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Abbey Road Visited and Revisited
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS
Bob Ankosko  |  Apr 19, 2019  |  0 comments
Fifty years ago on this day in Beatles history (Friday, April 18), George Harrison recorded to perfection the raucous guitar solo on “Old Brown Shoe” in Studio Three at EMI Recording Studios. After nailing the solo, he joined producer Chris Thomas in the control room to mix the song, which would be released six weeks later as the B-side to a song John Lennon and Paul McCartney had recorded a few days earlier: “The Ballad of John and Yoko”.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
BLU-RAY MOVIE REVIEWS, Ultra HD Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Chris Chiarella  |  Apr 19, 2019  |  0 comments
Picture
Sound
Extras
An animated Spider-Man movie? In the midst of the character's latest live-action reboot? Using six different iterations of the character, all but one of which are only known to die-hard comic book fans? A direct-to-video tie-in, right? Wrong: Not only was Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse a big-screen box-office success, it also snagged an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film of 2018.
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Onkyo and Pioneer Receivers Get AirPlay 2 Update
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS
SV Staff  |  Apr 18, 2019  |  0 comments
Onkyo and Pioneer today announced the release of a firmware update that enables AV receivers from both brands to use Apple’s AirPlay 2 wireless platform to stream music from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac to speakers around the house and use Siri voice commands to control compatible products.
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Flashback 2006: Toshiba Launches HD DVD
Throwback Thursday
SV Staff  |  Apr 18, 2019  |  1 comments
Thirteen years ago today, Toshiba introduced the first HD DVD players in U.S. stores with high hopes that the new format would be the high-definition successor to the wildly popular DVD and conquer the rival Blu-ray format championed by a coalition of nine companies, including Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, and Samsung.
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Sonos Ups its Voice Game with New Updates
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS
SV Staff  |  Apr 18, 2019  |  0 comments
Sonos has announced an update that enables owners of the Sonos One smart speaker and Beam soundbar — both Sound & Vision Top Picks — to use Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant to access and control Apple Music.
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JVC DLA-NX9 D-ILA Projector Review
PROJECTOR REVIEWS
Kris Deering  |  Apr 17, 2019  |  1 comments

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $18,000

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Fantastic HDR performance
Reference-level optics
Industry leading contrast
Minus
Some dynamic contrast-related artifacts
Noticeable fan noise in High lamp mode

THE VERDICT
JVC’s second-generation 4K beamer sets a new high bar for projector HDR performance. Add industry leading contrast, reference-quality optics, and exceptional usability and you have a projector that punches way above its price point.

It took a while, but JVC has finally updated its full consumer projector lineup to native 4K (4,096 x 2,160) resolution. Just over two years ago, Sound & Vision reviewed the company's first native 4K model, the $29,995 flagship DLA-RS4500. For this review I am going to cover the flagship model from the new range, the DLA-NX9 (also available as the DLA-RS3000 from JVC's professional division). At $18,000, the NX9 isn't exactly a casual purchase, though it does deliver some new features at a price point we haven't seen before from JVC.

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Review: Aerosmith Soars with THX-Certified Wings at Las Vegas Residency
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 17, 2019  |  0 comments
On April 8, Aerosmith delivered a 90-minute performance for the ages inside the THX Certified Park Theater at the Park MGM in Las Vegas during their Deuces Are Wild residency. Our exclusive VIP section review shows how the combined powers of THX, L-Acoustics’ L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology, the MIXhalo live-audio mixing platform, and 1MORE THX Certified triple-driver in-ear headphones all helped make it happen.
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Record Store Day Releases to Quench Your Vinyl Thirst
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS
SV Staff  |  Apr 17, 2019  |  0 comments
If you’re hungry for new vinyl and somehow missed the festivities around Record Store Day this past Saturday (hey, it happens), fear not: A few hundred new releases are catalogued for perusal on the excellent website, RecordStoreDay.com.
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Parasound Readies Integrated Amp/DAC for Summer Delivery
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS, NEW PRODUCTS
SV Staff  |  Apr 17, 2019  |  0 comments
Parasound has announced plans to deliver its most-affordable integrated amplifier/digital-to-analog converter (DAC) early this summer.
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U.S. Leads Global Smart Speaker Explosion
AUDIO VIDEO NEWS
SV Staff  |  Apr 17, 2019  |  0 comments
The U.S. will continue to lead the way in smart speaker adoption as the category explodes around the world — especially in China — with an installed base that’s expected to grow 82% in 2019, according tech research firm Canalys.
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