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A Rose By Any Other Name...
SV Staff  |  May 23, 2008
It used to be that a brand name was just that. You always knew exactly what you were getting when you opened the box -- the name on the outside matched the components on the inside. These days, you can never tell. In the latest round of re-badging,...
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B&W's Society of Sound
SV Staff  |  May 23, 2008
Audiophiles, get your downloading fingers ready. Finally, a music download service with a sound we can all be excited about. Peter Gabriel and his Real World Studios are joining forces with Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) speaker manufacturers to...
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Survey Says...
SV Staff  |  May 23, 2008
While LCD televisions are seeming to reign supreme in the marketplace, a surprising figure was revealed in a recent survey conducted by DisplaySearch, a North American research firm, about the number two spot. Picture-tube CRT TVs, in all their...
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Has The Whole Grain Trend Gone Too Far?
SV Staff  |  May 22, 2008
The very thing that people love about Blu-ray could very well be the thing that people are going to hate. For the first time, home theaters are able to display every single, subtle detail of your favorite old films, as they've only been visible...
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Sony Big OLED One-Two Punch
SV Staff  |  May 22, 2008
After some breaking news a few weeks ago slamming the projected lifetime of their XEL-1 OLED screens, Sony has two exciting news stories. Undaunted by bad press, Sony announced they're dumping $210 million into developing medium to large OLED...
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Panasonic: Delivering More Affordable Blu Chips
SV Staff  |  May 22, 2008
One of the reasons many consumers are holding off on buying into Blu-ray is their complaints about the cost.  Hopefully, Panasonic's latest development will help bring the price down, reduce power consumption, and add more features....
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3D TV, But Where Are the Goofy Glasses?
SV Staff  |  May 22, 2008
Philips is setting some lofty goals. According to them, TV went from black and white to color, and now high def to 3D. Come on, who doesn't love 3D? Theaters full of people trying to look cool while wearing hideously funny-looking 3D glasses. Arms...
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ESPN - The Ultimate in Controls
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2008
Make sure you keep this one away from the dog. ESPN is announcing an amazing new clicker, boldly called, "The Ultimate Remote." Well, they might be right. The ESPN Ultimate Remote is a universal remote, but it's oh-so-much more. With...
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Speakers or Golf Balls?
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2008
If you're the kind who struggles trying to make your home theater as unobtrusive as possible, Sony's got something just for you. Size does matter in some cases, and in this case, smaller is better. The new Sony HT-IS100 is a 5.1 speaker system,with...
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Musical Art, or Outrageous Excess?
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2008
Don't get me wrong.I love high-quality sound performance. I live for it, and making things sound good is what I do, day in, day out. I used to think that there shouldn't be a limit on how much someone should pay for sound quality. Well, I have seen...
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