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SV Staff  |  Feb 01, 2018  | 
DTS has announced a free software update for more than a dozen Play-Fi products that enables real-time audio streaming from any connected source, such as a TV, to Play-Fi speakers throughout the home.
SV Staff  |  Feb 01, 2018  | 
If you’ve been paying attention you will notice something about January’s batch of top-rated AV products: All were deemed worthy of Sound & Vision’s Top Pick of the Year accolades. So here you have it: The return of an iconic turntable, two exemplary Dolby Atmos-enabled speaker systems at compelling price points, a set of in-ear monitors designed by the guy who invented the category for a price that will surprise you, and an ambient-light-rejecting screen made for the new breed of ultra-short-throw projectors that are giving big-screen TVs a run for their money.
SV Staff  |  Jan 31, 2018  | 
Integra yesterday announced plans to add an AV controller and AV receiver to its reference-grade Research Series.
SV Staff  |  Jan 31, 2018  | 
Have you seen Burger King’s ‘Whopper Neutrality’ ad? It’s hilarious — and ingenious.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 31, 2018  | 
CEDIA Expo, the annual trade show of the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association, has been steadily shrinking, and its management has been turned over to an outside company. So it’s curious to see InfoComm, the trade show devoted to pro AV, moving into consumer territory.

SV Staff  |  Jan 30, 2018  | 
20th Century Fox has announced that the season six of the award-winning series Homeland will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD February 6.
SV Staff  |  Jan 30, 2018  | 
James Loudspeaker, the Napa, California-based speaker designer and manufacturer, has introduced a new series of 2.1-channel soundbars that team speakers for left- and right-channel audio with a built-in subwoofer in a low-profile enclosure.
SV Staff  |  Jan 29, 2018  | 
American adults are expected to spend a whopping $15.3 billion on purchases related to 2018 Super Bowl, a significant part of which will be earmarked for new TVs, according to a survey released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
SV Staff  |  Jan 29, 2018  | 
Sonos closed its store in New York City’s trendy Soho district yesterday and blacked out its windows to protest the FCC’s December ruling lifting “net neutrality” regulations enacted to ensure equal access to the internet. Repeal of the regulations gives internet service providers greater control over the internet “pipe.”
SV Staff  |  Jan 26, 2018  | 
Apple announced that it will begin taking pre-orders today for the HomePod, its long anticipated entry into the bustling smart speaker market.
SV Staff  |  Jan 26, 2018  | 
Are you ready for Super Bowl LII? How about your TV? Is it of suitable size and quality? 4K? Ready to put you on the field as the Patriots and Eagles fight for pigskin supremacy?
SV Staff  |  Jan 25, 2018  | 
SōLIS, a new audio brand “created for people who value iconic styling and exceptional sound quality in equal measure,” has introduced two reasonably priced compact stereo systems featuring a pair of speakers and a hybrid tube/solid-state amplifier that supports wireless streaming.
SV Staff  |  Jan 25, 2018  | 
Nuvyyo today announced a significant expansion of recording options for its hardware-based Tablo DVRs. Aimed at cord cutters, the DVRs are built to record over-the-air (OTA) TV programming.
SV Staff  |  Jan 25, 2018  | 
Sonos today announced a limited-time deal on its new Sonos One smart speaker, one of Sound & Vision’s 2017 Top Picks of the Year in the Value category.
SV Staff  |  Jan 24, 2018  | 
Hundreds of press announcements crossed our desks in the weeks leading up to, and during, CES 2018. One of the many products we didn’t have a chance to investigate in person was Pioneer’s PHA-M70 Personal Sound Amplifier, which is nick-named “Nani?” (Yes, the question mark is part of the unusual moniker…)

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