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Sound On Wheels: Who Makes The Best Luxury Car Audio System?
Rob Sabin  |  Mar 08, 2016
Many people spend as much or more time listening to music in their cars as they do at home. Between a demanding job and a busy family life, the drive to and from work may be the easiest or even the only time to immerse yourself in music. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The best OEM (original equipment manufacturer) audio systems supplied with luxury automobiles these days are designed by well-respected home audio brands, and the car environment, despite a few caveats, allows engineers to factor in the known acoustics of the vehicle and the location of the listeners’ ears to create a highly controlled sonic experience.
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Audio Video News
High-End Projection Brand Runco Fades Away
SV Staff  |  Mar 08, 2016
Sam Runco, the founder and driving force behind Runco International, with the Emmy Award he received in 2013 for his pioneering development of aspect ratio control.

Remember Runco? The brand founded by larger-than-life personality Sam Runco, who built a company that became synonymous with high-end video projection, is being quietly laid to rest, according to a recent report in the trade magazine CEPro.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Germany's Ceratec Introduces Chrome Speaker
SV Staff  |  Mar 08, 2016
Germany's Ceratec has introduced a new polished chrome version of the stylish, wall-mountable effeqt speaker we covered in January New Gear.
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Grace Notes
Libratone Zipp & Zipp Mini Portable Wi-Fi Speakers
Leslie Shapiro  |  Mar 07, 2016
One of the hottest trends in consumer electronics is multi-room speaker systems. While single, portable Bluetooth speakers are fine for travel and using outdoors, many people are seeking simple and elegant solutions for whole-home listening. The new Libratone Zipp ($300) and Libratone Zipp Mini ($250) are certainly interesting options.

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Audio Video News
Hisense Ready to Descend on North America
SV Staff  |  Mar 07, 2016
Expect to see more Hisense and Sharp brand TVs hit store shelves this year. Models from both of those brands began moving through the production line last week at a 1.3 million square-foot facility in Rosarito, Mexico.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
New Powered Speaker from Britain’s ATC Now Available in the U.S.
SV Staff  |  Mar 07, 2016
ATC Loudspeakers of Britain has announced that its new SCM19AT powered loudspeaker is now available in the U.S. consumer.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Water Diviner
Josef Krebs  |  Mar 04, 2016
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As directed by Russell Crowe from the book of the same name by Andrew Anastasios and Dr. Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios, The Water Diviner is part (anti-) war story, part romance, part history lesson, and part travelogue. Four years after the Battle of Gallipoli in which he lost his three sons, Joshua Connor (Crowe) is driven by the suicide of his wife to leave his Outback farm to go to the battlefield in search of their remains.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Josef Krebs  |  Mar 04, 2016
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Like Hitler, Guy Ritchie has a certain style. Which doesn’t make either of them an artist. However, Ritchie has finally learned how to make a kick-ass action movie, and in adapting a somewhat silly and camp British 1960s TV series, the director has found something that fits his talents and temperament like a tight, flash suit. By far superior to his laughably bad Sherlock Holmes films, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is a slick adventure that moves along at a clip from one set piece to the next, connected by banter—not witty, but efficient in setting up each character.
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Tech2
SUPERHOT Review
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Mar 04, 2016
It’s highly stylized, fun, and different from anything you’ve played before. It’s a little like The Matrix and a little like Portal. It’s a puzzle game masquerading as a really cool FPS.

It’s SUPERHOT and it’s awesome and you should get it.

Here’s why.

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Ears On
Do Concerts Need THX Live! Certification?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 04, 2016
Concertgoers will enjoy a new experience on Beyoncé's next tour. Starting in April 2016, the Formation World Tour will be the first to feature THX Live! certification. Yes, THX is now certifying concert sound.

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