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HDR on the Small Screen
SV Staff  |  Mar 22, 2017
The UHD Alliance (UHDA) recently announced the Mobile HDR Premium specification for laptops, notebooks, tablets, and smartphones to confirm that a portable device meets UHDA-defined performance criteria for 4K/Ultra HD resolution, dynamic range, color space, and bit depth.
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Streamers Love Netflix and Amazon Original Content
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.
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Hulu Adds NBC to Test of Live Online TV Service
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.
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Markaudio-Sota Launches in the U.S. with Audiophile Speakers
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.
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Kid-Friendly Content Filtering Evolves
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.
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Denon Expands S Series with 3 Budget AV Receivers
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2017
Denon has announced plans to add three budget models to its S-Series line of AV receivers in April.
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LG’s 2017 4K TVs Make ‘Netflix Recommended TV’ List
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.
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Sony Announces Rollout Plans for Soundbars, AVR
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2017
Sony has announced rollout plans and pricing for two soundbars and an AV receiver previewed at CES 2017.
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Alienology Aims to Kickstart 3D-Printed Speakers
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.
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Ottava Releases First MQA-Encoded CD. Yes, CD.
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.
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Alexa Hack Creates Hilarious (Creepy?) Talking Skull
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.
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Pink Floyd’s Live 8 Reunion Revisited with 3D Sound
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.

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How to Install a Projection Screen the Right Way
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.
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Samsung QLED TVs Arrive, UHD Blu-ray Player to Follow
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...

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Sony Announces Pricing, Availability for 4K OLED TVs
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.
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