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HT Poll Results: Netflix Is Most-Used Streaming Service, Amazon a Distant Second
HT Staff  |  Feb 05, 2013
The results of last week’s Streaming survey are in. We asked which streaming service you use most for TV and movies and here’s what you said...
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New Products
SVS Shipping Ultra Series Tower Speakers
HT Staff  |  Feb 05, 2013
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SVS Shipping Ultra Series Tower Speakers

Girard, OH - February 3, 2013 - SVS, a worldwide leader in high performance home audio products, proudly announces shipping of the Ultra Tower Speakers...

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3D Projector ReviewsProjector Reviews
Sony VPL-HW50ES 3D SXRD Projector
Thomas J. Norton  |  Feb 04, 2013

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Price: $4,000 At A Glance: Superb detail resolution • Superior blacks and shadow detail • Solid color performance • Includes spare lamp

In Sony’s pantheon of projectors, the VPL-HW models are the company’s solid middle-class family. While a product selling for $4,000 or nearly so isn’t likely to be found at Target or Walmart, in the projector world it sits nicely between bargain basement and “if you have to ask” pricing.

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Audio Video News
Kindle Fire HD Has a Plus
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 04, 2013
The new Kindle Fire HD tablets have a big plus that’s in danger of being overlooked. And that’s Dolby Digital Plus. When Amazon’s literature boasts about “exclusive Dolby audio and dual stereo speakers for crisp, booming sound without distortion,” Dolby Digital Plus is what it’s talking about.
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Review: M-Go Internet Video-on-Demand Service
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Feb 04, 2013

M-Go is a streaming video service aimed at TVs and tablets, as a competitor to iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and VUDU.

My question, as it has been with other services, is what kind of selection this service has. Is it a worthwhile alternative? Does it have the depth of content Amazon and iTunes have? Will non-Apple and Amazon tablets finally have a worthwhile place to buy/rent movies and TV shows?

There's only one way to find out: with a fancy chart.

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(Do not) Objectify a Male Tech Writer Day (Or Don't)
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Feb 01, 2013

Today was supposed to be "Objectify a Male Tech Writer Day." A clever and amusing way to point out how differently our culture treats female tech writers compared to their male peers.

Earlier this week, though, the creator of the idea called it off, fearing a misunderstanding of the intent.

Her idea, though, is worth discussing, for many, many reasons.

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Audio Video News
Coming Attractions
HT Staff  |  Feb 01, 2013
Ten cool products to check out, including a hanging speaker, Paradigm's compact 2.1 theater speaker system, a portable charging station and a high-end soundbar from AudioXperts that we can't wait to review.
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Sweepstakes
ZVOX 580 SoundBase Sweepstakes
Jon Iverson  |  Feb 01, 2013
Register to win a ZVOX 580 SoundBase (MSRP $599.99) we are giving away.

"Now you can get room-filling home theater sound - without a room full of speakers and wires. The ZVOX Z-Base 580 is a complete surround sound system - including dual powered subwoofers - all in one cabinet. Just place the 580 on a piece of furniture, place your flat-panel TV on top of the ZVOX system, connect one wire...you've installed a high-performance home theater system in under 10 minutes."

[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Dark Shadows
Corey Gunnestad  |  Jan 31, 2013
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There was a time long before the Twilight era when vampires were stylishly suave, spoke with heavy European accents, resided in palatial gothic stone mansions, and didn’t get their wardrobes from Abercrombie & Fitch. Based on the popular cult soap opera from the late ’60s that ran for more than 1,200 episodes, Dark Shadows tells the story of a young 18th century aristocrat, Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) who foolishly spurns the love of a vindictive witch ironically named Angelique (Eva Green). Proving that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, Angelique places a curse on him and his entire family line. After witnessing his beloved fiancée take a suicide plunge off a seaside cliff while under a spell, Barnabas is condemned to be a vampire and then promptly sealed in a coffin and buried. And you thought your ex was a raving psychopath.
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Vintage Gear
Pioneer VP-1000 LaserDisc Player
Steve Guttenberg  |  Jan 31, 2013
Magnavox brought the first Laserdisc player, the VH-8000, to market in late 1978, but Pioneer was the company that put the format on the map. Its first player, the VP-1000, debuted in the U.S. in 1980, and later in Japan. I doubt Pioneer ever thought Laserdisc would threaten VHS and Betamax’s dominance in the mass market; Laserdisc was targeted to high-end buyers.
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