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News & Gear: Mid-Fall 2022
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 10, 2022
MicroLED gets a market update while KEF rolls out the holiday discounts and McIntosh presents its latest two-channel amplifier. We also cover a new cabinet that makes your TV disappear and stylish surge protectors you can mount on the wall.
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News & Gear: Mid-February 2023
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 16, 2023
If you streamed the Super Bowl LVII, congratulations: You contributed to making the 57th annual sporting event the most-streamed Super Bowl on record with 7 million streams across the Fox and NFL apps that carried the game, an increase of 18% over last year’s Super Bowl, according to Adobe Analytics.
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News & Gear: Mid-Winter 2022
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 27, 2022
Since CES 2022 ended a few weeks ago, new A/V gear has trickled into the market and A/V companies have continued to issue press releases, though at a slower than usual pace. Here’s some of the latest news to cross our desks.
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News & Gear: Spring 2022
Bob Ankosko  |  Apr 14, 2022
As spring hits stride, we take a look at some of the latest home entertainment news and gear.
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News & Gear: Summer 2023
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 27, 2023
From crazy colorful speakers to help you get through a scorching summer to a Class A headphone amp aimed squarely at audiophiles, here’s the latest news from around the A/V world.
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News & Gear: Summer 2023 Beckons
Bob Ankosko  |  May 11, 2023
It may feel like summer is just around the corner but we still have more than a month to go, which means you have plenty of time to pick up a new set of wireless earbuds and check out the latest in outdoor party speakers, portable video systems, and more.
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News and Gear for Fall 2021
Bob Ankosko  |  Oct 07, 2021
Ready for a high-end, THX certified speaker you can mount in the wall or a portable video projector with built-in streaming capability? Or how about a turntable shelf designed to mount on the wall? These are a few of the more interesting new products we’ve learned about in recent weeks.
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News and New Gear for Spring 2021
Bob Ankosko  |  May 06, 2021
As we continue to emerge from the Great Pandemic with even the most reluctant of reluctant states finally looking to lift restrictions, Spring 2021 continues to pay dividends with an eclectic and, in some cases, season-specific mix of A/V news and gear, ranging from outdoor TVs and speakers to solar-powered headphones and new wireless speakers that don’t rely on Wi-Fi. Let’s take a closer look…
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NEXTGEN TV Aims to Keep Over-the-Air TV Broadcasting Relevant
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 20, 2023
ATSC’s Madeleine Noland and Pearl TV’s Anne Schelle provide an update on the ATSC 3.0 broadcast system rolling out across the country

Terrestrial television broadcasting may seem quaint in the age of streaming and artificial intelligence but the age-old practice of pulling TV signals out of thin air is alive and well in 2023 and continuing to make strides.

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NextGen TV: A Progress Report
Bob Ankosko  |  Oct 22, 2020
15 Minutes with ATSC President Madeleine Noland

Most Americans don’t know it yet but NextGen TV is already on the air in many markets across the country with dozens more gearing up to launch the service in the coming year. NextGen TV, also known by the technical name ATSC 3.0, greatly expands on the capabilities of the ATSC 1.0 standard that put HDTV on the air 20 years ago. In addition to enabling broadcasters to deliver free, over-the-air access to 4K Ultra HD programming with high-dynamic range (HDR), enhanced color, and immersive surround sound, NextGen TV also allows them to stream local content such as news, weather, and sports updates as well as offer features that enable viewers to personalize and customize that content. A lot has happened since we spoke with Mark Richer, president of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), back in 2017, so we sat down with his successor Madeleine Noland to get an update on how things are progressing with the new TV broadcasting system and what we can expect in the near future.

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