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Thiel starts selling speakers on Amazon
SV Staff  |  Jul 07, 2010  | 
Speaker company Thiel Audio is starting to sell its products on Amazon.com, a pretty big departure from the usual retail and custom installer channels the company used in the past. Thiel announced that 9 speakers would be available on the site,...
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Thin is In
Chris Keeler  |  Dec 25, 2002  | 
Flat-screen TVs are hot and getting hotter.
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Thin is In At Sharp
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 15, 2007  | 

Sharp launched a handsome new line of thin, lightweight LCD flat panel AQUOS HDTVs at a press event held Tuesday August 14th, 2007 at New York's The Weather Room at Top of the Rock. Sharp's Bob Scaglione introduced the new, four model 1080p space-saving D64U line, telling members of the press that the space-saving, stylish looking new sets, which feature bezels that are 25% thinner and weigh 20% less than previous models, are also the thinnest Aquos models Sharp has ever produced, measuring just 3 3/4" deep.

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Thin, Thinner, Thinnest
Scott Wilkinson  |  Dec 22, 2009  | 

Last May, LG announced the world's thinnest LCD TV panels at that time, with 42- and 47-inch sizes measuring only 5.9mm thick. Now, only seven months later, the company has broken its own record by cutting that figure in half with a 42-inch panel only 2.6mm thick, bringing it squarely into OLED territory.

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Third Man Records Introduces Kiddie Turntable
SV Staff  |  Sep 15, 2015  | 
Are you old enough to remember portable record players? Maybe you owned one as a kid and played 45s on it. Now you can share vinyl nostalgia with your children and grandchildren.

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This 110" Samsung Micro-LED Display is the Future of TVs
Mark Henninger  |  Oct 01, 2022  | 
Samsung’s MS1A is a 110” 4K micro-LED TV. It uses the same direct-view LED technology as modular, professional video walls that are used for billboards, giant video displays like you see in sports arenas, and super high-end home theaters. What Samsung has done is shrunk the LEDs to the point where 4K worth of pixels fits in a 110” screen and packaged it as a TV, no assembly required.
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This DVD Will Self-Destruct
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 03, 2008  | 
"This message will self-destruct in five seconds," goes the old Mission Impossible slogan. But are you interested in buying a DVD that self-destructs in 48 hours?
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This DVD Will Self-Destruct...
SV Staff  |  Jun 02, 2008  | 
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to rent a movie and watch it before it self-destructs. Although it's not on the initial list of DVD releases, Staples is offering a unique way to rent DVD movies that's straight out of...
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This is one way to get satellite TV in your car
SV Staff  |  May 18, 2009  | 
  We love DIY projects here at S&V so I could barely contain my excitement when I saw that someone had taken the time to fit a full-sized Direct TV dish into a clapped out old Volkswagen Jetta Diesel. I tried to hunt down the owner of...
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This Is the Week to Buy a New TV (or Two)
SV Staff  |  Feb 02, 2016  | 
The days leading up to the Super Bowl have always been one of the best times of the year to buy a new TV. Below is a quick look at some of the deals available right now. Just keep in mind that discounted sets are last year’s models, which are being cleared to make way for 2016 models that hit store shelves in the Spring. And don’t forget to check Sound & Vision’s Top TV Picks.

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This is the wrong way to install a TV
SV Staff  |  Aug 14, 2009  | 
Custom home theater installers have to be incredibly creative to make everything in a system look and work just right. But, while we have to give this installation credit for creativity, it's certainly lacking in craftsmanship. All the gruesome...
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This Is Your Brain on Music
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 30, 2015  | 
Music services like Pandora generate musical recommendations based on your listening habits. Will the next step be to recommend music based on your brain type? In a study called “Musical Preferences Are Linked to Cognitive Styles,” researchers at the University of Cambridge asked 4,000 participants to fill out questionnaires and rate several pieces of music. Their goal was to classify listeners according to the E-S (empathizingsystemizing) theory.
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This picture shows the future of television
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Aug 18, 2013  | 

This may not look like much, but it is a quantum leap in television performance.

In this long-exposure image (note how bright the iPad is in the foreground), you're looking at something incredible.

That TV you see? That TV is on.

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This Week In Blu-ray: December 22, 2009
SV Staff  |  Dec 23, 2009  | 
Every week we will pick the noteworthy Blu-ray Disc releases and highlight a quick shot of the plot and list the special features of each. Enjoy.  District 9 (R) This past summer's surprise sci-fi hit District 9, takes a...
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This week's video review: Rashomon on laserdisc
Christian Rix  |  Dec 16, 1997  | 

L<I>aserdisc. Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Fumiko Homma. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Aspect ratio 4:3. 87 minutes. 1950. CLV. The Voyager Company Criterion Collection CC1149L. Not rated. $49.95.</I>

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