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Ultra HD's Brave New World: More Than Just 4K
Thomas J. Norton  |  Nov 10, 2015
As we’ve taken pains to point out previously here at Sound & Vision, there’s more to Ultra HD than just 4K resolution. The latter merely offers eight times as many pixels as 1080p HD. That’s unlikely to make much difference on any but the very largest sets viewed from 6-8 feet from the screen. Advanced color and high dynamic range (HDR), are also a part of the specs for Ultra HD (or UHD for short), and will definitely up the ante in the eye-candy department even on a small set viewed from across the room.

While advanced color and HDR remain, for now, small players in the psychodrama that most folks still refer to as simply 4K, they’re definitely on their way...

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Audio Video News
DTS:X Coming to Movie Theaters
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 10, 2015
Look out, Dolby Atmos. Another object-oriented surround sound system is coming to town.

The DTS:X system hit Carmike Cinemas-owned theaters in September with Lionsgate titles American Ultra and Sicario and in November with Mockingjay: Part 2. Carmike upgraded seven theaters in Georgia, Colorado, Illinois, Tennessee, California, and Alabama.

DTS:X and Atmos both enable soundtrack mixes to use metadata to steer objects around a three-dimensional soundfield. In addition to its theatrical debut, DTS:X is also following Atmos into home theaters with compatible A/V receivers and Blu-ray Disc releases.

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Audio Video News
Hollywood and DEG Finalize 4K Disc Packaging
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2015
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) today announced that it has developed packaging for the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs heading our way early next year.

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Audio Video News
Bond Tech: 193 Gadgets and Gizmos Cataloged
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2015
The guys at BurgerFiction.com have created a video that catalogs every gadget used by James Bond since the beginning.
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Audio Video News
Monster Introduces ClarityHD Earbuds
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2015  |  First Published: Nov 09, 2015
Monster today introduced the ClarityHD line of earbuds intended to replace the cheap ’buds that come with smartphones and other portable devices.

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Audio Video News
CE Hall of Fame to Induct Audio Pioneer Floyd Toole
SV Staff  |  Nov 09, 2015
Dr. Floyd Toole, the pioneering acoustic researcher who correlated technical loudspeaker measurements with what listeners identified as "good" sound in double-blind testing, is being honored at the 16th annual Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame Dinner tonight in New York City.
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Audio Video News
What Next? A Mini Tablet for Your Wrist?
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 09, 2015
Actually, yes. The Rufus Cuff is a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth-enabled Android OS “wrist communicator” with a 3.2-inch screen created by startup Rufus Labs.
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The New Star Trek TV Series Will Suck… Probably
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Nov 08, 2015  |  First Published: Nov 07, 2015
There’s a new Star Trek TV series in the works, set to debut in 2017. As a huge Star Trek fan I am really, really excited.

But it’s probably going to suck. Here’s why.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Run All Night
Corey Gunnestad  |  Nov 06, 2015
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Remember all those humorous aphorisms concerning Chuck Norris? You know, “Chuck Norris is so tough… yadda yadda yadda.” Well, if there’s a worthy contender to seize that crown of ultimate machismo from him, it would have to be Liam Neeson. Seriously, look at the guy’s rap sheet of action flicks in the last ten years, and you’ll see a body count that would rival that of the Black Plague. Yes, the man who was Oskar Schindler could now take on the Expendables all at once at still come out grinning. And his string of gritty action thrillers continues with Run All Night.
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Audio Video News
2 Million 4K UHD TVs Sold So Far this Year
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2015
Driven by double digit growth in key digital categories, U.S. consumer spending on home entertainment nudged up in the third quarter of 2015 to $3.9 billion and is up 0.2 percent year over year, according the Digital Entertainment Group quarterly report.

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