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Preview: New York Audio Show
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 08, 2013  | 

If you’re interested in audio and you’re anywhere in the Northeast U.S., the New York Palace Hotel is hosting what’s looking to be this year’ best audio show east of the Mississippi:  the New York Audio Show. The show takes place this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (April 12, 13, and 14).

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What Roger Ebert Taught Us
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 05, 2013  | 
Roger Ebert (1942-2013) transcended his identity as the nation's most respected movie critic to teach valuable lessons about cinema, technology, and finally about life and death.

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New York Audio Show Starts Friday: Live Music, Product Demos & More
HT Staff  |  Apr 04, 2013  | 
The magic of high-performance audio takes center stage at the New York Audio Show, Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April14 at the New York Palace Hotel. The show will host more than 80 exhibitors representing 250 brands and feature compelling special events. Click here for the list of exhibitors.
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Phil Ramone: 1934-2013
HT Staff  |  Mar 31, 2013  | 
In memory of legendary music producer and engineer Phil Ramone, who passed away on Saturday, March 30, we present Steve Guttenberg's 2006 interview with Ramone.
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Coming Attractions
HT Staff  |  Mar 29, 2013  | 
Cool stuff to check out: Invisible speakers, super-charged home theater PC, voice-controlled media streamer, screwdriver remote and some seriously quirky earbuds. And that's not all...
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Samsung 2013 TV Preview
Al Griffin  |  Mar 21, 2013  | 

Samsung’s product preview event, held on Wednesday 3/20 at NYC’s American Museum of Finance (who knew such a place existed?) was notable on two counts. First, the company announced a price for its 85-inch UN85S9 Ultra HD TV — the cover star of Sound&Vision’s April/May print issue. Second, it had another cover star, SI swimsuit model Kate Upton (fully clothed), along with Giants’ quarterback Eli Manning on hand to say how much they dig the company’s 2013 Smart Hub interface.

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Acoustic Art: Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 12 Series Speakers
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 21, 2013  | 
Denmark’s Bang & Olufsen has always had a knack for style, but the BeoLab 12 Series speakers just might be the most elegant-looking speakers you can put on a stand or—even better—hang on the wall next to a flat-panel TV in a modern room.
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Samsung Set to Deliver Super Plasma, Ultra HD TVs
Rob Sabin  |  Mar 20, 2013  | 
At a press conference in Manhattan today marked by celebrity guest appearances of super model Kate Upton, Super Bowl quarterback Eli Manning, and super-rapper Flo Rida, Samsung officially introduced its 2013 TV line and availability for a new F8500 super plasma. Along with Panasonic’s much anticipated ZT plasma series that will debut soon, the F8500 is said to represent a new level of performance for a category that remains much beloved by A/V enthusiasts as the gold standard for image quality.

Simultaneously, Samsung announced that its 85-inch Ultra HD model, the UHD-S9 first shown at CES (photo above), will be available for preorders on the Samsung.com Web site at the end of March.

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Rear Projection TV RIP: Mitsubishi Pulls the Final Plug
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 20, 2013  | 
Back during the analog TV era, a well-regarded manufacturer offered me a rear-projection set—not for review, just for my own use. I turned it down. I didn’t want one of those big, butt-ugly things in my living room. In later years, RPTV went high def, slimmed down, and became the best buy in big-screen TV in terms of inches per dollar. But that wasn’t enough to save it. In the closing jingle-bell months of last year, the one remaining RPTV manufacturer pulled the plug, and the product category quietly passed into history.
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HT Poll Results: Hybrid 4K/OLED and 4K/Ultra HD TVs Top Your Upgrade List
HT Staff  |  Mar 18, 2013  | 
The results of last week’s survey are in. We asked what your next A/V entertainment upgrade will be and 198 of the survey’s 1,411 respondents said they’re holding out for a hybrid 4K/OLED TV like the one Panasonic is promising (shown).
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Inca Fold-Down and Swivel TV Mount
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 14, 2013  | 
Video projectors that reside in the ceiling have long been a fixture of high-end home theaters and are usually accompanied by a screen that retracts into a wall-mounted sleeve or disappears behind a curtain—everything controlled by remote control. Flat-panel TVs can benefit from the same sort of crafty concealment.
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Custom-Built $150,000 McIntosh System Featured in Charity Auction
HT Staff  |  Mar 05, 2013  | 
A custom-built McIntosh audio system is the featured auction item for the 10th Annual Stuart House Benefit organized by clothing designer and McIntosh enthusiast John Varvatos...
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New Gear: Monitor Audio WS100 Wireless Multimedia System
 |  Mar 04, 2013  | 

Monitor Audio have covered most of the speaker bases, from traditional towers and surround setups to miniscule desktop companions and docks, so it's no surprise that they've decided to enter the burgeoning wireless audio arena.

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Top 5 iPad Apps for Movie Lovers
Chris Chiarella  |  Mar 04, 2013  | 
Movie maven Chris Chiarella recommends five killer apps for iPad-toting movie lovers.
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HT Poll Results: Pandora Is Top Music Service, Spotify a Distant Second
HT Staff  |  Feb 25, 2013  | 
The results of last week’s Music Streaming survey are in. We asked which music streaming service is your favorite and 1,067 votes were cast...
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