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Logitech's Google TV box named "Revue"
SV Staff  |  Jun 18, 2010
We've known about Logitech's Google TV box for a while now, but it's finally getting a name. Instead of the generic "Logitech Google TV box," the upcoming set-top device will be known as the Logitech Revue. It's a better name than Logitech...
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Premiere Design
THX Media Director
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 18, 2010

Filmmakers and musicians spend countless hours tweaking their images and sound to perfection. But when their masterworks are played on home A/V systems, that carefully crafted music might sound nothing like it did in the studio, and that hot video might look lukewarm on the average flat-panel monitor.

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The Octopus Project's 8-Speaker Live Surround-Sound System
Ken Richardson  |  Jun 18, 2010

(Above: Photo by Aubrey Edwards)

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Other TechMusic Reviews
Review: Logitech Squeezebox Touch
Grant Clauser  |  Jun 18, 2010

Logitech's latest addition to its Squeezebox family of network music players is the Touch, a small LCD touchpad that taps into your wired Ethernet or 802.11b/g Wi-Fi network and connects to your audio receiver. It resembles the company's Harmony 1100 remote and, like the remote, brings multiple systems, or in this case multiple services, easily under your control. 

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Audio Video News
Will Regs Kill AT&T U-Verse?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 18, 2010
AT&T is considering a cutback in its rollout of next-generation U-Verse TV, internet, and phone service to homes in its service area. The Wall Street Journal reports that AT&T is blaming the specter of increased regulation from the Federal Communications Commission, which recently voted 3-2 to pursue net neutrality rules.
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Bose and Dolby to receive prestigious IEEE awards
SV Staff  |  Jun 17, 2010
Two of the biggest names in sound are going to get two of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)'s highest honors next week. Ray Dolby and Amar Bose will respectively receive the IEEE Edison Medal and the IEEE/Royal Society...
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3D Music Albums
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 17, 2010

All photos by Scott Wilkinson

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Audio Video News
DTV Transition Is a Year Old
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 17, 2010
It's now been a year since the DTV transition hit its (more or less) final deadline of June 12, 2009. That was the end of analog broadcasting and the start of a bright shiny new age of digital television. Now the researchers are abuzz with intel, most of it predictable.
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Premiere Design
Marten Coltrane Supreme Speaker System
 |  Jun 17, 2010

I'm constantly amazed at the number and variety of super-high-end speakers out there. Among the many manufacturers I'd never heard of before is Marten, a Swedish maker whose flagship is the magnificent Coltrane Supreme.

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Audio Video News
WowWee's $15 cardboard amp
SV Staff  |  Jun 16, 2010
Sometimes kids get all the great audio equipment. WowWee, makers of the RoboSapien robot and Flytech remote controlled helicopters, is releasing a line of music gear for kids. Paper Jamz is the company's newest series, a collection of ultra-thin...
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