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Blu in a Box
SV Staff  |  May 08, 2008
You know that keen DVD-powered Home Theater in a Box you got for Christmas? It is my solemn duty to tell you that it has been superseded. HTiBs have been a hot category for years, mainly equipped with DVD head units, but more and more companies are...
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Kudos to KURO
SV Staff  |  May 07, 2008
If black is the new black, then Pioneer is just about the hippest manufacturer in town. While their previous models of KURO plasmas were the talk of the town, the newest models, the Elite PDP-5020FD and PDP-6020FD can produce even blacker blacks,...
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Elite Blu
SV Staff  |  May 07, 2008
Not long ago, the Big News was Blu-ray versus HD DVD. Now, it's all about the avalanche of new Blu-ray players. Everyone loves a winner. Pioneer has jumped into the fray with not one, but two new BD players: the BDP-05FD and the BDP-51FD. Both...
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Receiving news from Pioneer
SV Staff  |  May 07, 2008
Pioneer just announced a stunning new line of receivers that are bound to create a stir, mainly due to the impressive feature list. The top-of-the-line Elite SC-07 is code-named "Susano" but we just call it hot. It was designed to...
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News Flash: Hell Freezes Over
SV Staff  |  May 07, 2008
In case the whole Obama/Clinton thing is getting old, here is a new debate, that in fact, is far more important. Did Neil Young embrace Blu-ray because digital audio is finally good enough to satisfy his musician's keen sensibilities, or did he...
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Is Your TV Green?
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2008
Hold on a second! Before you plug in that spiffy new TV, have you considered its carbon footprint? I don't care if you waste your life watching TV, but I do care if it's going to trash my planet. Apparently, the LCD TV Association cares too. The...
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Girls on Top
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2008
A study of American technology trends conducted by Canadian research firm SRG (Solutions Research Group) had some interesting results. Most marketing companies and manufacturers tend to view women consumers as an afterthought, often with the...
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In-Wall with THX Ultra Certification?
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2008
Audio purists, just turn away. Really, just skip down to the next blog post. You'll never believe this one anyway.  Atlantic Technology just introduced an in-wall dipole/bipole speaker that is THX Ultra certified. The new THX IWTS-30 SR (In...
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MvixUSA's Portable Media Monster
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2008
MvixUSA has just announced what looks like a killer product. The Mvix MV-2500U is a multimedia center that's ready to play all your movies, music and pictures. The MV-2500U is quite small, measuring just 5 x 3 x 0.8 inches so it's a breeze to...
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Blu-ray Cruising Toward v2.0
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2008
Currently, it is extremely hip to be hating on Blu-ray and to explain to all five people who read your blog that Blu-ray won't be successful because everyone is totally happy with their upconverting  DVD players. The other herd mentality...
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