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Game of Thrones Arrives in Dolby Atmos
Rob Sabin  |  Jul 02, 2015
"Game of Thrones," HBO's award-winning and wildly popular fantasy series, is headed "overhead," courtesy of a remix in Dolby Atmos.

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Game of Thrones Season 6 Now Available for Download in HD
SV Staff  |  Aug 01, 2016
Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season is available for Digital HD download starting today, three-and-a-half months before the Blu-ray becomes available on November 15.
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Game of Thrones: Season 1 Heading to 4K Disc
SV Staff  |  Apr 19, 2018
HBO has announced that Season 1 of the smash-hit series Game of Thrones, the most successful franchise in the network’s history, is scheduled for release on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray June 5.
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Gamers Get Video Downloads
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 16, 2008
Two major videogame platforms are broadening their appeal with movie downloads, it was announced at this week's E3 gaming show. Microsoft's Xbox 360 will accommodate downloads from Netflix, while Sony's Playstation Network will launch a download service of its own.
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Gamers Meet the Beatles
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 31, 2008
MTV-Harmonix, maker of the game platform Rock Band, will develop a new game based around the Beatles. It will become the first non-hard-copy digital distribution medium for music by the Beatles.
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Gamers Set Bionic Eyes on Samsung's Latest Plasma
SV Staff  |  Mar 03, 2008
Samsung's latest plasma - the 50-inch PAVV Cannes 450 - will sport several "first ever" features aimed at gamers, including 3D-capability and an unfathomable 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. But before buyers put this beast on their wish lists,...
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Gaming Company Razer Acquires THX
SV Staff  |  Oct 17, 2016
Audio’s old guard is changing once again. In May, Silicon Valley startup EVA Automation acquired the venerable British speaker brand B&W. Today, San Diego-based Razer, a global lifestyle brand for gamers, confirmed that it has acquired the majority of THX Ltd.’s assets.
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Garage Rock
SV Staff  |  Apr 25, 2008
Men need a place to be men — a place where we tinker with mechanical stuff, smoke cigars, drink bourbon, and listen to the manly music of our lost youth really frigging loud. Usually we have to go out to the garage if we want to indulge in these...
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Gateway Announces DVD Recorder
Jon Iverson  |  Nov 17, 2003

Having earlier stubbed its toe in the personal computer market, <A HREF="http://www.gateway.com">Gateway</A> is on a consumer electronics roll. Around this time last year the company <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/news/11423/index.html">announced</A> its entry into the CE market with a sub-$3000 plasma TV. Then at the CEDIA Expo last month, <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/news/11633/index.html">Gateway announced</A> the KAS-303 "1000W", 6.1-channel home theater system with a progressive scan DVD player, attractively priced at $999.

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Gateway's $3k Plasma TV
Barry Willis  |  Nov 03, 2002

Sports fans watching NFL football games this past Sunday may have noticed something unusual among the dozens of commercials: an ad for a 42" <A HREF="http://www.gateway.com">Gateway</A> plasma television.

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Gauging Success in the Age of Streaming
SV Staff  |  Feb 11, 2016
Ever wonder what the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is doing these days to accurately gauge music sales at a time when CDs are all but dead and downloading has given way to the convenience of streaming from the likes of Pandora and Spotify?
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GE Disc Stores Half a Terabyte
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 05, 2009
General Electric has developed an optical disc format using microholographic technology that stores 500 gigabytes, or about 100 times the capacity of a DVD, and 10 times the capacity of a Blu-ray dual-layer disc.
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GE Entering HDTV Market
SV Staff  |  Sep 23, 2008
General Electric Co. is re-entering the TV business after officially bowing out in 1987. (The name was licensed to Thomson until 2004.) With the digital transition looming, folks need TVs, but do we need yet another name brand? Thomas Edison's GE...
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GE Promises Cheap, Versatile OLEDS
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2008
For some, OLED displays seem like just another future-tech promise that, like jet packs, flying cars, and domestic robots, has never been fulfilled. Sure, Sony put out one OLED TV this year - the $2,500 11-inch XEL-1 - but who can afford it? Now...
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GE to Offer Home Theater Loans
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 12, 2007
Housing. Transportation. Home theater. Your local bank offers loans for those first two things, but not for the third, surely one of the most pressing needs of human life. What's up with that? Aren't big-screen television and surround sound at least as important as a house or a car? The General Electric Money Bank says yes!
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