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Yamaha’s New Slimline AVR Boasts Voice Control and Wireless Surround
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2018
Yamaha today unveiled a 5.1-channel AV receiver offering Alexa voice control and wireless surround capability in a space-saving “slimline” design.
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Yamaha’s New Slimline AVR Has Bluetooth Output
SV Staff  |  Oct 05, 2015
Yamaha is expanding its Slimline series of AV receivers, which includes the Top Pick winning RX-S600 introduced last year.
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Yes Looks Back and Forward as its Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Nears
SV Staff  |  Mar 28, 2017
Photo: Glenn Gottlieb. Logo: Roger Dean c.2016.

As the members of Yes prepare for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2017 next Friday (April 7) at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, NY, drummer Alan White looks back on the band's nearly 50-year history and what's still to come for one of the world's most influential, ground-breaking, and respected progressive rock bands.

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Yes, RadioShack Stores Still Exist
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 28, 2024
You probably won’t find a RadioShack in your local mall anymore but you might find one in a small town...like Sitka in southeastern Alaska.
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You Can Never be TOO Thin...
SV Staff  |  May 08, 2008
According to news out of Korea, the new LG Scarlet TV is the world's thinnest TV. Well, at 45mm thick, it  is quite thin. But the thinnest model in the world? Not so fast, Ms. Scarlet. In a scene that could play out behind the scenes at the...
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You Get What You Pay For
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2008
Who doesn't love a bargain? But, how can you really tell what you're getting? Remember when generic products were all the craze? You would buy a box of chocolate chip cookies, and the cookies would have like one scrawny...
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You Tube, TiVo?
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2008
In the ongoing battle to lure consumers away from their PCs, TiVo has become the latest consumer electronics company to announce plans to bring Internet-based video content into the living room. TiVo will join Apple TV as the other hardware box...
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Younger TV Viewers Turning to On-Demand Services
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2018
New research from Dallas-based Parks Associates finds that as live TV viewing continues to decline among U.S. broadband households, nearly 60 percent of the video viewed on a household’s main TV is on-demand content as opposed to traditional “linear” programming scheduled by broadcasters.
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Your 3-D TV Checklist
SV Staff  |  Jan 19, 2010
Congratulations! Your new flat-screen TV is kick-ass! I sincerely admire its tremendous resolution, its vividly natural colors, its bright-as-daylight brightness, and its sheer size. There’s only one problem: It’s flat. No, I’m not...
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Your Budget AirPlay Companion: iHome's iW2
Michael Berk  |  Mar 14, 2012

As our own Geoffrey Morrison pointed out earlier this week, a lot of AirPlay-enabled speakers are expensive enough that they're bound to get you thinking about building your own system around a cheaper device like an AirPort Express.

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Your eyes suck. Step up to HD Glasses!
SV Staff  |  Jul 08, 2008
All these years you've been wandering around like a schmuck looking at the world with plain old "regular" vision. Live in shame no more! The time has come to step up to . . . HD VISION! If you're anything like me, you're tired of living...
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Your MP3 Player Is Ringing...
SV Staff  |  Nov 05, 2007
You've gotta give it to Samsung. After all, anyone trying to come out with an iPod killer has a steep slope ahead. Samsung has officially launched the P2, a sleek, flash-based media player that delivers music, movies and pictures. The Nano-like P2...
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Your New Car Has Wi-Fi But Do You Use It?
SV Staff  |  Aug 27, 2015
Automakers are spending billions to put technology in their cars that’s being ignored by many of the owners of those vehicles, according to a new J.D. Power survey.
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
SV Staff  |  Jun 12, 2008
Just when you thought government spending couldn't get any more out of control, the boys and girls on the hill manage to surprise us one more time. Sure, we all understand why we needed to switch to digital television, and sure, we understand the...
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YouTube adds closed captioning to videos
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2010
The web's biggest video site is now adding captions to its videos. From now on, all videos uploaded will have optional captions transcribed from the audio through Google's speech recognition system. This is a massive expansion of YouTube's...
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