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Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 08, 2010
Is 3D the next big thing in music video? Maybe, maybe not, but there certainly is an emerging wave of 3D productions, both clips and longform videos.
SV Staff  |  Jul 08, 2016
In early March, the Music Wrap raised $22,000 on Kickstarter to fund the M25, a wearable Bluetooth audio system that moves sound from your ears to a neck band with tiny speakers to create a “personal sound field.” The device is about to start shipping to backers.
SV Staff  |  May 21, 2008
Don't get me wrong.I love high-quality sound performance. I live for it, and making things sound good is what I do, day in, day out. I used to think that there shouldn't be a limit on how much someone should pay for sound quality. Well, I have seen...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 23, 2007
The CD is being phased out, the LP has seen better days, and downloads irk audiophiles with their lossy clumsiness. Where can you go to download music that sounds the way it should? MusicGiants has offered high-res downloads--the missing link in the evolution of online music retailing--since 2005. Now the company's reach is spreading to new devices and new record labels.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 06, 2008
The major record labels have sucked in millions of dollars in settlements of copyright-infringement suits--but little of the money has been shared with recording artists.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 20, 2007
The latest challenge to the music industry comes from musicians themselves. Some of them are re-recording their hits to capture licensing revenue that otherwise would go to their record companies.
SV Staff  |  Sep 13, 2016
All Things Must Pass, the must-see documentary that chronicles the rise and fall of the once mighty Tower Records chain, debuts on Blu-ray today ($21.99 on amazon.com.
SV Staff  |  Feb 12, 2009
Although it's been around since 1934, everyone's favorite elevator music company, Muzak, may be silenced. Muzak Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has about $340 million in bond dept and owes an...
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2008
MvixUSA has just announced what looks like a killer product. The Mvix MV-2500U is a multimedia center that's ready to play all your movies, music and pictures. The MV-2500U is quite small, measuring just 5 x 3 x 0.8 inches so it's a breeze to...
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2009
Exciting times for the 3D world. A few sporting events have been making the headlines, but Hollywood is getting into the game.My Bloody Valentine 3D opens in theaters tomorrow - in 2D and 3D. Nothing like a good horror flick with bloody gore...
SV Staff  |  Jan 14, 2009
Oh happy day - my DTV converter box coupons came in the mail today. How exciting, right? Two plastic cards, as requested.  But, on the bottom of the page they were attached to was some interesting reading.Listed were eight locations,...
SV Staff  |  Jan 14, 2009
  A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to test drive the new Aston Martin DBS for an upcoming Sound & Vision feature. One of the coolest parts of the car's Bang & Olufsen audio system was the iPod integration. Once docked, this...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 18, 2008
The music-industry trade groups that have launched mass lawsuits against consumers may be about to become three-legged stools. EMI, of the four largest music labels, may be moving to cut its funding for the Recording Industry Association of America and its British cousin, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 26, 2011
Was it only yesterday when Netflix was a babe in the cradle, with giant Blockbusters and cable operators looming over it? My, Netflix, how you've grown. You've all but defeated Blockbuster and now you're bigger than the country's largest cable TV and satellite radio operators.

The latest Netflix quarterly earnings report shows 23.7 million subscribers. While this is short of estimates, it's still enough to propel Netflix past Comcast, with 22.8 million subscribers, and Sirius XM, with 20.2 million subscribers. This has got to make the cable industry in particular nervous.

HT Staff  |  Jun 26, 2001
The surround processor is the heart of every high-end home theater system. Good ones, like Myryad Systems' MDP500, have flexibility built in for unanticipated new formats.

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