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Vizio Recognized for Customer Service Excellence
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2018  | 
Vizio was recognized for customer service excellence at the 12th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service ceremony held in Las Vegas on February 23.
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Bluesound Knocks $200 Off Price of Award-Winning Pulse Soundbar
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2018  | 
Bluesound, sister company of audio stalwarts NAD and PSB, today announced a price cut for its Pulse Soundbar, one of only three soundbars to make Sound & Vision’s prestigious 2017 Top Picks of the Year list.
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Is a TV Bundle Revolt Looming?
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2018  | 
The inability to select individual channels and being forced to choose among a small selection of overblown bundles with channels you’ll never watch has long been a bugaboo for cable subscribers. And as the Age of Streaming TV hits stride, viewers are overwhelmed and becoming increasingly frustrated with the explosion of viewing options, according to a new study from Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Hub Entertainment Research.
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‘The Americans’ Season 5 Slated for Digital…and DVD
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2018  | 
As the hit TV Series, The Americans, heads into its sixth season, Fox has announced that the fifth season of the KGB espionage thriller is being readied for release on digital and DVD. No word on Blu-ray yet.
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McIntosh Product Flow Continues with SACD Transport
SV Staff  |  Feb 27, 2018  | 
McIntosh is on a roll with new products. The latest is aimed at audiophiles who prefer their hi-res audio in physical form.
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Samsung Cuts OLED Production (for iPhones, not TVs)
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2018  | 
Did you buy an iPhone X, Apple’s new end-all, be-all phone? We didn’t think so.
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THX Announces New Spatial Audio Platform
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2018  | 
THX today announced a new end-to-end “positional audio solution” said to be flexible enough to support emerging immersive audio formats, open standards, and legacy content across mobile, PC, and consumer electronics devices.
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Meet Tipron, the Robo-Projector
SV Staff  |  Feb 23, 2018  | 
We’re now officially living in the future. That was our first thought when we heard about Tipron, the roving video projector. Roving, as in a small Star Wars-like robot that tools around the house on a perpetual entertainment mission.
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Spotify Eying Hardware Launch?
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2018  | 
Recent job postings by Spotify suggest that the company might be looking to make a move into the hardware space.
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Upcoming Live Music, Audio Events in NYC
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2018  | 
If you live in or near New York City or happen to be in town, there two home audio/live music events happening in the coming days.
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Peerless-AV Launches Updated Wireless HD System
SV Staff  |  Feb 21, 2018  | 
Peerless-AV has introduced an updated version of its PeerAir Wireless HD Multimedia signal-transmission system.
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Qualcomm Enhances Wireless Technology for Earbuds
SV Staff  |  Feb 21, 2018  | 
Qualcomm today announced enhancements to its TrueWireless Stereo technology for earphones, which eliminates wires from the media source as well as between the left and right earbuds.
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Cambridge Audio to Open U.S. Store, Partner with Music School
SV Staff  |  Feb 20, 2018  | 
In a move usually associated with large corporate entities with names like Sony or Bose, England's Cambridge Audio has announced that it will open its first U.S. retail store in Chicago later this year.
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Ultra HD: More Than Just Resolution
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 20, 2018  | 
15 Minutes with UHD Alliance President Mike Fidler

The Ultra HD Alliance is on a mission to spread the good word of Ultra HD, which as any self-respecting home theater enthusiast will tell you is more than just a resolution story. Yes, having four times as many pixels as standard HD is a definite boon to image quality, but high dynamic range (HDR), wide color gamut, and other recent advances in TV picture quality are even more compelling, nudging us ever closer to images that mirror the real world. Last summer the Alliance recruited industry veteran Mike Fidler as its first full-time president. We recently caught up with Fidler, who has served in key executive roles at Sony and Pioneer, to get an update on the Alliance and its efforts to promote the benefits of what it calls a “premium audio/video experience.”

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Focal Expands In-Wall/Ceiling Speaker Line
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2018  | 
Focal has introduced a new seven-model series of entry-level in-wall/ceiling speaker series at prices ranging from $149 to $449, and announced plans to add three models to its mid-priced 300 Series. The 100 Series is available now and the 300 Series is due out in May.
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