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New Gear: Intimus 4BP Bipole Speaker
SV Staff  |  Jun 16, 2009  | 
It’s not easy to find affordable equipment as an entry-level, home-theater buyer. That is until Aperion Audio announced its new surround sound speaker: The new Intimus 4BP Bipole Surround Sound Speaker. For $199 you get a pair of 1” audiophile...
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FCC Gets 900,000 DTV Panic Calls
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 16, 2009  | 
The Federal Communications Commission has fielded more than 900,000 calls since analog television broadcasting was shut down on Friday June 12.
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Better Bass
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 15, 2009  |  First Published: Jun 16, 2009  | 

Anyone with a home theater knows how difficult it is to integrate a subwoofer with the rest of the audio system. And if there's more than one sub, the problems are multiplied. Fortunately, these problems could be a thing of the past thanks to the latest product from Audyssey called the Sub Equalizer, which is scheduled to become available on July 1.

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Audyssey Labs launches new Sub Equalizer
SV Staff  |  Jun 15, 2009  | 
During the press junket that introduced Audyssey Labs’ DSX 10-channel surround-sound technology, the company also gave us an advance listen to a new product it was working on: the Sub Equalizer. Now that the Sub Equalizer has been officially...
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What the DTV transition really looked like
SV Staff  |  Jun 15, 2009  | 
Chances are, you were well-prepared for the DTV switch, but those who weren't got to see something pretty interesting. This video is a collection of the local Houston, Texas, TV stations the moment of the switch. Some simply went to static,...
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1080p Wasted on Most Viewers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 15, 2009  | 
Many viewers are sitting too far from their HDTVs to enjoy the full resolution of a 1080p display, according to a poll by the good folks at Gizmodo.
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Meanwhile, over at "The Howard Stern Show" . . .
SV Staff  |  Jun 12, 2009  | 
 Yesterday, I went over to The Howard Stern Show at Sirius XM central HQ here in midtown Manhattan to hand-deliver copies of the June/July/August issue to Gadget Gary himself, Gary Dell'Abate. The issue features a piece that reports on...
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New gear: Monster Turbine Pro headphones
SV Staff  |  Jun 12, 2009  | 
We already showed you Monster's enormous table-top remote, but they're not out of new products yet. The Turbine Pros come at a $80 premium compared to their non-Pro counterparts and are plated in a very shiny gold material that will either...
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Analog TV Dies: Good Riddance
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 12, 2009  | 
The nation's analog broadcast television standard, known as NTSC, died today after a long illness. It was 68 years old and should have died years ago.
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Good riddance to analog TV
SV Staff  |  Jun 11, 2009  | 
With apologies to World War II vets, June 12, 2009, should be declared D-Day. Conveniently, it’s the day analog TV broadcasting shuts down, leaving digital signals as the only way for viewers to receive over-the-air channels. Yet digital television...
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Savant unleashes new Virtual Control User Interface
SV Staff  |  Jun 11, 2009  | 
The company that created the iPhone interface has just made another impressive user-friendly device, this time for your home called the “Virtual Control User Interface.” The new unit is designed for total home automation, so it plays nice with your...
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Monster's tabletop $50 remote control
SV Staff  |  Jun 11, 2009  | 
Though it looks like it was ripped straight from the dashboard of a 1974 Chevy Nova, Monster's new AV50 remote control is an all-new piece of gear. The AV50 is a tabletop remote, designed to be plunked down on a flat surface near the couch and...
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DTV Transition Deadline Is Tomorrow
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 11, 2009  | 
Tomorrow, June 12, 2009 is the final deadline for the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. Here's the DTV transition thought of the day: Does it matter?
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Mitsubishi's Big Sound
user  |  Jun 10, 2009  |  First Published: Jun 11, 2009  | 
Mitsubishi made a big splash at the CEA Line shows with LaserVue and conventional RPTVs (click here for more on those) as well as a new line of LCD TVs dubbed Unisen. All feature the Immersive Sound Technology soundbar that made its debut last year, though none use LED backlighting.
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Lotsa Monster
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 10, 2009  | 
Monster Cable had a lot to discuss at the CEA Line Shows in New York today. First and foremost was the world's first THX-certified HDMI cables, which meet or exceed the new HDMI 1.4 spec's bandwidth rating of 10.2Gbps as measured by Simplay Labs.
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