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Sandy Gross Departs GoldenEar Technology
Al Griffin  |  May 27, 2020  | 
Back in early January we reported that The Quest Group, California-based owner of AudioQuest, had purchased speaker maker GoldenEar Technology. The following week, I met with GoldenEar co-founder Sandy Gross in the AudioQuest suite at CES and was happy to learn he would be continuing in his old role at the new company for the time being. Well, that time is now up: Gross has announced he is leaving The Quest Group in order to pursue his “many interests.”
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Sandy Gross leaving Definitive Technology
SV Staff  |  Mar 11, 2009  | 
After a career spanning nearly four decades, Definitive Technology co-founder and president Sandy Gross is retiring. He will work his last day at the company on March 31, after which Executive Vice President Dave Peet and Vice President of...
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Sanus Brings Sanity to Surround Speaker Placement
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Dec 22, 2004  | 
First there's theory.
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Sanus Unveils Swiveling TV Base for Sonos Playbase
SV Staff  |  Mar 09, 2017  | 
Sanus has announced a swiveling TV mount/stand for the Playbase TV sound system Sonos recently introduced.
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Sanyo announces new, cheaper 3LCD projector
SV Staff  |  Apr 28, 2010  | 
After two years, Sanyo is finally rolling out a follow-up to its 3LCD PLV-Z3000 home theater projector. The PLV-Z4000 is a 1080p home theater projector with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 1,200 lumen lamp, and Deep Color and x.v.Color compatibility....
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Sanyo's new HD pocketcam features Eye-Fi
SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2009  | 
Sanyo has a new pocket camcorder on the way, and it includes a wireless feature that until now has required a separate accessory. The Sanyo Xacti DXM-CG11 is a 720p video-shooting pocketcam with internal Eye-Fi capabilities. Eye-Fi is a memory...
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Sanyo's Video Aspirations
HT Staff  |  Feb 10, 2004  | 
Sanyo isn't a name most Americans associate with home theater gear. That could change this year if the company's expansion plans come to fruition.
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Satellite Bill Wins Approval in Washington
Barry Willis  |  Nov 21, 1999  | 

The nation's 10 million satellite TV subscribers may soon be able to receive local broadcasts through their dish antennas, thanks to a bill passed in Washington on Thursday, November 18. Direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) services had been hamstrung in their efforts to compete with cable companies because of <A HREF="http://www.fcc.gov/">Federal Communications Commission</A> restrictions that forbade them to retransmit local signals within areas reachable by stations originating those signals.

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Satellite Broadcasters Will Be First with HDTV
Barry Willis  |  Aug 29, 1998  | 

Satellite broadcasting will be first out of the chute with HDTV. While local broadcasters scramble to comply with FCC mandates to be HD-ready by 1999, satellite services are almost there. On August 25, U.S. Satellite Broadcasting (USSB) announced that it will lease transponder space from DirecTV at the 95&#176;W fixed location so it can begin transmitting HDTV previews. DirecTV will also beam HD programming from the same satellite.

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Satellite HD and 3D Channels Grow
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 23, 2010  | 
Want more high-def choices on satellite? Both of the major satellite TV providers are adding HD channels, and DirecTV's 3D roster is now up to four channels.
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Satellite HDTV Gets a Boost
Jon Iverson  |  Jun 24, 2001  | 

EchoStar's Mark Jackson puts it succinctly: "Our customers want access to more channels, and they are increasingly demanding bandwidth-intensive HDTV channels." But there is only so much bandwidth available between the satellite in the sky and the dish on the ground, and that bandwidth is carefully divided among channels. The more channels on the system, the less bandwidth available for added features like HDTV.

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Satellite Local Coverage Urged
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 23, 2009  | 
A member of Congress is pushing for satellite video services to carry all local channels in all markets.
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Satellite Ops Sue Over MA Tax
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 01, 2010  | 
A Massachusetts tax on satellite TV service has drawn legal fire from the two major satellite operators.
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Satellite Problems Loom in DTV Transition
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 18, 2007  | 
Until now concerns over the transition to digital television, scheduled for 2009, have centered on broadcast-dependent viewers. But satellite viewers may be in for trouble too.
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Satellite Providers Can Ax Local HD
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 24, 2008  | 
Local stations suffered a setback in the transition to digital television last week when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that satellite providers needn't carry local signals in HD till 2013.
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