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Bob Ankosko  |  May 18, 2023  | 
Spears & Munsil has announced a vastly enhanced and expanded 2023 version of its popular Ultra HD Benchmark home theater calibration tool.
SV Staff  |  Jul 02, 2019  | 
Stacey Spears and Don Munsil, creators of the acclaimed Spears & Munsil High Definition Benchmark series of test and calibration discs, have announced the release of the UHD HDR Benchmark, a 4K Blu-ray disc dedicated to the calibration and evaluation of 4K Ultra HD (UHD) displays that support high dynamic range (HDR).
HT Staff  |  May 15, 2006  | 
The Home Entertainment Show 2006, running June 1–4 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles, is only weeks away. Here is a sampling of some of the giveaways and special events that will take place at the Show. Several of these should be of particular interest to home theater enthusiasts.

Ladies' Day
It's Ladies' Day on Sunday, June 4, and XM Satellite Radio—Oprah's digital radio home is inviting all ladies to attend the Show for free! Each woman who attends the show and is accompanied by another adult who has purchased a ticket—will receive free admittance to the Show!. Sunday, June 4, from 10am to 5pm.

Ultimate AV Staff  |  May 15, 2006  | 

<I>The Home Entertainment Show 2006, running June 1&ndash;4 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles, is only weeks away. Here is a sampling of some of the giveaways and special events that will take place at the Show. Several of these should be of particular interest to home theater enthusiasts.</I>

SV Staff  |  Sep 29, 2009  | 
It's hard to say much about custom audio gear makers Specimen's Little Horn speakers, other than that they're big horns. Each speaker consists of a 36-inch-tall fiberglass horn mounted on an 8-inch plywood cube. Almost four feet tall isn't exactly...
SV Staff  |  Mar 09, 2018  | 
Video-calibration software leader SpectraCal has extended its partnership with Samsung and expanded the CalMAN color-calibration control options in Samsung’s 2018 QLED TVs.
SV Staff  |  May 02, 2008  | 
No sooner than the government gives you a break from the doom and gloom of the dismal economy, Circuit City has great news! Come in before Saturday, and spend your tax rebate! Now, of course, the government wanted the rebates to be an economic...
Jon Iverson  |  Sep 09, 2001  | 

In a low-key rollout last week, <A HREF="http://www.hd.net">HDNet</A>, which bills itself as "the world's only all-high definition national television network", went live on DirecTV channel 199 with a broadcast of the Minnesota Twins at Texas Rangers. HDNet, with offices in Dallas and Denver, says that this is the first of 15 Major League Baseball games it intends to air throughout the month.

SV Staff  |  Nov 18, 2015  | 
Everyone knows Netflix is the No. 1 in video streaming but what other services would make a top 10 list based subscriber numbers?
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2020  | 
Sports fans who are mourning the loss of live games for a still-undetermined amount of time may get some relief from the new PlayersTV network that just launched on Samsung TVs.
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2018  | 
Recent job postings by Spotify suggest that the company might be looking to make a move into the hardware space.
Jon Iverson  |  Apr 18, 1999  | 

Last week, an important milestone in the development of broadcasting in China was marked with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the <A HREF="http://www.dvb.org">Digital Video Broadcasting Consortium</A> (DVB), a group committed to designing a global family of standards for the delivery of digital television, and the Academy of Broadcasting Science (ABS) of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television of China. The ABS is a research organization responsible for formulating recommendations for digital-television standards for China.

SV Staff  |  Jul 04, 2007  | 
Misunderstood teenagers + (aloof parents x other cold authority figures) + doomed lovers. Do the math, and the answer is: 1957. The year of West Side Story, right? Two nights ago, I felt like it was indeed 50 years ago as I watched a similarly...
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 31, 2010  | 
Comes the spring and a young person's fancy turns to thoughts of…3D?
SV Staff  |  Feb 16, 2016  | 
Plug Sprint’s Ride-Fi dongle into your car’s 12-volt power socket (formerly known as the cigarette lighter) and you create a Wi-Fi hotspot that’ll connect up to eight devices at a time while you’re cruising down the highway.

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