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Top 10 Streaming Services: Can You Rank Them?
SV Staff  |  Nov 14, 2017  | 
HBO Now, Starz, and Showtime moved up in the recently updated 2017 top 10 list of U.S. streaming services while Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu continued to hunker down in the top three slots.
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Top 4 Subwoofer Options
SV Staff  |  Nov 24, 2009  | 
Our Custom Installer John Sciacca runs down his top options to add great bass to your home theater:JL Audio Fathom f212 Front and back views of a sealed, dual-driver 12-incher that reinforces JL’s reputation for delivering deep bass. Satin...
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Top 5 iPad Apps for Movie Lovers
Chris Chiarella  |  Mar 04, 2013  | 
Movie maven Chris Chiarella recommends five killer apps for iPad-toting movie lovers.
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Top Picks from Video Pickers
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 23, 2006  | 
The Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) - the dudes who spend most of their working hours watching and selling movies and video games (man, what a life - it'a almost as devoid of real "work" as being an audio/video gear reviewer) - have released its nominations for the organization's 2006 Home Entertainment Awards. While some of the categories include such blockbusters as "Marketing Campaign of the Year", "Sell-through Title of the Year", and "Rental Title of the Year", others are likely to be of more interest to the average video junkie.
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Top Treats for Home-Theater Fans Revealed
Couch Potato  |  May 17, 1998  | 

Maybe somebody should invent an exer-couch: According to a recent national survey commissioned by <A HREF="http://www.blockbuster.com">Blockbuster</A>, popcorn and soft drinks top the list of favorite foods and drinks that people consume when watching videos at home.

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Top TV/Video Picks in 2021 (So Far)
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 26, 2021  | 
Supply disruptions and the ever-lingering effects of the COVID-now-Delta pandemic have made it a challenging year for getting new A/V products to market. Despite the slowdowns, we’ve managed to corral enough gear to keep our reviewers busy even though we would have preferred having more options in some product categories. Our test reports have focused on TV and video projection in recent weeks so we decided to broaden the scope of this roundup to include all TV- and video-related products that have been awarded Top Pick status so far in 2021.
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Torn and frayed at SXSW . . .
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2010  | 
It's like this . . .  You "wake up" in the (late) morning, and immediately there are panel discussions to run to. Then there are day parties to hopscotch to and fro — not to party at, mind you, but to see bands that you...
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Torque Audio Ships Adjustable Bass Headphone
SV Staff  |  Nov 23, 2015  | 
Torque Audio, creator of the innovative TorqueValve tunable headphone, has announced that its adjustable-bass t402v headphone is now available.
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Torus Power: Toast Good, Toasted Equipment Bad
SV Staff  |  Jan 01, 2009  | 
Have you ever seen the after-effects of a power surge on your equipment? More importantly, have you ever paid to replace your home theater equipment after a power surge has destroyed them? Torus Power has a new product line, the new AVR...
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Toshiba 2nd Gen HD DVD Player Delayed
 |  Nov 19, 2006  | 

Toshiba's representatives contacted us this week to let us know that the $499 HD-A2 second generation HD DVD, originally due in stores in November, is now looking at an early December release. The high-end $999 HD-XA2 remains on target for a December debut.

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Toshiba Adds 1080p/24 To HD DVD Players
 |  Sep 18, 2007  | 

This is what nerds do: after watching another awesome episode of season one of <I>Heroes</I> on HD DVD I cued a firmware update and indeed my Toshiba HD-XA2 found one and started downloading it. I waited up until the update was complete, and then checked the player's setup menu and sure enough, "up to 1080p/24" is now a selectable output resolution.

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Toshiba Adds Dolby Volume, Spares Ears
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 06, 2008  | 
Journalists are regularly treated to demos of new technologies that never make it into products. One great idea just rescued from limbo is Dolby Volume, which will soon find its way into Toshiba's world-beating line of LCD HDTVs.
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Toshiba Blu-ray Coming This Year
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 10, 2009  | 
This will be the year when Toshiba introduces its first Blu-ray products.
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Toshiba Bows No-Glasses 3DTVs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 05, 2010  | 
Toshiba's glasses-free 3DTVs will make their Japanese debut at the end of December. Availability for the U.S. and other markets remains unknown at presstime.
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Toshiba D-R1 DVD Recorder
 |  May 18, 2003  | 

If <A HREF="http://www.toshiba.com">Toshiba</A>'s D-R1 is any indication, consumers are in for a lot of fun with the coming generation of DVD recorders.

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