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Rob Sabin  |  Aug 05, 2015  | 
Cost-conscious home theater enthusiasts still waiting patiently for a projector with a bright image and decent blacks for under a thousand bucks could be celebrating this summer with the release of Epson's latest 1080p entries.

SV Staff  |  Aug 05, 2015  | 
Starting August 16, buyers of Samsung’s top-line SUHD TVs will receive two free high-dynamic range (HDR) movies.

SV Staff  |  Aug 05, 2015  | 
Pioneer has packed five-channel discrete amplification, Ultra HD passthrough with HDCP 2 support, and Bluetooth/aptX connectivity into its new budget AV receiver, the VSX-530-K, which carries a suggested retail price of $280.

SV Staff  |  Aug 04, 2015  | 
Elite Screens has introduced a two-in-one electric projection screen that can be alternated between 16:9 and 2.35:1 aspect ratios, the former being common for TV shows, the later for blockbuster movies.

SV Staff  |  Aug 04, 2015  | 
Consumer spending on digital content accounted for more than half of all home entertainment spending in the April-June period, according to preliminary numbers released by the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG).
SV Staff  |  Aug 03, 2015  | 
Sharp is pulling the plug on its U.S. television business, according to a report in MediaPost.com.

SV Staff  |  Aug 03, 2015  | 
The results of last week’s poll are in. We asked if you own a portable Bluetooth speaker and, if so, how often you use it. As you can see from the results below, the scales tip in favor of owning and using a Bluetooth speaker...
SV Staff  |  Aug 03, 2015  | 
Into rock and roll memorabilia? Can’t get enough of Elvis? Well, now’s your chance to own a piece of The King. Online bidding for 174 lots of authenticated Elvis artifacts starts Thursday, August 13th at 7pm CDT at The Auction at Graceland.

SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2015  | 
The remastered soundtrack of the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released today by Ode Sound & Visuals in celebration of the film's 40th anniversary.
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2015  | 
Vizio’s recent IPO filing raises questions about the collection of consumer data and how companies use it.
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2015  | 
Ever wish you had a few more HDMI ports on your TV for connecting a gaming console, media streamer, and other devices? Kinivo’s K300 4K HDMI Switch adds three ports and is currently selling for $35 on amazon.com.
SV Staff  |  Jul 30, 2015  | 
If you haven’t yet embraced streaming and still order discs through the mail from Netflix, you may be worried that your disc days are numbered. But even as streaming booms with continued aggressive expansion and more than 65 million customers worldwide, Netflix is not ready to back away from its disc rental business, according to a recent New York Times report.
SV Staff  |  Jul 29, 2015  | 
Waves Audio is webcasting the third episode of Everything Audio this Friday (July 31, 2015) at 1 p.m. PT, 4 p.m. ET on waves.com.
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 29, 2015  | 
You’ve heard it on THX-certified DVDs and Blu-ray Discs and in THX theaters. It’s the perfect crescendo, that indescribably fantastic swell of sound that’s been wowing movie-goers for more than three decades. We recently spoke with Dr. James “Andy” Moorer, composer of the “THX Logo Theme,” to get the story behind the iconic flourish, which debuted in the THX trailer Wings, shown before the 1983 premiere of a movie you might remember—Star Wars: Episode VI-Return of the Jedi.
SV Staff  |  Jul 28, 2015  | 
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have linked musical taste to cognitive style, or the way you think.

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