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Vizio Versus the Big Boys
SV Staff  |  Jun 06, 2008
Relative newcomer Vizio is in some awfully hot water. A veritable who's-who of electronics manufacturers, including Sony, Philips, Samsung and Mitsubishi have filed suit against the maker of affordable flat-panel TVs. What did Vizio do to piss off...
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Analog Upgrades for Phono Cartridges
SV Staff  |  Jun 05, 2008
This one goes in the "Not Dead Yet" folder. In this day of DTS-HD MA, Dolby TrueHD, SACD, DVD-Audio and other high-resolution audio formats, you might think that turntables are completely obsolete.  Au contraire. Hit any late-night...
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MacDaddy McIntosh Lineup
SV Staff  |  Jun 05, 2008
Ask anyone the name of the company that still makes tube amplifiers, and odds are everyone will say McIntosh. Not the bright red variety of apple, and certainly not the computer variety, but McIntosh Laboratory. Now the amplifier gurus are...
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Maple Leaf Going Green
SV Staff  |  Jun 05, 2008
Lucky for us, our northern neighbors are taking an interesting step towards going green. The Canadian government is announcing new standards to limit the power used by consumer electronics gear when they're in a standby mode. You know - those...
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Starz: Movin' On Up
SV Staff  |  Jun 05, 2008
Starz is making a big move to improve quality and expand their HD offerings. They're going to start using the MPEG-4 codecs instead of their current MPEG-2 systems. This will effect their complete lineup of HD channels: Starz HD, Starz Kids and...
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JVC: Everything But The Kitchen Sink
SV Staff  |  Jun 05, 2008
JVC/Victor obviously believes in covering all bases. For Japanese release, they're launching two new HDD-based recorders, with a twist. The new DR-HX250 and DR-HX500 are 250GB or 500GB HD video recorders. Hope you can guess which model is which....
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Canon Projector Firsts
SV Staff  |  Jun 04, 2008
Let's face it. It's hard for most of us to get excited about new projector technology. Hats off to Canon for their exciting news about two multimedia projectors that feature two world's firsts. Topping off the list is the top-of-the-line REALiS...
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LG Stretching the Limits
SV Staff  |  Jun 04, 2008
Just when you finally figured out the difference between 16 x 9 and 4 x 3 screen, LG goes and shakes things up again. Maybe it's best that these new monitors are only available in the UK for now. The new LG M3800S-BN and M2900S-BN are stretched...
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Switching on Cox
SV Staff  |  Jun 04, 2008
Switched Digital Video (SDV) is coming, and Cox is helping you get ready. As we reported a few weeks ago, SDV requires a special tuning adapter to handle the communication between the cable provider and your TiVo devices. SDV increases cable's...
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Court TV? Voom Sues EchoStar/DISH
SV Staff  |  Jun 04, 2008
Voom HD has a bone to pick with EchoStar, now a division of DISH Network. A $1 billion bone.  Mighty big bone. Back in May, DISH dropped Voom HD, a collection of 15 HD channels, all commercial-free. Apparently, they forgot that they had a...
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