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Harman International Goes Private
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 27, 2007  |  0 comments
One of the few major audio manufacturers to function as a public company will be taken private. Kohlbert Kravis Roberts and GS Capital Partners bought Harman International in a deal worth $8.3 billion.
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Harman Introduces New Infinity Reference Series Speakers
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2014  |  6 comments
Harman International has introduced a new generation of Infinity’s 45-year-old Reference Series speakers. From the compact R152 bookshelf model to the top-of-the-line R263 tower speaker, the revamped line comprises nine mix-and-match models, featuring proprietary Ceramic Metal Matrix Diaphragm (CMMD) drivers, computer-optimized driver positioning and crossover network integration, tuned ports and internal cabinet bracing for “extended deep bass,” and a black woodgrain finish. A 1-inch CMMD tweeter mated with Harman’s “most advanced waveguide to date” is also standard across the line.
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Harman Kardon Bridging the iPod Gap
SV Staff  |  May 30, 2008  |  0 comments
Harman Kardon just announced a sexy little iPod dock designed to work seamlessly with HK's new A/V receiver line. The Bridge II is an iPod dock that's compatible with all dockable iPods except the Shuffle. The snazzy number is a complete controller...
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Harman Kardon brings the Blu
SV Staff  |  Jun 10, 2009  |  0 comments
Harman Kardon is finally entering the U.S. Blu-ray Disc player market with the BDP-1, a full-featured and pricey deck that ships later this month. The BDP 1 plays both Profile 1.1 (Bonus View) and Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) Blu-ray features, and can...
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Harman Kardon DVD 50: All-purpose Player
HT Staff  |  Feb 13, 2001  |  0 comments
As technology marches on, the price of excellence continues to drop. A superb example is Harman Kardon's new DVD 50, a five-disc carousel changer with progressive video output, high-resolution audio decoding, and compatibility with a wide variety of recorded formats. The price? A mere $650.
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Harman Kardon updates its midpriced A/V receivers
SV Staff  |  Sep 09, 2009  |  0 comments
Building A/V receivers might be the toughest job in the audio industry. The technology seems to change on a monthly basis—and if you don’t have the latest features you're in big trouble. Harman Kardon hasn’t exactly been on the cutting edge of...
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Harman Kardon's CEDIA Sneak Peek
SV Staff  |  Aug 20, 2008  |  0 comments
Harman Kardon is going to make a splash at CEDIA 2008 in early September with a bevy of new products for the custom installation crowd (and maybe you too!). Harman,probably best known for making A/V receivers, is introducing a state-of-the-art...
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Harman Kardon? Check. Harman Newsweek?!
SV Staff  |  Aug 03, 2010  |  0 comments
"He started a business selling FM radios in the 1950s" . . . and now he's running Newsweek magazine! Yes, Sidney Harman, whose 92nd birthday is tomorrow, has bought the ailing publication because, as he quipped to The New York Times,...
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Harman teaches you How to Listen
Michael Berk  |  Mar 30, 2011  |  0 comments

This past week Harman International quietly released a public beta of How to Listen, a freeware application used in-house at Harman as part of a listening course for train staffers in product research, development, and testing.

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Harman Wants You to Hear the Truth
Michael Berk  |  Sep 01, 2011  |  0 comments

Hopefully you've all been training your ears with Harman's nifty freeware "How to Listen" app, because the audio giant now launched a campaign that gets back to their core values - great sound, simply put - and brings on some highly visible (and highly international) spokespeople to spread the word.

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Harmony SST-688 Remote
HT Staff  |  Jan 28, 2004  |  First Published: Jan 29, 2004  |  0 comments
The remote control is one of the great inventions of the 20th century but one in severe need of refinement. Many consumer polls have demonstrated that remotes remain among the most confusing and frustrating devices in common use.
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Harry and the Potters
SV Staff  |  Jul 10, 2007  |  0 comments
The countdown is truly winding down now - less than 4 hours to go (Eastern time) until the midnight premiere of Film No. 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And less than 2 hours to go until my wife and son get in line! (Not me, alas. If...
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Harry Not So Wild About 3D
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 14, 2010  |  0 comments
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I, the penultimate film in the Harry Potter series, will not be released to theaters in 3D. Moviegoers will get it only in 2D on November 19, though its successor (the final installment) will be in 3D next summer.
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Harry Potter Series Coming to 4K Blu-ray
SV Staff  |  Jan 27, 2017  |  3 comments
Warner Bros. has announced that all eight films in the Harry Potter series will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray in 2017. All of the films will support high dynamic range (HDR), a “wider color spectrum,” and a DTS:X immersive soundtrack.
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Has The Grinch Hacked HD DVD's Copy Protection?
 |  Dec 31, 2006  |  0 comments

The Grinch came to steal HD DVD's Christmas a little late this year, as the Internet lit up late last week with the news that a hacker calling him/herself "muslix64" had cracked HD DVD's AACS copy protection with an apparently self-written Java-based utility called "BackupHDDVD." Stories over the 'Net calimed that muslix64 had successfully used the utility to move copies of Warner's <I>Full Metal Jacket</I> (one of the worst looking HD DVDs released so far) and Universal's <I>Van Helsing</I> to his/her hard drive. On top of that, muslix64 released the code to this utility, inviting others to take a crack (pun intended) at copying their own HD DVDs.

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