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Pioneer Shines a Light
SV Staff  |  Apr 28, 2008
You can do away with plans to cover that far wall in your living room with the umpteen inch HD flat screen TV from the Massive Buy store down the street. Finally, you can just make the wall your TV thanks to the almost too-good-to-be-true Kuro...
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4 Record Stores in 1 Record Store Day
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008
That's what my photographer son Tony and I accomplished last Saturday (April 19) on the first annual Record Store Day. As I announced here previously, RSD is an effort (spearheaded by indie-shop organizations) to remind people that, yes,...
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Garage Rock
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008
Men need a place to be men — a place where we tinker with mechanical stuff, smoke cigars, drink bourbon, and listen to the manly music of our lost youth really frigging loud. Usually we have to go out to the garage if we want to indulge in these...
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No, They Don't.
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008
[IN THE FOLLOWING POST, BLOGGER COREY GREENBERG TAKES HIS FINAL SHOT IN OUR POINT/COUNTERPOINT DEBATE: BLU-RAY - IS IT ALREADY OVER?] Today's New York Times asks the question, "Blu-ray: Do Consumers Care?" but never answers it, which is...
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Old-School MP3 Player
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008
Have you been looking for a way to recapture the glory days of your youth that doesn't involve Botox or having someone cut and paste your face back together? Do you want to return to the days of big hair, glam rock and synthesized sounds that were...
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Kaleidescape price drop! Cash in your stocks!
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008
Few products invoke the raw, carnal "I must have you!" lust like Kaleidescape. They invented the concept of the DVD movie server and then wrapped it in an interface that would get Steve Jobs hot and bothered. Let's face it; their system is awesome....
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Netflixynicism
SV Staff  |  Apr 24, 2008
Netflix just announced they'll soon begin charging an extra premium to subscribers who want access to Blu-ray rentals. Now, I'm a Netflix fan from way back - one of the first to write about it in the mags. Still on the 4 disc/month plan (and my...
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Who is Building Boxes for Netflix?
SV Staff  |  Apr 23, 2008
How's this for a logical reasoning puzzle? Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said during his company's earnings conference call earlier this week that Netflix is working with four companies to build devices that will play streaming video on a TV screen. ...
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Pioneer and Panasonic Merge Plasma Panel Production
SV Staff  |  Apr 23, 2008
Fans of Pioneer's high-end Kuro line of plasma HDTVs have been aware for some time of the company's plans to outsource panel production to Panasonic. It appears the final details of the deal are now being determined between the two companies. A...
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Questioning the History of HDTV
SV Staff  |  Apr 23, 2008
Enthusiast site Cdfreaks.com published a hit-or-miss list of ten things so-called high definition fans might not know about their favorite form of entertainment. While not each item will make you feel like you learned something new (No. 9 says...
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