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Flashback: Tech Milestones Going Back 120 Years
SV Staff  |  Jan 14, 2016
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Flashlight DVR - Decoder Ring Sold Separately
SV Staff  |  Jul 09, 2008
This is really, really cool, but don't toss your TiVo just yet. Swann Security has a new surveillance device that's part flashlight, part DVR. Now it's not meant in any way to replace your home theater's DVR, but who doesn't think that this is...
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Flat Panel Decline in 2009
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2008
You would have thought that sales of flat panel TV would be booming right now. We're 61 days away from the digital conversion. Instead of buying converter boxes, most pundits thought everyone would be rushing out to buy new digital TVs this...
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Flat Panel Kings Crowned
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 18, 2009
Who's the king of the hill in flat-panel TV, according to the NPD Group, for the first quarter of 2009? In overall sales, Samsung. In LCD, Vizio. And in plasma, Panasonic.
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Flat Panel Long-term Slump
SV Staff  |  Oct 22, 2008
We love reports from DisplaySearch. They completely break down all the industry trends so we can all understand what's going on. Their latest report indicates that the recent downturn in flat panel sales isn't a short term slump, but a...
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Flat Panels Ramping Up
Barry Willis  |  Jun 14, 2004

When will prices drop to truly affordable levels for flat-panel televisions?

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Flat Panels Surging
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Aug 30, 2004

All bodes well for those who've waited for flat-panel display prices to drop.

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Flat Panels Take Off
 |  Apr 06, 2003

Electronics retailers might have been hammered into submission over the past few months were it not for the surging popularity of flat-panel televisions.

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Flat Panels: Green is the New Thin
SV Staff  |  Jan 22, 2009
For years, it seemed like the only thing consumers cared about when buying a new TV was how thin it was. You could never be too thin.  However, last year, 20% of the flat panel TVs sold has some kind of "green" feature. According...
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Flat, Thin Cable Leaves No "Footprint"
HT Staff  |  Mar 25, 2002
Speaker wiring is one of the most problematic aspects of any home theater installation. Many of the best grades of speaker cables are big and bulky, making them impossible to hide. It's a problem custom installers and system designers have to work around every day, and it's one that adds enormously to the cost of any system installation. The advent of multichannel audio has only made the problem worse.
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Flat-panel Frenzy
HT Staff  |  Dec 09, 2003  |  First Published: Dec 10, 2003
The buying public can't seem to get enough of new flat-panel televisions. The coming months should be good ones for manufacturers and retailers, according to a December 9 report from DisplaySearch, a research firm specializing in the flat-panel market.
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Flat-panel Frenzy
Barry Willis  |  Mar 22, 2004

Flat-panel displays are today's hottest technology and will be commonplace tomorrow. This unquestionable reality has prompted LG Philips LCD, Inc. to announce a $21.4 billion investment in a new production complex for the technology.

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Flexy, Bendy OLED Screen from Sony
SV Staff  |  Oct 07, 2008
Imagine watching a TV show, then - as the closing credits start to roll - you roll up the TV screen and tuck it in your pocket. Yup: Roll it up. Sony and researchers from the German company Max Planck Institute have revealed a new OLED screen...
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Flipping the Side
SV Staff  |  Jul 19, 2007
Recently, I did something that I hadn’t done in a long time: flipped the side. The record was King Crimson’s Red, a 1974 gem that rejoined my collection last May when an old college roommate unloaded a bunch of vinyl on me (not surprisingly, several...
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Flops: Fourteen Formats and Technologies That Couldn't Quite Hang On
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 13, 2012
The road to A/V perfection is littered with formats and products that didn’t make it for one reason or another. Some were technically sound but ahead of their time or poorly marketed. Some were victims of bad timing, unforeseen circumstances, or uninspired design. Others were just plain curious in a “what the heck were they thinking?” kind of way. And then there are the tweak formats and technologies—embraced by enthusiasts and ignored by the masses—that refuse to go away. Here, we remember A/V formats, products, and technologies that are gone but (mostly) not forgotten.
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