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RIP: Tower Records Founder Russ Solomon
SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2018
Russ Solomon, founder and leader of the legendary Tower Records — arguably the most influential chain of music stores in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s — died Sunday at his home near Sacramento, California. He was 92.
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Klipsch Museum of Audio History Now Offering Memberships
SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2018
The Klipsch Heritage Museum Association (KHMA) today announced that it is now offering to the public memberships to the Klipsch Museum of Audio History in Hope, Arkansas.
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LG Announces Pricing for 2018 4K OLED and LCD TVs
SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2018
LG today announced pricing and availability for the 2018 TV lineup of 4K OLED and 4K LCD TVs it previewed at CES 2018 in January.
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Smart Camera Translates Gestures into Commands
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2018
If the popularity of voice-enabled smart speakers like the Amazon Echo and Google Home has taught us anything, it’s that the tech world has fully embraced voice as the control interface of choice through the likes of Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, and other virtual assistants.
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Haier Smartwatch Doubles as a Micro Projector
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2018
Here’s something you don’t see every day: A smartwatch that uses the wearer's hand as a second screen.
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Elac Announces New 9-Model Speaker Series
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2018
Elac, the 92-year-old German audio company, has announced a new line of home speakers and subwoofers that line builds on its first-generation Debut series.
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Vizio Recognized for Customer Service Excellence
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2018
Vizio was recognized for customer service excellence at the 12th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service ceremony held in Las Vegas on February 23.
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Bluesound Knocks $200 Off Price of Award-Winning Pulse Soundbar
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2018
Bluesound, sister company of audio stalwarts NAD and PSB, today announced a price cut for its Pulse Soundbar, one of only three soundbars to make Sound & Vision’s prestigious 2017 Top Picks of the Year list.
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Is a TV Bundle Revolt Looming?
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2018
The inability to select individual channels and being forced to choose among a small selection of overblown bundles with channels you’ll never watch has long been a bugaboo for cable subscribers. And as the Age of Streaming TV hits stride, viewers are overwhelmed and becoming increasingly frustrated with the explosion of viewing options, according to a new study from Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Hub Entertainment Research.
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‘The Americans’ Season 5 Slated for Digital…and DVD
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2018
As the hit TV Series, The Americans, heads into its sixth season, Fox has announced that the fifth season of the KGB espionage thriller is being readied for release on digital and DVD. No word on Blu-ray yet.
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McIntosh Product Flow Continues with SACD Transport
SV Staff  |  Feb 27, 2018
McIntosh is on a roll with new products. The latest is aimed at audiophiles who prefer their hi-res audio in physical form.
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Samsung Cuts OLED Production (for iPhones, not TVs)
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2018
Did you buy an iPhone X, Apple’s new end-all, be-all phone? We didn’t think so.
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THX Announces New Spatial Audio Platform
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2018
THX today announced a new end-to-end “positional audio solution” said to be flexible enough to support emerging immersive audio formats, open standards, and legacy content across mobile, PC, and consumer electronics devices.
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Meet Tipron, the Robo-Projector
SV Staff  |  Feb 23, 2018
We’re now officially living in the future. That was our first thought when we heard about Tipron, the roving video projector. Roving, as in a small Star Wars-like robot that tools around the house on a perpetual entertainment mission.
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Spotify Eying Hardware Launch?
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2018
Recent job postings by Spotify suggest that the company might be looking to make a move into the hardware space.
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