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Flashback: CES 1986
SV Staff  |  Jan 07, 2016
The consumer electronics landscape was a very different place 30 years ago. There was no Internet. The marriage of audio and video had yet to be consummated. Brick-size cellphones were a curiosity/status symbol...
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Throwback Thursday
Flashback: Coleco & the Era of Game Cartridges
SV Staff  |  Feb 18, 2016
The original ColecoVision console (left) and the forthcoming Coleco Chameleon.

If you lived through (and survived) the decade of hair bands (aka the Eighties), you probably remember videogame stalwarts Atari, Nintendo, and Coleco and may have spent countless hours playing now-classic games like Donkey Kong and Pac-Man.

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Throwback Thursday
Flashback: Stereo Review 1998 & DVD’s Early Days
SV Staff  |  Aug 25, 2016
A promising new movie format called DVD was the theme of the August 1998 issue of Stereo Review, the 40-year-old magazine that would take on a new identity six months later with the debut of Sound & Vision.
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Audio Video News
Flashback: Tech Milestones Going Back 120 Years
SV Staff  |  Jan 14, 2016
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Audio Video News
Flashlight DVR - Decoder Ring Sold Separately
SV Staff  |  Jul 09, 2008
This is really, really cool, but don't toss your TiVo just yet. Swann Security has a new surveillance device that's part flashlight, part DVR. Now it's not meant in any way to replace your home theater's DVR, but who doesn't think that this is...
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Flat Panel Decline in 2009
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2008
You would have thought that sales of flat panel TV would be booming right now. We're 61 days away from the digital conversion. Instead of buying converter boxes, most pundits thought everyone would be rushing out to buy new digital TVs this...
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Flat Panel Long-term Slump
SV Staff  |  Oct 22, 2008
We love reports from DisplaySearch. They completely break down all the industry trends so we can all understand what's going on. Their latest report indicates that the recent downturn in flat panel sales isn't a short term slump, but a...
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Audio Video News
Flat Panels: Green is the New Thin
SV Staff  |  Jan 22, 2009
For years, it seemed like the only thing consumers cared about when buying a new TV was how thin it was. You could never be too thin.  However, last year, 20% of the flat panel TVs sold has some kind of "green" feature. According...
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Flexy, Bendy OLED Screen from Sony
SV Staff  |  Oct 07, 2008
Imagine watching a TV show, then - as the closing credits start to roll - you roll up the TV screen and tuck it in your pocket. Yup: Roll it up. Sony and researchers from the German company Max Planck Institute have revealed a new OLED screen...
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Flipping the Side
SV Staff  |  Jul 19, 2007
Recently, I did something that I hadn’t done in a long time: flipped the side. The record was King Crimson’s Red, a 1974 gem that rejoined my collection last May when an old college roommate unloaded a bunch of vinyl on me (not surprisingly, several...
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