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Is a 4K Apple TV Just Around the Corner?
SV Staff  |  Feb 24, 2017
Apple is testing a fifth-generation Apple TV capable of streaming in 4K/Ultra HD (UHD), according to a recent BloombergTechnology report. The news comes weeks after Apple hired away the executive who had been running Amazon’s Fire TV division.
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Is a TV Bundle Revolt Looming?
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2018
The inability to select individual channels and being forced to choose among a small selection of overblown bundles with channels you’ll never watch has long been a bugaboo for cable subscribers. And as the Age of Streaming TV hits stride, viewers are overwhelmed and becoming increasingly frustrated with the explosion of viewing options, according to a new study from Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Hub Entertainment Research.
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Is Apple Plotting to End iTunes Music Downloads?
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2016
How long before music subscription services completely overshadow downloading? Sooner than you might think. Digital Music News is reporting that unnamed sources with strong ties to Apple say the tech giant is preparing to abandon iTunes music downloads.
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Is Black Friday Losing Cachet?
SV Staff  |  Nov 02, 2016
RetailNext predicts that Black Friday will not be the biggest shopping day of the rapidly approaching 2016 holiday season.
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Is Iron Man Rusting?
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2008
Iron Man was one of the hottest releases of the fall season, and was supposed to be a coming out party for the triumphant Blu-ray format. Instead, it's turned into a headache for Paramount. In particular, sometimes success is your own worst enemy....
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Is Krell's Papa Dock Politically Incorrect?
SV Staff  |  Jul 10, 2008
Krell is well known as a hardcore audiophile manufacturer. Their amplifiers in particular are the stuff of legend. With the introduction of the Papa Dock, they push the audiophile envelope, and possibly step over the line. The Papa Dock is...
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Is the FM Radio in Your Phone Turned On?
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2017
FM radio in my phone? Are you crazy? In one of those little-know (or at least little discussed) facts, today’s smartphones have an FM receiver built-in. The thing is, the receiver is not activated in most phones. As of last fall, FM was working in only 44 percent of the top-selling smartphones in the U.S.
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Is the Resurgence of Vinyl a Fad?
SV Staff  |  Jul 07, 2015
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Is the TV-Centric Living Room a Myth?
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2016
Television has been a fixture of the living room for well over half a century but a new report out of the UK is challenging the notion that TV is still the focal point of activity there.
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Is There a Future in 3D?
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2008
In our Top Five Tech Trends for 08, we picked 3D television as one the most exciting. Laugh all you want at the funny glasses (and we've done our share of laughing too) but 3D TV is the real deal. Movie studios are ramping up production of 3D movies...
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