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SV Staff  |  Sep 30, 2010  | 
1080p high-definition is nice. 4K (4096 x 2160) is even better, but only a few theaters have projectors that use that resolution yet. Super Hi-View is even better than that, with a resolution of 7680 x 4320, 4 times greater than 4K and 16 times...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 30, 2010  | 
Up to now Bose has been primarily an audio company. But the speaker-industry colossus is moving into new territory with the VideoWave, its first video display with integrated audio system.
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2010  | 
Nearly 2 decades ago, the Internet Movie Database hit the fledgling World Wide Web. Since then, it's become the go-to site for movie information like cast lists, dates, and trivia. To commemorate the site's upcoming 20th anniversary, it's set up a...
SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2010  | 
  While many have been eagerly awaiting Star Wars to make its way to Blu-ray, apparently George Lucas has been hard at work bringing his beloved franchise into 3D. According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, 2012 will mark the...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 29, 2010  | 
If you watch Bravo, you may recently have seen a 45-second ad from Bluefly that featured an onscreen barcode. If you held your cellphone up to the code, it would have linked you to a five-minute infomercial featuring celebrity interview videos plus a $30 discount on clothing and accessories purchases of $150 or more.
SV Staff  |  Sep 28, 2010  | 
All-in-one home theater systems can mean a variety of things. Sometimes they mean a home-theater-in-a-box, a package of multiple speakers and all the gear you need to hook it up. Sometimes they mean a soundbar, a one-piece way to pump up your...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 28, 2010  | 
Netflix is "looking at adding a streaming-only option for the USA over the coming months," its CEO says.
SV Staff  |  Sep 27, 2010  | 
 Cell phones have been on the offensive when it comes to replacing dedicated digital music players, which means iPhone- (and smartphone)- compatible headhpones have been multiplying like a swimming pool full of Gremlins. The latest batch...
SV Staff  |  Sep 27, 2010  | 

Just 30 years ago last week, Ian Colquhoun started Axiom Audio in his friend's garage. To commemorate the company's 3 decades of work in audio, it held a birthday party in the Ontario district of Muskoka.

Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 27, 2010  | 
Ever spent frustrating hours at home waiting for the cable guy to appear? If you're a New York City resident, he'll have a greater incentive to make it on time. The city has renegotiated its cable franchise agreements with Time Warner and Cablevision to require a month's credit for customers when service calls are late.
SV Staff  |  Sep 25, 2010  | 
Definitive Technology is a company closely associated with bipolar speakers due to its longstanding use of that design approach in its products. At CEDIA, Def Tech is showing a family of four brand-new bipolar SuperTowers, all of which feature...
SV Staff  |  Sep 25, 2010  | 
Speaker-maker Paradigm has several new offerings at CEDIA, but the stuff that caught my eye was its MilleniaOne satellite speaker ($249/each) and Millenia subwoofer ($1399). Standing just under 8 inches high, the sat has a die-cast aluminum...
SV Staff  |  Sep 24, 2010  | 
A few large manufacturers excepted, most of the video projection industry seems in no big rush to get into 3D. As a result, there was plenty of 2D projection action at this year’s CEDIA Expo, a gathering in Atlanta this week of custom installers...
SV Staff  |  Sep 24, 2010  | 
   Wander down to the far end of CEDIA’s long exhibit hall and you’ll find a closed-door booth emblazoned with an unfamiliar company name: GoldenEar Technology. Enter that booth, and you’ll see legendary speaker-guy Sandy Gross...
SV Staff  |  Sep 24, 2010  | 
 CEDIA has predictably turned out to be a 3D front projector show, but there’s also a surprising amount of cool two-channel audio gear being hawked here. One compelling demo I sat through was of Cambridge Audio’s new Minx speaker...

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