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August 2016 Top Picks at a Glance
SV Staff  |  Sep 01, 2016
The end of summer beckons and so do the 10 products we singled out for Top Pick status in August. From an unexpected speaker from Quad and a soundbar-based 5.1 system from Atlantic Technology to SVS’s crazy cheap subwoofer isolation system and Sony’s killer HDR-ready 4K TV, the mix is eclectic as usual but with an emphasis on speakers this time around. Appropriate, we think, considering speakers define the sonic character of any system. Let us know if you plan to make (or have already made) room for any of these gems in your home entertainment space.
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AuKing Ordered to Pay $500,000 for Making Deceptive Projector-Brightness Claims
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 05, 2024
For the past few years, Epson has been on a crusade to call out brands that grossly overstate brightness specs in the advertising and product literature they use to promote the projectors they sell. AuKing is the latest brand to receive a public shaming for making deceptive claims regarding the brightness of the cheap projectors it sells on Amazon.
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Aural for Visual
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 11, 2006
Aural Acoustics is a speaker company with roots and attitude from the old days of hi-fi before anyone ever thought of pairing speakers with a TV - but the new company has a decidely modern, music-and-home-theater sensibility. They debuted their first speaker (the Model B) at the 2005 Home Electronic Show in New York City to great reviews. This year, the company used a hotel room in the Alexis Park during the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to unveil the new Model P50. Although the low-key venue was less well attended than either of the two main convention centers, almost everyone who braved the long shuttle bus lines and made the trek to the Aural Acoustics room were extremely impressed with what they heard.
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Auro Technologies to Demonstrate Next-Generation Audio Codec at CES 2024
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 02, 2024
Auro Technologies, the Belgian company behind the Auro-3D immersive-surround format, says it will demonstrate the “first and only truly scalable next-generation audio codec” at CES 2024, which opens in Las Vegas a week from today.
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Ausounds Debuts with $150 Wireless Earphones
SV Staff  |  Sep 20, 2019
The latest brand to enter the crowded headphone space is Ausounds, a Wheat Ridge, Colorado-based startup led by CEO Michael Chen that has set out to “design accessible headphones and audio products for music creators and music lovers alike.”
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Aussie Viewers Will Have Maximum Choice in DTV, Gov't. Declares
Barry Willis  |  Dec 26, 1999

Australians will have the maximum number of choices when digital television broadcasting and datacasting begin on the first day of 2001, according to guidelines announced December 21 by Senator Richard Alston, Minister for Communications, Information Technology, and the Arts. Alston told the press that considering the interests of consumers has been his government's "guiding principle" in the implementation of new forms of technology. "Australians will be able to choose the viewing option which best suits their individual circumstances" on the day DTV debuts, Alston said.

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Austere Introduces 8K-Capable HDMI 2.1 Cable
SV Staff  |  Jan 23, 2020
Oregon-based startup Austere has introduced an HDMI 2.1 cable designed to meet 8K UHD specifications.
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Austere: New Brand to Offer Affordable Accessories
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2019
You probably haven’t heard of Deena Ghazarian but behind-the-scenes she played an integral role in building brands you probably have heard of: Monster Products and Beats by Dre. Ghazarian is now applying 25 years of experience building consumer-technology and fashion brands to her new technology accessories company, Austere.
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Author! Author!
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jun 29, 2006

Panasonic has announced that starting July 1st, it will begin providing authoring services for studios producing Blu-ray titles (BD-ROM) at the Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL) in Universal City, California. Panasonic began authoring DVD titles for various studios in the U.S. in 1996, and has now installed state-of-the-art equipment to perform similar services for the Blu-ray platform.

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Automated Screen Masking
Ultimate AV Staff  |  Jun 21, 2004

Most home theater fans acknowledge that masking of front projector screens can vastly improve image quality. Most screens, unfortunately, come with black masks fixed for either 4:3 or 16:9 images. Some screens with manual masking allow adjustment of the masks by hand—a useful, but cumbersome way to get the most from films shot in a variety of aspect ratios.

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AV Companies Launch Emerging Tech Alliance
SV Staff  |  Sep 14, 2016
Four AV technology companies have announced the formation of the Emerging Technology Alliance (ETechA) to facilitate development, innovation, and collaboration within the audio video integration industry.
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AV Dealer Offers Cash for Clunkers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 24, 2009
Cash for clunkers is the deal of the century (or the scam of the century, depending on your point of view). So it was only a matter of time till a smart AV retailer made a trade-in offer.
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AV Highlights from the Frontlines of the Big Show
Tom Norton  |  Jan 12, 2016
Another year, another CES. I’ve been doing them for so long you think they’d become second nature, or even boring. But they always surprise, and there’s always too much of interest to see in the show’s four short days, jostling through 175,000 of my closest friends.
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AV Industry Mourns the Death of JVC Icon Harry Elias
SV Staff  |  Nov 17, 2017
The consumer electronics industry mourns the loss of Harry Elias, Consumer Technology Hall of Famer and former JVC executive vice president and Akai chairman, who died on November 12. He was in his late 80s.
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AV Industry Mourns the Loss of Jim Barry, CTA’s Digital Answerman
SV Staff  |  Oct 23, 2017
The AV industry is mourning the loss of Jim Barry who passed away Friday night at the age of 71. Following a distinguished career in journalism, Barry served as the Consumer Technology Association’s Digital Answerman for the past 22 years, showcasing and explaining technology products to consumers via television and radio appearances along with newspaper interviews across the country.
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