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Stereo VCR, Projection TV Sales Jump a Little in January
 |  Mar 15, 1998  | 

This year began with a strong performance in the video market, confirming previous forecasts of a vibrant holiday season. According to data released by the <A HREF="http://www.cema.org">Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association</A> (CEMA), total January video shipments to US hardware dealers rose 8% to nearly 2.8 million units. Color televisions represented more than half that volume, sporting a 20% rise. In fact, color TVs enjoyed their best January sales since 1993.

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Stereophile Recommended Components iPad App Now Available for Free Download
Jon Iverson  |  Jun 25, 2012  | 
Stereophile is pleased to announce the availability of the free 2012 Recommended Components iPad app.

Available Now
The app is available right now for free download to your iPad in the iTunes store. In iTunes, search for "Stereophile Recommended Components" or follow this link to the iTunes store from your web browser.

This app includes all current Recomended Components as listed in the recent issue of Stereophile as well as additional ratings and listings that could not fit in the print version. There are over 700 component rankings in all and the app is compatible with all iPad hardware versions including retina displays.

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Stern and McCartney on SIRIUS XM
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2009  | 
Odd pairing indeed: Howard Stern interviewed music icon Paul McCartney on his show. Sir Paul McCartney, we should say.Typically crude Stern said, ""[The Beatles] are more of a religion to me than any organized religion. Their music does...
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Steve Jobs: "No one wants to buy a [set-top] box"
SV Staff  |  Jun 02, 2010  | 
There's a bit of a hitch in the previously reported rumor that a new Apple TV is coming. It turns out that Steve Jobs himself isn't very big on set-top boxes, and doesn't see much of a future in them because of the prevalence of digital cable and...
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Steve Vai Classic Gets Deluxe Vinyl Reissue
SV Staff  |  May 25, 2016  | 
Audiophile reissue label Friday Music is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Steve Vai's landmark solo album Passion and Warfare with a remastered 180 gram vinyl reissue.
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Stewart Filmscreen Revamps a Classic
SV Staff  |  Jun 12, 2019  | 
Stewart Filmscreen today announced that it has re-engineered a classic projection screen it introduced more than 30 years ago — the Luxus Classic Model A.
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Stewart Filmscreen Streamlines Screen Selection
SV Staff  |  Jun 05, 2019  | 
Stewart Filmscreen has redesigned its web site and created screen-finder tools that streamline the process of selecting the right projection screen.
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Stewart Filmscreen Unveils ‘Minimalist’ Screen
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2019  | 
Stewart Filmscreen has introduced an “easy to assemble” projection screen featuring an ultra-thin black frame that creates a low-profile, “minimalist” look.
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Stewart Filmscreen's New Woven Screen Is Acoustically Transparent
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2016  | 
At last week’s ISE show in Amsterdam, Stewart Filmscreen broke out the hilarious trailer of the upcoming Secret Life of Pets to demonstrate a new acoustically transparent screen material on a 16-foot-wide VistaScope Jumbo setup. Word has it that the highlight was a heart-pounding drum solo by rock legend Ginger Baker that topped 110 dB.
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Stick a fork in it: Studios win RealDVD injunction
SV Staff  |  Aug 12, 2009  | 
Almost a year ago, RealNetworks launched RealDVD, an application that lets users rip their DVDs to a hard drive, so they can keep their entire library together and watch their DVDs on a whim, instead of spreading their collection across multiple...
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Sticky Labels Bedevil Consumers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 13, 2017  | 
Don’t you hate peeling sticky labels off your new phone and other CE purchases? You are not alone...
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Stones. Scorsese. "Shine a Light." Smash!
SV Staff  |  Apr 04, 2008  | 
Too old to rock & roll? Not the Rolling Stones, as they prove in Martin Scorsese's killer concert documentary Shine a Light, which opens today. The subject of age seems to be on most other critics' minds, but I honestly wasn't struck by the...
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Stop That or I’ll Make You Watch TV
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 04, 2015  | 
Second-screen use is “creating a generation of kids for whom TV is punishment,” says Miner & Co. Studio.
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Store More Digital Media Than Ever Before
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Dec 12, 2004  |  First Published: Dec 13, 2004  | 
Want an easy way to store, manage, access, and enjoy digital entertainment content in your home? Beginning to think Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition 2005 doesn't quite live up to all the hype? Afraid you'll run out of storage room? Concerned about so many questions to answer?
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Stores to Carry Analog-TV Lifesavers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 04, 2008  | 
One of the most significant pieces of the transition from analog to digital TV broadcasting fell into place with the recent announcement that major retail chains would carry the set-top boxes necessary to keep analog sets from going dark.
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