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No NuVo Wires
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2008  | 
With a name that sounds more akin to a nighttime wrinkle cream solution than a breakthrough multi-room audio distribution system, NuVo Technologies Renovia is designed to make adding music to existing home a far simpler proposition. With new...
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No Shortage of Blu-ray Players…Yet
SV Staff  |  Feb 25, 2019  | 
Samsung turned more than a few heads last week when it confirmed that it would no longer sell Blu-ray players in the U.S. The news was particularly striking because Samsung made headlines just three years ago when it introduced the world’s first 4K/Ultra Blu-ray player — the Top Pick-designated UBD-K8500.
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No Stopping DVD
HT Staff  |  Aug 12, 2003  | 
The DVD format continues to gain momentum. Earlier this year, DVD rentals exceeded VHS in units and dollar business for the first time, sure signs that videotape is headed for extinction.
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No Surprise: Survey Says Consumers Like DTV, Dislike Lack of Programming
Barry Willis  |  Jul 23, 2000  | 

Owners of digital television (DTV) products are extremely satisfied with their performance, but are unhappy with the lack of available programming in the new format, according to a survey conducted by the <A HREF="http://www.ncl.org/">National Consumers League</A> (NCL) and released July 21, 2000.

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No TV? We'll Read a Magazine
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 11, 2007  | 
Not all owners of analog television sets are planning to make the transition to digital broadcasting, according to a survey by the Consumer Electronics Association. Twenty-two of them plan to just let their TVs go dark and find something else to do.
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No, Not That DIVX
Jon Iverson  |  Aug 26, 2001  | 

In the world of video-on-demand broadcast over the Internet, MPEG-4 video codec DivX (not to be confused with the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/shownews.cgi?453">previous Circuit City fiasco</A> of the same name) has emerged as one of the more popular video compression technologies. Last week, <A HREF="http://www.divx.com">DivXNetworks</A> announced that DivX 4.0, the newest version of the codec (compressor/decompressor), is now available for download at its website.

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No, Not That DivX
Jon Iverson  |  Mar 10, 2002  | 

The four letters D, I, V, and X will trigger memories of horror for most DVD and home theater fans. The ill-fated pay-per-view DVD format from Circuit City died an ugly death a couple of years back. However, the acronym has been reborn as DivX, a video compression technology from <A HREF="http://www.divxnetworks.com">DivXNetworks</A> that is seeing the kind of popularity its former namesake only dreamt of.

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No, They Don't.
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008  | 
[IN THE FOLLOWING POST, BLOGGER COREY GREENBERG TAKES HIS FINAL SHOT IN OUR POINT/COUNTERPOINT DEBATE: BLU-RAY - IS IT ALREADY OVER?] Today's New York Times asks the question, "Blu-ray: Do Consumers Care?" but never answers it, which is...
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Noise-Canceling Headphones: Beats vs. Bose
SV Staff  |  Nov 30, 2015  | 
If you're looking for noise canceling headphones, you might want to check this out...
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Noisy Summer
Dan Bracaglia  |  Aug 02, 2011  | 

With the Brooklyn Bridge in the distance, the Raveonettes took the stage at Beekman Beer Garden this past Sunday, performing a free show to a packed house at the outdoor venue and drinking establishment located at Manhattan’s South Street Seaport.

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Nordost Setup Disc Unlocks Your System's Potential
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2019  | 
Nordost has introduced an upgraded two-disc set to help set up and fine-tune any audio system.
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North Carolina Broadcaster Experiments with Digital Services
Barry Willis  |  Aug 20, 2000  | 

So-called "push technology" was one of the hot buzz phrases two years ago. The concept was that centralized server computers would send customized packages of information and entertainment to end users, rather than having them search for what they wanted.

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Northpoint Seeks Satellite Spectrum for Terrestrial Network
Barry Willis  |  Apr 23, 2000  | 

Direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) companies have fought hard to gain parity with cable TV providers. A recent regulatory decision allowing the retransmission of local TV signals by satellite will go a long way toward giving DBSers equal footing with cable, and is the result of a long campaign of invoking "the free market" and "open competition."

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Norway’s Hegel Unveils Monoblock ‘Flame-Throwers’
SV Staff  |  Nov 12, 2018  | 
Hegel Music Systems of Norway has unveiled a series of high-performance modular amplifiers based on 150-watt high-current Class AB monoblock modules.
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Nostalgic Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Update
SV Staff  |  Apr 09, 2008  | 
If you're one of the unlucky souls who sprang for an HD DVD player attachment for your Xbox 360, the rest of the world may have already dismissed you, but Microsoft still has your back. Months after the format war victory officially went to...
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