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So it's not just me. Seriously, whenever any of my friends need advice on what stereo/MP3 player/home theater speakers/car stereo/bicycle/television they should buy, why am I first on their speed dial? Apparently, the folks at Gizmodo have the same problem.
Okay, so maybe when Sony reported that they were planning on downloads for its PS3 platform, they were a little optimistic. Turns out, they're only able to confirm that they can only offer downloads from one movie studio. Wanna take a guess at which movie studio that is?
Finally, the execs at CBS have come to their senses. Or perhaps their higher-ups threatened to vote them off the island if they didn't do this. After 16 standard-def seasons, the new season of Survivor, based for the first time in Gabon, will be in high definition. Survivor will be shot with Sony's new XDCAM HD camera systems. See why the XDCAM was the ideal choice for Survivor.
Champagne dreams and caviar receivers . . . you know what I'm talking about. The new Onkyo TX-SA706X is a "champagne"-colored A/V receiver. They can call it what they want — I think it's a gilded gold receiver with plenty of processing power, if only for the Japanese market. The TX-SA706X is a 7.1 channel beauty that pumps out 200-watts per channel. What lies beyond Goldilock's facade?
Gasoline may be expensive as hell, but summer’s arrival means road trips (just ask AAA). Heeding the season’s call — or rather that of Ron Stimpson, SVS’s co-founder and Director of Product and Marketing — I grabbed some CDs, hopped into my wagon, and zipped through the green fields of Northeastern Ohio for a visit to the company’s speaker production facility.
Pioneer has opened a special showroom at the corner of Hollywood and Vine to show Hollywood professionals what their works really look like once they get into someone's home.
The Kuro Loft gives "the industry" a chance to look at six flat-panel TVs at once, so the makers of your favorite movies and TV shows can see how different TV designs affect what their audience sees. Those are Panasonic and Samsung plasmas on the left, Pioneer Kuros in the center, and Samsung and Sony LCDs on the right.
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Sony's acclaimed ES (Elevated Standard) high-end product line just got three new A/V receivers, all supporting 1080p/24 video signals and the latest high-resolution audio formats. Packed with features, these new Sony ES products are just what you need to complete a high-def home theater system.
All three have decoding for Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHS, DTS High Resolution Audio, and DTS HD Master Audio. On the video side, all three use Faroudja DCDi Cinema Technology to upscale all video sources to 1080p through the HDMI ports.
All three have Sony's Digital Media Port that lets these receivers connect to Sony's optional accessories, available and sold separately, including an iPod dock and Bluetooth adapter. All three are Sirius and XM Connect-and-Play ready.
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Obviously, there's no love lost between most customers and their cable companies. In fact, there's no love lost between a cable company and itself, either. So it's not surprising that more people are satisfied with their direct broadcast satellite providers than cable providers. This is according to a new survey by Beta Research Corp., a market research firm out of New York.
Universal Studios is betting that Wanted is going to be the Blu-ray release that's going to explode the Blu-ray business. Universal's Craig Kornblau has been quoted as saying, "What The Matrix did for DVD, Wanted could do for Blu-ray." Although the trailers look hot, putting this much pressure on a Blu-ray release, even before the theatrical release is a bit optimistic, don't you think?
Continue reading "Universal Wants "Wanted" Blu to be Wonderous" »
Here's a mouthful. A team from the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials at the Tohoku University announced that they've discovered a way to increase the storage capacity of a standard DVD to 42GB. They can also multiply the storage of a CD by 9 as well. Is this a new format coming to do battle against Blu-ray?
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