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FCC Strong-arming Retailers
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2008
Circuit City can't catch a break. The FCC just slapped the struggling retailer with a whopping $712,000 fine for violating an FCC rule. In order to forewarn consumers about the February blackout of analog TV, the FCC is requiring retailers to put...
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Givin' It Away: Free Zune's for All
SV Staff  |  May 19, 2008
Look out your window. See any frost? Apparently, hell hath frozen over. This is something that we would never have thought we'd see. Most MP3 manufacturers bundle in headphones, sometimes really good headphones with their portable players. In a...
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Like A Rock: Sunfire's Super-Solid New Minis
SV Staff  |  May 18, 2008
Sunfire's built a rep for teensy-tinsy speakers that sound like towering megaspeakers. Only problem was, the tiny transducers carried a giant price tag: about $6,000 to $8,000 for a full system. With the new HRS speaker system, the company's headed...
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L.A. Law: High Def in Hollywood
SV Staff  |  May 16, 2008
Two lawyers are sitting in a bar. One turns to the other and asks, "Want a sneak peak at the latest Hollywood blockbuster?" Sounds like the opening to a great joke. This one isn't a joking matter. A petition filed with the FCC by the MPAA...
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Blu-ray Still Singing the Blues
SV Staff  |  May 16, 2008
It's a little bit ironic, don't you think? After all the dust in the consumer electronics war between HD DVD and Blu-ray settled, it appears that not many people really cared at all. In a survey by Harris Interactive, only 9% of people who don't...
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DTS Ditching Theaters, Staying Home
SV Staff  |  May 16, 2008
If you ever doubted how important the home theater market is, take a gander at this news flash. DTS, a leading innovator in surround sound, is ditching the movie business and concentrating solely on the home theater biz. They've officially sold...
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iPod in the Sky with Singapore Air
SV Staff  |  May 16, 2008
Flying first class has never been this classy. Singapore Airlines, known for their luxurious seating, gourmet in-flight dining, and gorgeous flight attendants is making news again. On their all-business class planes flying from New York and LA to...
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Who Needs Dinner When I Can Buy a TV?
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2008
Honey, pass the Puppy Chow and hand me the remote. In a time of economic woes, Wal-Mart has posted earnings that are up 6.9%. While many folks are struggling to make their house payments, where's the profit coming from? Oddly enough, it's the...
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More Sling
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2008
Audio and video placeshifting technology: That's what Sling Media does, and does well. If you just got back from the ISS (motto: "Urine doesn't taste so bad!") you might not know about SlingBox. Slingbox "slings" AV signals. It...
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A Lifetime of TiVo
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2008
Woohoo!!! Celebrate good times, come on! Let's celebrate! TiVo's Lifetime Service is back! For fans of the TiVo service, this can be great news. Plus, unlike what others are reporting, a quick phone call to TiVo customer service revealed that the...
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