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SV Staff  |  Mar 21, 2017  | 
One in three of those who subscribe to streaming video services chose the service for its original content, up 8 percent over the past year, according to a new survey from New York-based 451 Research.
SV Staff  |  Mar 21, 2017  | 
Hulu has included NBC in the live online TV service it is beta-testing, according to a report in Bloomberg.
SV Staff  |  Mar 21, 2017  | 
Hong Kong-based Sota Acoustics and specialty driver manufacturer Markaudio today announced the U.S. launch of Markaudio-Sota, a “joint cooperation” between firms that design and build speakers for the audiophile market.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 20, 2017  | 
Back in the days before Blu-ray, companies like ClearPlay and TV Guardian offered parents a way to filter their children’s DVD viewing to screen out material deemed offensive. Some may call it censorship; others, a necessary tool for parents.
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2017  | 
Denon has announced plans to add three budget models to its S-Series line of AV receivers in April.
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2017  | 
LG today announced that 2017 4K Ultra HDTVs based on its webOS 3.5 smart TV platform have been designated as “Netflix Recommended TVs” for the third consecutive year.
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2017  | 
Sony has announced rollout plans and pricing for two soundbars and an AV receiver previewed at CES 2017.
SV Staff  |  Mar 17, 2017  | 
With 20 days to go, Los Angeles-based startup Alienology Audio has raised $1,322 of its modest $2,500 goal to help fund the launch of its T3TRA speakers on Kickstarter.
SV Staff  |  Mar 17, 2017  | 
The Japanese music label Ottava today released the first MQA-encoded CD, A. Piazzolla by Strings and Oboe—recorded by Unamas Piazzolla Septet.
SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2017  | 
Amazon’s Alexa, the voice controlled personal assistant that made its first appearance in the Echo smart speaker a couple years ago, is now showing up in dozens of consumer electronics products, including more speakers, TVs, lamps, refrigerators—you name it.
SV Staff  |  Mar 15, 2017  | 
Left to right, the team responsible for creating a 360-degree mix of Pink Floyd's historic Live 8 performance: Recording engineer Andy Jackson, Andreas Sennheiser, producer Simon Franglen, co-curator Aubrey Powell, producer Simon Rhodes, and Daniel Sennheiser

Sennheiser and Pink Floyd have partnered to produce a new immersive mix of “Comfortably Numb” and other songs from 2015’s Live 8 concert—the last time David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Rick Wright played onstage with former band member Roger Waters.

SV Staff  |  Mar 15, 2017  | 
Dave Rodgers is on a mission to ensure owners of video projection systems, and professionals who set up these systems, get it right. As marketing manager for Garden Grove, California-based Elite Screens, he travels the world promoting the virtues of bringing the movie theater home or, as he likes to say, the larger-than-life experience that only a huge video projection screen can deliver.
SV Staff  |  Mar 14, 2017  | 
Samsung today announced that the 4K QLED televisions it previewed at CES 2017 are now available at Samsung.com and retailers nationwide.

The company also announced that its new UBD-M9500 Ultra HD Blu-ray player will be available in April for $399, followed by...

SV Staff  |  Mar 14, 2017  | 
Sony has announced that pre-sales of the 4K OLED TVs it previewed at CES 2017 begin today at Amazon and BestBuy.com.
SV Staff  |  Mar 14, 2017  | 
To commemorate three decades of innovation and success in OLED technology in advance of Display Week 2017, the Society for Information Display (SID) has shared an infographic that traces OLED’s evolution from early R&D through its present day status as a major display technology.

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