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EPA Recognizes Electronics Brands for Sustainability and Recycling Efforts
SV Staff  |  Jan 22, 2018  | 
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized several electronics manufacturers and retailers for “making significant contributions in designing products sustainably and diverting electronics from landfills by sending them to third-party certified recyclers” as part of the agency’s Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Electronics Challenge.
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Monitor Audio Announces ‘Fun’ Speaker Series
SV Staff  |  Jan 22, 2018  | 
U.K.-based Monitor Audio has announced a new six-model “fun” speaker series featuring a contemporary design and a compact bookshelf model with an unconventional driver layout.
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AR/VR Poised for Record Growth in 2018
SV Staff  |  Jan 19, 2018  | 
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies are poised for record growth in 2018, according to new research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).
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Sony OLED TV Nets DEG Excellence in 4K Award
SV Staff  |  Jan 19, 2018  | 
Sony’s Bravia XBRA1E OLED Ultra HD TV left last week’s CES confab with an Excellence in 4K Product Award from the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), one of three awards presented.
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NuVision Looks to Stage TV Comeback
SV Staff  |  Jan 18, 2018  | 
NuVision, a U.S.-based display company with manufacturing partners in China and Mexico that seeks to deliver a “compelling mix of quality, technology and value,” has announced plans to re-enter the U.S. TV market.
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Shack, BBY Look to Adapt
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 18, 2018  | 
Left for dead at the side of the road, RadioShack is still twitching. Following its latest bankruptcy filing, it has emerged with a reorganization plan that would mix an online presence with 400 independently owned dealerships and 27 company-owned stores in Colorado, Texas, and New York. Eight new RadioShacks have recently opened, and another 18 are being considered. However, RadioShack probably will not return to the days when it lived in a $200 million HQ in Fort Worth, overseeing an empire of 7,000 stores nationwide.
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Alexa Makes its Debut in Aftermarket Car Audio
SV Staff  |  Jan 17, 2018  | 
Everyone knows Amazon’s Alexa is the star of an ever growing number of smart speakers, but did you know that the popular voice service is also finding its way into aftermarket car stereo?
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Bryston Previews ‘Ultimate’ Audiophile Systems
SV Staff  |  Jan 16, 2018  | 
Bryston today announced a new high-end lineup of active speaker systems that “leverages decades of research into the science of acoustics.”
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Jamo Unveils Designer Soundbars
SV Staff  |  Jan 16, 2018  | 
Jamo has put its Danish design mojo to work in two “alternative” soundbars.
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Technicolor HDR Coming to Philips TVs in 2019
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2018  | 
Funai Electric, exclusive licensee for Philips televisions and video products in North America, announced at CES 2018 last week that Technicolor HDR will be integrated into Philips TVs in 2019 and demonstrated a prototype TV with the capability.
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Survey: Consumers Who Understand Net Neutrality More Likely to Support It
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2018  | 
A new survey from global research firm GfK has shed some light on one of the hot topics at last week’s CES — net neutrality — as controversy continued to swirl over the FCC’s recent decision to give Internet service providers greater control over the Internet “pipe,” setting up a marketplace that many fear could come to resemble that of traditional pay-TV services.
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Sound United Acquires Classé Audio
SV Staff  |  Jan 08, 2018  | 
On the eve of CES 2018, Sound United today announced that it has acquired Classé Audio, the Canadian maker of high-performance AV components.
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Fibbr to Launch 8K/HDR-Ready Optical HDMI Cable
SV Staff  |  Jan 05, 2018  | 
“Here for today and ready for tomorrow” is how China-based Fibbr is positioning the imminent launch of Ultra 8K, a “plug-and-play” 8K/HDR-ready fiber-optic HDMI cable said to support transmission speeds up to 56 gigabits per second (Gbps) over distances up to 164 feet (50 meters).
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CES 2018: A Preview of the Ultimate Tech-Fest
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 05, 2018  | 
CES 2018 is coming! Here's our preview of the upcoming tech-fest.
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Where Is Home Entertainment Heading?
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 04, 2018  | 
15 Minutes with Astra Insights’ Shawn DuBravac

Stop for a moment and think back to home entertainment 10 years ago. You were starting to build a library of Blu-ray titles, thankful that HD had finally made its way to disc, but 4K at home was a technology of the future and streaming was still a curiosity. Netflix was a hugely successful DVD mail-order company with a billion discs delivered but could see the writing on the wall when it started offering movies on demand over the internet in February 2007. Today, streaming is commonplace and home audio and video have reached unprecedented levels of quality, raising the question of what comes next? Looking ahead to the future, we reached out to Dr. Shawn DuBravac, founder of the Washington, DC-based consultancy Astra Insights, former chief economist for the Consumer Technology Association, and author of the New York Times Best Seller (Regnery, 2015). A well-regarded futurist and trendcaster, DuBravac writes frequently about technology with a focus on deciphering disruptive shifts.

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