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Mock-DVR Shoves Ads Down Your Throat
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 14, 2007
Here's the good news: Time Warner Cable subscribers will be able to view already-aired programming at the touch of a button. And now here's the bad news: The fast-forward function is disabled.
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Modern Audiophiles Rejoice: R.E.M. 45 rpm LP
SV Staff  |  May 13, 2008
While 45 rpm records aren't exactly news, and even 45 rpm LP records aren't news, most pop and indie fans will be surprised when they see these as new releases. Over at CNET, it's an interesting read. What's the frequency, Kenneth? R.E.M. released...
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Modulus Launches ‘DVR for the Streaming Age’
SV Staff  |  Aug 01, 2018
Two years ago the Austin, Texas-based startup Modulus demonstrated the M1 media hub that Sound & Vision’s Darryl Wilkinson called almost too good to be true.
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Modulus Previews ‘All-in-One’ Media Hub
SV Staff  |  Aug 09, 2017
Austin, TX-based Modulus Media Systems today announced that it will unveil an all-in-one media center at CEDIA 2017, which opens in San Diego September 5.
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MOG Comes to Boxee
Michael Berk  |  Aug 30, 2011

MOG, the streaming service that emerged victorious in our showdown with Spotify, comes to yet another venue - the Boxee Box, the digital media receiver S+V's Geoffrey Morri

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Moiré-Free Screens to Debut at CEDIA
Barry Willis  |  Sep 01, 2003  |  First Published: Sep 02, 2003

Many home theater experts assert that a center channel loudspeaker belongs <I>behind</I> the screen&mdash;which is what commercial theaters do with them. Yet many acoustically-transparent perforated screens contribute moir&#233; interference to the image when used with fixed-pixel (LCD, DLP, and D-ILA) projectors.

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Mom has home theater installed in kid's bedroom ceiling
SV Staff  |  Jul 28, 2009
If you go to your installer and tell him that you want a 98-inch display driven off of an NEC projector and some custom Draper projection mirrors, he would probably drop his tape measure in surprise. That's the task that mom, Lisa Montgomery...
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Momentum...mobile...and more from the Googleplex
Michael Berk  |  May 10, 2011

Following yesterday's YouTube announcement, Google should have even more big news today - the Google I/O developer conference kicks off today at noon, with the license-free

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Monday Night Football Feturns in 720p HDTV...Finally!
Peter Putman  |  Dec 01, 2003
"Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day! Monday Night Football's in HD, everything's going my way. . ." (With apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein.)
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Money for Nothing (to Watch)
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jul 11, 2005
How many people really are watching analog over-the-air TV broadcasts?
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Money Grab? FCC OKs Basic-Tier Cable Encryption
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 22, 2013
If you’re used to plugging your unencrypted basic-cable feed directly into your TV’s QAM tuner, you might want to sit down. We’ve got some bad news: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has caved in to decades of cable-industry lobbying and will now allow cable operators to encrypt basic-cable service—the bottom tier consisting mostly of broadcast channels—in digital cable systems. In-the-clear cable service, mandated 20 years ago by an act of Congress, is all but dead.
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Monitor Audio Adds Lifetime Warranty to Custom Speakers
SV Staff  |  Apr 04, 2018
Monitor Audio has announced a lifetime warranty for several dozen of its custom install speakers.
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Monitor Audio Adopts NAD’s BluOS Music Platform
SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2018
U.K.-based Monitor Audio and sister brand Roksan have announced that they will integrate the BluOS multiroom hi-res music platform into future products.
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Monitor Audio announces new all-weather outdoor speakers just in time for summer
SV Staff  |  Jun 04, 2010
Monitor Audio has just announced a new line of outdoor, all-weather speakers for patios, yards, and other outside applications. The line includes the CL50, CL60, CL80, and CL60-T2. The CL50, 60, and 80 are two-way satellites with single 1-inch...
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Monitor Audio Announces Updated Radius Series Speakers
SV Staff  |  Aug 26, 2013
Monitor Audio has upgraded and expanded its Radius Series line of speakers. The new eight model lineup includes the R200 center-channel speaker and Radius One soundbar—both slimmed-down to 2.5 inches deep—and two reengineered compact powered subwoofers, the Radius 380 and 390.
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