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Sengled’s LED Smart Bulbs Are More Than Meets the Eye
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 05, 2016
One of Sengled’s tag lines is “Be Surprised”; and if you had walked into CES Unveiled on Monday evening without a clue as to who or what Sengled is, you’d have been quite surprised at what the LED smart bulb maker has been up to over the past 12 months.
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LG: Our 2016 OLED TVs Exceed UHD Alliance Specs
SV Staff  |  Jan 05, 2016
In a pre-Press Day announcement released hours before its scheduled press conference, LG said the OLED 4K TVs it’s introducing this week at CES 2016 will exceed the “Ultra HD Premium” technical specifications announced last night by the Ultra HD Alliance (UHDA).
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CES 2016 Coverage Begins Tuesday, Jan. 5
SV Staff  |  Jan 04, 2016
CES, the mother of all consumer technology shows is upon us. The show officially opens Wednesday, January 6 and runs through Saturday, January 9 but our coverage begins tomorrow (Tuesday, January 5), a day packed with wall-to-wall press conferences. Expect news from a number of the majors, including Samsung, LG, Panasonic, and Sony.
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LG to Introduce HDR-Enabled ‘Super UHD’ TVs, Show 8K TV at CES 2016
SV Staff  |  Jan 04, 2016
Not to be outdone by Samsung’s “SUHD” TVs, LG announced that it will introduce a new line “Super UHD” TVs at CES 2016, which opens Wednesday in Las Vegas.
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Samsung to Unveil Atmos-Enabled Soundbar, New Smart TV Interface at CES 2016
SV Staff  |  Jan 04, 2016
Samsung announced plans to introduce a Dolby Atmos-enabled 5.1.4-channel soundbar system and a new smart TV interface at CES, which opens Wednesday in Las Vegas.
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Let’s Be Better A/V Enthusiasts This Year
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jan 02, 2016
It’s that time of year to make resolutions. How about for this year, we aim to be better A/V enthusiasts and put some of last year’s exclusionary nastiness behind us.

Here’s what I mean.

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Ears On
The Lost Art of Concertgoing
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 01, 2016
Has concertgoing become a lost art? Observing behavior at concerts, I can't help wondering if some of my fellow audience members have lost the ability to listen in the moment. And the music suffers for it.

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Headphone Reviews
EnigmAcoustics Dharma D1000 Headphone Review
Steve Guttenberg  |  Dec 31, 2015

Performance
Build Quality
Comfort
Value
PRICE $1,190

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Hybrid dynamic/electrostatic design
Brilliant high-resolution sound!
Wide open imaging
Minus
The relatively stiff cable is kinky

THE VERDICT
The EnigmAcoustics Dharma D1000 seamlessly melds dynamic and electrostatic drivers to produce ultra high-resolution sound.

Even though I was hearing good reports from friends about the EnigmAcoustics Dharma D1000 hybrid electrostatic/dynamic headphone, I was still more than a bit skeptical about how successful the blending of its two drivers could be. AKG made hybrid dynamic/electrostatic headphones in the late 1970s. I auditioned a pair just a few years ago and heard the electrostatic tweeter and dynamic driver as two separate sound sources. Thankfully, the Dharma D1000 aced the blend—the two drivers sound like one.

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Audio Video News
Among Those We Lost in 2015…
SV Staff  |  Dec 31, 2015
A partial list of filmmakers, actors, musicians, and AV innovators we lost in 2015...
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Audio Video News
Flashback 2005: A 61-Inch TV Only 18 Inches Deep!
SV Staff  |  Dec 31, 2015
A decade ago TVs were getting slimmer but they still had a ways to go by today’s standards. The Samsung HL-R6168W rear-projection DLP set we reviewed in December 2005 boasted 1080p resolution, weighed 99 pounds, and was “only” 18 inches deep...
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