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Better Netflix Brings Cool Million
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 02, 2009  | 
If it gets easier to find what you want on Netflix in the near future, you can thank a team of experts who came up with an improved search algorithm. Unless someone else can do better, Netflix is about to thank them too--to the tune of a million bucks.
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California declares July 1, 2009 "DTS 7.1 Day"
SV Staff  |  Jul 01, 2009  | 
Happy DTS 7.1 Day! If you're a resident of the Golden State (and more specifically, the SoCal community of Agoura Hills), then today is a day to celebrate DTS 7.1 surround. Agoura Hills mayor Denis Weber and California 41st District assemblywoman...
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Sharp Shows Five-Color LCD
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 01, 2009  | 
Sharp has developed a new five-color LCD that, according to the company, "faithfully reproduces the real surface colors that humans are capable of perceiving."
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Broadcast DTV May Poach Cable Customers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 30, 2009  | 
More than half of viewers say they may switch to over-the-air digital television from cable or satellite service.
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Marantz's KI Pearl gear gets coffeetable book, SACD
SV Staff  |  Jun 29, 2009  | 
Last month, Marantz announced its upcoming KI Pearl line of high-end audio equipment. The SA-KI Pearl SACD Player and PM-KI Pearl Integrated Amplifier were created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the company's European brand director, audio...
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Will Toshiba Support Blu-ray?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 29, 2009  | 
Toshiba may be contemplating a move into Blu-ray. If it happens, the move would be quite a turnaround for the company that developed Blu-ray's superb (but ill-fated) competitor HD DVD.
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SRS TruVolume: Why another volume leveler?
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2009  | 
Given that TV makers can already choose from at least two volume-leveling technologies— Audyssey Dynamic Volume and Dolby Volume—the announcement that SRS has launched a competing technology might be greeted with the same excitement as a new...
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Michael Jackson: 1958–2009
SV Staff  |  Jun 25, 2009  | 
When I heard the news, I was in the S&V sound room listening to (wait for it) "Shine On You Crazy Diamond." True! Specifically, when my mother called (a true rocker, she), I had just heard "Shine . . . Part VII," which ends...
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4K DLP
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 25, 2009  | 

Following on the heels of recent agreements between Sony and two theater chains—<A href="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/news/4k_coming_to_a_theater_near_you/">AMC</A> and Regal—to deploy Sony's 4K SXRD projectors, Texas Instruments has announced it will provide 4K DLP imaging engines to its three projection customers—Christie, Barco, and NEC—for their next-generation digital-cinema projectors. No indication of a rollout timetable was given in the announcement.

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U.S. I.T.C. blunts Sharp imports
SV Staff  |  Jun 25, 2009  | 
The U.S. International Trade Commission is banning imports of certain models of Sharp LCD, due to an ongoing 2007 patent dispute with Samsung. Out of four patent infringement claims from Samsung, an ITC judge ruled that one was indeed violated by ,...
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Blu-ray Gets Online Database
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 24, 2009  | 
If you're a hardcore film buff, you're probably used to looking up information online during or after a movie, when the curiosity bug bites. Thanks to a new BD-Live feature, you won't have to use a computer to do it.
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Smaller DTVs May See Renewed Focus
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 24, 2009  | 
The outlook for DTVs includes a renewed focus on smaller sets and higher sales for sets with double or quadruple frame rates, which reduce image lag in LCD displays.
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The sound of gaming
SV Staff  |  Jun 23, 2009  | 
Video games and home theater enthusiasm seem like the perfect match. A far cry from the days of pixelated sprites and harshly synthesized sound effects, modern video games have all the hallmarks of a top-notch Blu-ray release: high-resolution...
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NHT Is Back
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 23, 2009  | 
NHT, the formidable speaker brand that "went quiet" four months ago, is back with a web-based strategy that will reduce prices by 30 percent, just what the recession-battered consumer may need.
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Belkin boasts 1,000-Mbps Powerline adapter
SV Staff  |  Jun 22, 2009  | 
There is HD video flying all over the place, overworking wireless routers to the point of exhaustion. Belkin's new Gigabit Powerline HD Starter Kit does what any good Powerline system should do, sending heaps of data through a house's...
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