1 Highlights slot last Thursday? Because, our IT department tells us, we've been hacked! For two three four five days, we've been trying to post a really...
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DTS and Linear Acoustics Getting Olympic Gold
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008
DTS better book some tickets to Beijing. First class, all the way. NBC just selected Linear Acoustics to supply its UPMAX:neo mixers which feature DTS surround sound technology for the 2008 Summer Olympics, beginning 8/8/08. This follows NBC's...
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VIZIO Hitting the High-Def Notes
SV Staff  |  Jun 25, 2008
VIZIO is known for affordable televisions, but they're adding features and specs to a newly announced product line that should start the big name brands to take a look. Three new sets were introduced, all 1080p resolution and 120 Hz processing. Two...
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VIZIO's "Budget" Plasma TVs
SV Staff  |  Jun 25, 2008
If you've been holding back on upgrading to digital, take a peek at these two new plasmas from VIZIO. The VP422 is going to retail for $799, but the VP322 is a more enticing $599. Both have a contrast ratio of 30,000:1 and three HDMI inputs,...
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Comcast Center's 10,000,000 Pixels
SV Staff  |  Jun 25, 2008
While we've been poking fun at Comcast lately, you have to be impressed with this latest feat. They've bestowed the Comcast Center in Philadelphia with a 2,100 square foot media wall with five times the resolution of current HDTVs. Designed for...
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Mitsubishi LaserVue Coming This Fall
SV Staff  |  Jun 25, 2008
Mitsubishi's LaserVue rear-projection 1080p DLP television was a knock-out at the Consumer Electronics Show last January. We were genuinely blown away by the vivid color and sharp detail of this prototype screen. But, we wondered, when would it...
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Samsung Opens BD 'Resource Center'
SV Staff  |  Jun 25, 2008
In case you haven't noticed, consumer electronics has gotten complicated. This is obvious to everyone who has read the 200-page owner's manual for their cell phone. Well, actually, no one has ever read their cell phone manual, but you get my point....
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Panasonic OLED Rumor de Jour
SV Staff  |  Jun 25, 2008
The uber bloggers over at Gizmodo are reporting that the Sankei Shimbun newspaper is rumoring that Panasonic will join the OLED parade in 2011, right behind Sony (in current production), Samsung (rumored for 2009) and LG (also rumored for 2011). In...
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sPult Sexy Surfer
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2008
Channel surfer, that is. Looking more like a pair of Manolo Blahnik kitten heels (go on, look that up), this remote control is about as simplistic as possible.  Simply elegant, that is. Designed by Yurii Smitana Perfilov, it was inspired by...
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LCD Returns on Rise
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2008
100% satisfaction guaranteed. Love it, or get your money back. All good products should come with a good refund policy. Unfortunately, folks are returning their LCD TV's with alarming frequency. What's wrong the sets? Are they faulty, or are folks...
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