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HT Poll Results: Hybrid 4K/OLED and 4K/Ultra HD TVs Top Your Upgrade List
HT Staff  |  Mar 18, 2013
The results of last week’s survey are in. We asked what your next A/V entertainment upgrade will be and 198 of the survey’s 1,411 respondents said they’re holding out for a hybrid 4K/OLED TV like the one Panasonic is promising (shown).
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Inca Fold-Down and Swivel TV Mount
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 14, 2013
Video projectors that reside in the ceiling have long been a fixture of high-end home theaters and are usually accompanied by a screen that retracts into a wall-mounted sleeve or disappears behind a curtain—everything controlled by remote control. Flat-panel TVs can benefit from the same sort of crafty concealment.
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Custom-Built $150,000 McIntosh System Featured in Charity Auction
HT Staff  |  Mar 05, 2013
A custom-built McIntosh audio system is the featured auction item for the 10th Annual Stuart House Benefit organized by clothing designer and McIntosh enthusiast John Varvatos...
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New Gear: Monitor Audio WS100 Wireless Multimedia System
 |  Mar 04, 2013

Monitor Audio have covered most of the speaker bases, from traditional towers and surround setups to miniscule desktop companions and docks, so it's no surprise that they've decided to enter the burgeoning wireless audio arena.

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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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HT Poll Results: Pandora Is Top Music Service, Spotify a Distant Second
HT Staff  |  Feb 25, 2013
The results of last week’s Music Streaming survey are in. We asked which music streaming service is your favorite and 1,067 votes were cast...
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Circuit boards Out, Meta–boards In?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 19, 2013
Conventional circuit boards and their metallic tentacles may be on their way out—someday. Scientists at Oxford University have developed a new kind of sealed “metaboard” by embedding copper coils into a conductive layer. This meta- board can transfer data and power using magneto-inductive waves instead of wires.
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Make Your Own Hollywood Monster
HT Staff  |  Feb 14, 2013
Ever wondered what it takes to create one of Hollywood’s fabled creatures? The Stan Winston School of Character Arts is offering free three-day trials to anyone who want to sample the craft of monster making without committing to a long-term online subscription plan.
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HT Poll Results: Netflix Is Most-Used Streaming Service, Amazon a Distant Second
HT Staff  |  Feb 05, 2013
The results of last week’s Streaming survey are in. We asked which streaming service you use most for TV and movies and here’s what you said...
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Kindle Fire HD Has a Plus
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 04, 2013
The new Kindle Fire HD tablets have a big plus that’s in danger of being overlooked. And that’s Dolby Digital Plus. When Amazon’s literature boasts about “exclusive Dolby audio and dual stereo speakers for crisp, booming sound without distortion,” Dolby Digital Plus is what it’s talking about.
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Coming Attractions
HT Staff  |  Feb 01, 2013
Ten cool products to check out, including a hanging speaker, Paradigm's compact 2.1 theater speaker system, a portable charging station and a high-end soundbar from AudioXperts that we can't wait to review.
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Big Sound, Small Box: Procella P6V Home Theater Speaker
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 31, 2013
Procella Audio, a Swedish company specializing in high-performance speakers for home theaters, professional studios, and screening rooms, prides itself on building speakers that can play 24-bit/96-kilohertz program material at THX reference levels with full dynamic range. Its latest model—the P6V—can be used for main-channel applications in small- to medium-size rooms 10 to 20 feet deep and is rated to produce a maximum continuous output of 110 decibels, 116 dB peak. Impressive, considering the P6V is only 18.5 inches tall, 11.4 inches wide, and about 5 inches deep, which also means it can be mounted on a wall (brackets included) or, when used as a surround speaker, concealed in an architectural column.
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HT Poll Results: OLED Prevails Over 4K Ultra HD
HT Staff  |  Jan 30, 2013
The results of last week’s OLED vs 4K Ultra HD survey are in. We asked which technology you prefer and here’s what you said…
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Money Grab? FCC OKs Basic-Tier Cable Encryption
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 22, 2013
If you’re used to plugging your unencrypted basic-cable feed directly into your TV’s QAM tuner, you might want to sit down. We’ve got some bad news: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has caved in to decades of cable-industry lobbying and will now allow cable operators to encrypt basic-cable service—the bottom tier consisting mostly of broadcast channels—in digital cable systems. In-the-clear cable service, mandated 20 years ago by an act of Congress, is all but dead.
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Amazon Wants Your Old CDs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 22, 2013
Amazon has added Compact Discs to an existing trade-in program that already embraces Blu-ray, DVD, games, books, and electronics. There are two categories: Like New, for unscratched discs with original packaging and artwork in mint condition; and Good, for playable discs with light scratches and other disc or packaging blemishes. Send your stuff to Amazon, with free shipping, and a virtual gift card will be credited to your account. Trade-in lucre might be anything from $1.40 for Adele’s 21 to $5.30 for the Special Edition of Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick 2 to $35 for the 13-disc Rolling Stones box set. Of course, some people like having physical media in their libraries, and others may want to keep their audio-codec options open for future reconversions. But if you really hate all that plastic—so much that you want it gone now—here’s your chance to get rid of it and get paid. Amazon will gladly let you consume the credit as new downloads. Search eligible items on amazon.com.

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