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Outlaw Audio Model 7100
HT Staff  |  Mar 30, 2003  | 
Home theater enthusiasts with relatively efficient speakers are unlikely to need more than 100 watts per channel, but affordable multichannel amps in this power range are strangely hard to find.
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Outlaw Audio Updates its Longstanding Receiver
SV Staff  |  May 26, 2017  | 
Outlaw Audio is updating the venerable RR2150 stereo receiver it introduced more than a decade ago with an internet-ready model that supports high resolution audio.
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Outlaw Shoots for Your Shelf
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Mar 19, 2007  | 
According to Outlaw Audio, exceptional consumer demand is the reason why it is now offering its first not-a-subwoofer loudspeaker. Calls for transducers from these electronics producers increased dramatically following the introduction of the company's not-multichannel RR 2150 Retro Receiver.
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Outlaw's New Amps
HT Staff  |  May 13, 2002  | 
Multichannel fans, rejoice. Whether you favor 5.1, 6.1, or 7.1 surround, Outlaw Audio has an amplifier just perfect for your system.
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Outside-the-Border Filmmaking Pulls Away Billions from US Economy, Report Verifies
Barry Willis  |  Jun 27, 1999  | 

One of every four film productions conceived and set in motion in the United States is now largely produced out of the country---the result of studio executives obsessed about extracting the highest possible profit at the lowest possible cost. About 23,500 entertainment-industry jobs and $2.8 billion worth of TV and movie projects were taken offshore or over the border last year, according to James Bates in the June 25 <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/HOME/BUSINESS/UPDATES/RUNAWAY/lat_runaway990625.h... Angeles Times</I></A>. The phenomenon, known in Hollywood as "runaway" filmmaking, could ripple through the entire US economy with an effect of as much as $10 billion.

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Outwit, Outplay, Outlast, in HD
SV Staff  |  Jun 30, 2008  | 
Finally, the execs at CBS have come to their senses. Or perhaps their higher-ups threatened to vote them off the island if they didn't do this. After 16 standard-def seasons, the new season of Survivor, based for the first time in Gabon, will be in...
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Ovation Celebrates 30th Anniversary with 4-Day Event
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2017  | 
Ovation Audio + Video is celebrating its 30th anniversary with four days of special events at its Indianapolis showroom.
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Over-the-Air NEXTGEN TV Broadcasts Featuring HDR Now Available to 70 Million Homes
SV Staff  |  Jun 13, 2024  | 
The rollout of NEXTGEN TV broadcasting continues to make headway with industry officials today reporting that over-the-air service featuring high dynamic range (HDR) programming is now available in 57 TV markets across the U.S., meaning more than 70 million homes are now able to receive these broadcasts, which include internet-based “broadcast IP” sources.
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Oversupply of Theaters Forces Closings
Barry Willis  |  Jan 28, 2001  | 

Want to build a <I>real</I> home theater? With a film projector and a really huge screen? You may get your chance to buy some excellent theater equipment at bargain prices in the coming months. Hundreds of theaters nationwide will be closed to cope with the current oversupply, according to January announcements from some of the biggest theater operators in the US.

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Owens Corning Debuts All-Black Acoustical Insulation
HT Staff  |  Sep 26, 2001  | 
Are you about to build a home theater? If so, you have probably researched acoustic treatment---and the need to hide it. Until recently, most acoustical insulation was made in some light color---yellow, pink, or gray---that required covering with paint, tape, or fabric to make it look acceptable.
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Owners of Como Audio Table Radios Could Be In for a Rude Awakening
Bob Ankosko  |  Dec 12, 2023  | 
In case you haven’t heard, Como Audio, the company that made a name for itself building high-quality table radios incorporating traditional FM radio and internet radio, closed its doors earlier this year. The company faltered when, amid the worldwide supply-chain shortage, chipmakers stopped producing chipsets needed to manufacture its radios.
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Owners of Defective Mitsubishi LaserVue TVs May Be Entitled to Repair Refund
SV Staff  |  Sep 28, 2015  | 
Owners of Mitsubishi LaserVue rear-projection TVs who experienced problems and paid to have work done may be entitled to a refund, according to the terms of a recently settled class-action lawsuit brought by consumers over picture problems that appeared after 8,000 to 10,000 hours of use.
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P.S. on BJ: SACD and DD
SV Staff  |  Jul 06, 2007  | 
It's the day before Live Earth (actually, it's only 6 hours away from when the global concert starts in Sydney, Australia), so for all of you Bon Jovi fans who will be heading out to see the band at the Giants Stadium finale, here's something I...
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PAC Rolls Back Klipsch & Pioneer Elite Pricing
Bob Ankosko  |  May 01, 2023  | 
Is there anyone out there who is going to complain about being able to buy AV gear today at pre-COVID prices? I didn’t think so — and that’s what makes today’s announcement from Premium Audio Company (PAC), the company behind Klipsch, Pioneer Elite, Onkyo, and a handful of other AV brands, so refreshing.
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Painful DVD to Blu-ray Transition Can't Top Game Biz Cycles
SV Staff  |  Mar 11, 2008  | 
Format transitions are tough. That's a concept with which video gamers are intimately familiar, so when gamers and game executives hear news about the movie business that suggests even though sales of Blu-ray discs will triple in 2008, DVD sales...
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