Review: Sony's Complete Bravia Link Home Theater System

While many of us have our collection of nice electronic toys, most of us can't afford to walk into a store, take a look at a company like Sony's complete line of Bravia media add-ons and walk out with it all. And your conscience might stop you anyway-even if your wallet could take the hit, you know enough to look…

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Get Ready for iTunes Taxes

Digital content makes a lot money-over $130 billion in sales a year-but most of that actually isn't taxed. Yet! Realizing they're leaving vast streams of green untapped, states are getting wise-nine this year have considered digital download taxes, and five of those passed them, for a total of 17 states that tax…

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State of The Infinite Format War: Get Ready for Five Long Years of…

One year ago, we predicted that the infinite format war would rise from the ashes of the HD DVD/Blu-ray format war-that a million online services and set-top boxes would suddenly promise to deliver movies and video to your computer or TV. And that each one would essentially be their own format, since none of them are…

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HD Content Confirmed For Amazon Unbox!

Unbox-Tivo_Stacked.sm.jpgTiVo has officially confirmed that Amazon Unbox will get HD content in the near future, but execs at the company say a few kinks need to be ironed out first. The current version of Unbox can't process HD content, and availability is limited by bandwidth constraints—something cable companies are in the process of…

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Amazon Unbox HD Rentals Coming Soon?

amazonhd.jpg Amazon's Unbox service might finally get some HD action. This screencap is from a survey sent out to their customer panel—notice the $4.99 pricepoint to rent an HD movie is the same as iTunes. Where's the "cheaper, plz" option? They also asked whether there's interest in subscriptions—like to "hit movies," or say, indie…

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Amazon-Pepsi Promotion Gets Official and Awesome: Free MP3s, Unbox…

Good news on the Pepsi-Amazon MP3 contest front: It's official, it's not a contest and they've giving away more than MP3s. It's a point-based promo that launches on Feb. 1, with 4 billion Pepsi products carrying points that you can bank on PepsiStuff.com for MP3s from Amazon store, which now has tracks from all four…

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NBC Jumps Ship to Amazon Unbox

After the he said/she said BS between Apple and NBC over the last few days, we're kind of glad to see some kind of resolution: NBC's taking its business to Amazon Unbox, which will give NBC "greater flexibility in the pricing and packaging of video downloads." For the time being though, shows still seem to fetch $1.99 on …

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