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Microsoft Extends Xbox 360 Warranty
Microsoft announced late yesterday that it expects to pay out over $1 billion in expenditures to take care of new and existing Xbox 360 owners who have been experiencing the "Red Ring of Death"…
Music Sales Down for 7th Year
Music sales went down globally for the seventh straight year, with 2007 marking a sort of ramping up of the downturn, according to London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry…
AVRant #9: Best Buy Part 1
Dina continues her undercover operation uncovering just the type of BS your big box stores are feeding people. This time, it's Best Buy. We were shocked to learn some of the things that pass for…
Ask AVRant #2: Flat Frequency Response
It's a special Tuesday edition of Ask AVRant! Alan wants to know why a flat frequency response is desirable so J and Tom discuss it ad nauseum. Which of course leads to the topic of return policies…
Amazon Getting 1000 New HD DVD Indie Titles
Amazon's new on-demand DVD printing service will soon take on 1000 new Indie titles through the "One Thousand HD DVD Indies Project". The initiative is sponsored by Amazon.com and Microsoft and is…
Sony Sued Over Blu-ray Patent Infringement
What's that Sony sued again for patent infringement? Yes, not content to just be getting over a settlement with Kodak over 10 digital camera patents and another with Immersion that dealt with force…
Win a FREE Ready Acoustics Room Treatment Package!
Ready Acoustics are giving away a complete room acoustics kit including a 3D room analysis with placement suggestions for your acoustic panels. The prize includes twelve (12) factory assembled…
Universal Doesn't Renew with iTunes
Universal Music Group notified Apple last week that it will NOT be renewing its terms within an annual contract for the iTunes music store. The New York Times reported on this information, citing…
Emotiva 4th of July Sale!
Don't miss this opportunity to get a little extra off some of the best priced components in the AV world! Emotiva Audio, from July 1st to July 6th ONLY, is offering 10% off AND free freight on ALL…
Texas Instruments Brings First Approved Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus Decoders
Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced that its Aureus generation of audio digital signal processors (DSPs) is the first audio/video receiver (AVR) implementation approved for both Dolby…