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Masters Golf in 3D on TWC
SV Staff  |  Apr 11, 2010
  Are you a Time-Warner Cable subscriber who's wondering if they actually did show The Masters golf tournament in 3D? I know I couldn't find any special new 3D channel in my lineup. And I spent a whole 30 seconds looking for it.Turns...
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Show off the knots for ZVOX's Ugly TV Contest
SV Staff  |  Apr 09, 2010
This is really the perfect contest for readers of Sound & Vision. ZVOX, makers of the Z-Base 550 sound bar, has just announced the "Ugly TV Contest." ZVOX is offering a free Z-Base 550 system to the home theater owner with the biggest wire...
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New Tech 2010: HDTV Extras
Al Griffin  |  Apr 09, 2010
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TV PARTY -- Plenty of new TVs feature a Yahoo! widgets bar, which now includes social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Some new services even let you create custom widgets that can be picked up by any TV outfitted with the Yahoo! widgets engine.

TELEPHONE -- Tired of watching TV?

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New Tech 2010: 3D Content Is Coming
 |  Apr 09, 2010

How many times has this happened to you? Irrepressible engineers invent a terrific piece of new hardware, but you can't find any content to play on it. the sampler that came in the box is awesome, but after playing it a thousand times, it's getting a little old.

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Premiere Design
Steinway Lyngdorf LS Sound System
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 09, 2010

As a musician, I'm well acquainted with Steinway pianos, but until recently, I was unaware that the company had entered the home-audio business with a subsidiary called <A href="http://www.steinwaylyngdorf.com">Steinway Lyngdorf</A> in collaboration with Peter Lyngdorf of <A href="http://www.lyngdorf.com">Lyngdorf Audio</A>. Among its super-expensive speaker offerings is the LS line, a modular in-wall system based on the concept of a line source, in which a vertical stack of drivers delivers smooth horizontal dispersion and sound levels that fall off more gradually with distance than point-source speakers. As a result, the difference in volume between the front and back rows is less than it otherwise would be.

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Sling That Dish
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 09, 2010
Dish Network subscribers: How would you like to enjoy your home satellite feed anywhere in the world as long as you have a broadband connection? You can do that now that the Dish Network has introduced the ViP922 SlingLoaded HD DVR receiver.
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Projection: 2.5 million 3D HDTVs sold in 2010
SV Staff  |  Apr 08, 2010
3D-capable HDTVs are going to sell like hotcakes that come with little glasses, according to projections recently published by DisplaySearch. The market research company expects to see 2.5 million 3D HDTVs sold in 2010, and for a whopping 27...
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Premiere Design
Cineversum Force One DLP Projector
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 08, 2010

If you want a really big picture, you need a front projector. But the brightness of any projected image decreases as the screen size increases, and after a certain point, the picture is too dim to be fully satisfying, even in a dark room. Many home-theater projectors can't deliver adequate amounts of light to screens measuring more than, say, 10 feet wide or so, but not the new Force One from <A href="http://www.cineversum.com">Cineversum</A>, which the company claims can light up screens as large as 49 feet wide.

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New Tech 2010: 3D Blu-ray Players
Al Griffin  |  Apr 08, 2010

Samsung BD-C6900

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New Tech 2010: 3D At Home
Al Griffin  |  Apr 08, 2010

Just days before boarding a plane in January for the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I made a point of doing something that many other folks the world over had been doing in droves: I watched Avatar at my local IMAX 3D theater. And I don’t think I’m alone in saying that it was the most involving 3D movie I’d ever seen. The distinct illusion of depth conveyed by the image projected on that massive IMAX screen was an entirely new sensation. In many ways, Avatar was the greatest movie experience I’d ever sat through.

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