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Hollywood and DEG Finalize 4K Disc Packaging
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2015
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) today announced that it has developed packaging for the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs heading our way early next year.

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Bond Tech: 193 Gadgets and Gizmos Cataloged
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2015
The guys at BurgerFiction.com have created a video that catalogs every gadget used by James Bond since the beginning.
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Monster Introduces ClarityHD Earbuds
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2015  |  First Published: Nov 09, 2015
Monster today introduced the ClarityHD line of earbuds intended to replace the cheap ’buds that come with smartphones and other portable devices.

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CE Hall of Fame to Induct Audio Pioneer Floyd Toole
SV Staff  |  Nov 09, 2015
Dr. Floyd Toole, the pioneering acoustic researcher who correlated technical loudspeaker measurements with what listeners identified as "good" sound in double-blind testing, is being honored at the 16th annual Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame Dinner tonight in New York City.
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What Next? A Mini Tablet for Your Wrist?
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 09, 2015
Actually, yes. The Rufus Cuff is a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth-enabled Android OS “wrist communicator” with a 3.2-inch screen created by startup Rufus Labs.
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2 Million 4K UHD TVs Sold So Far this Year
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2015
Driven by double digit growth in key digital categories, U.S. consumer spending on home entertainment nudged up in the third quarter of 2015 to $3.9 billion and is up 0.2 percent year over year, according the Digital Entertainment Group quarterly report.

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RIP: Stewart Filmscreen CEO Grant Stewart
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2015
Stewart Filmscreen has announced the death of President and CEO Grant Stewart, age 60. Mr. Stewart passed away on the morning of October 27, 2015, after bravely battling cancer. His wife Mary, who retains ownership of the company, their two children, his father Pat and the entire Stewart family, survive Grant.
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Dead & Company Show to Stream Live on Saturday
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2015
It’s been 20 years since Jerry Garcia died, bringing 30 years of the Grateful Dead to an end. Over the years surviving members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart have carried on in various offshoots of the band and reunited sporadically for one-off performances and tours featuring many guests.
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Vizio Reference Series TVs Offered at Magnolia
SV Staff  |  Nov 05, 2015
The first two high-dynamic range-enabled TVs in Vizio’s new Reference Series are now available to order through Best Buy’s Magnolia Design Centers.
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Klipsch Adds $400 Soundbar to Reference Lineup
SV Staff  |  Nov 05, 2015
Klipsch today introduced the Reference R-4B soundbar system, which the company says draws on design and engineering principles used in its Reference home theater line.
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10 Year Flashback: Recalling Sony's Rootkit Fiasco
SV Staff  |  Nov 05, 2015
A decade ago Sony was scrambling to recover from the infamous CD Rootkit Fiasco, brought about when Sony BMG, then the second largest music group, placed copyright protection software on 52 CDs.
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Klipsch to Live Stream Smokey Robinson Tribute
SV Staff  |  Nov 04, 2015
The 20th annual Music Masters series honoring Motown legend Smokey Robinson will be streamed live at klipsch.com at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 7.
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Stop That or I’ll Make You Watch TV
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 04, 2015
Second-screen use is “creating a generation of kids for whom TV is punishment,” says Miner & Co. Studio.
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Sennheiser Revisits Orpheus, its $55k Headphone
SV Staff  |  Nov 04, 2015
In 1991 German headphone maker Sennheiser introduced what it considered to be the “best headphone in the world” and named it after the Greek musician and poet Orpheus. Only 300 units were made. The company has resurrected Orpheus and updated it with state-of-the-art technology to create the “first electrostatic headphone with a Cool Class A MOS-FET high voltage amplifier integrated into the ear cups.”
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Man on a Mission: Speaker Designer Andrew Jones
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 03, 2015
Andrew Jones has an impressive history in loudspeakers, having served as the chief speaker engineer at KEF, Infinity, Technical Audio Devices Laboratories (TAD), and Pioneer, where he established a reputation for designing budget speakers that sound shockingly good. In May, following the merger of Pioneer and Onkyo, Germany’s ELAC announced that Jones had not only joined the company as vice president of engineering but was already working on a new line of speakers.
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