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Philips Wireless HDTV sends 1080p/30 video over the air
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2009
The IFA show is going on in Berlin, so there are quite a few product announcements rolling out today. Philips, who showed off their snazzy LED-powered disco TV earlier has also debuted their Wireless HDTV system. The transmitter has two HDMI and two...
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Philips' new funky-framed flat-panel Aurea HDTV
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2009
No, Apple isn't getting into HDTVs. That clear bezel is the frame on Philips' new Aurea HDTV, an LED-backlit screen that oozes style and color. Literally; the bezel bleeds color on the surrounding walls thanks to Philips' Ambilight technology. 250...
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Philips: WOWvx in 3D
SV Staff  |  Jun 10, 2008
A few weeks ago, we reported that Philips is working on a 3D prototype. Now, that speculation has become a reality. Debuting at InfoComm 2008, a new 52-inch LCD display gives a 3D 'look-around' effect, no funky 3D glasses required.   The 3D...
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Phone Tunes
SV Staff  |  Jun 02, 2008
Lots of mobile phones double as music players. Many have built-in speakers. But, have you ever listened to them? Seriously, the sound quality from the tiny speaker built into these phones is typically abysmal. Notice that was "speaker,"...
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Phono Cartridge Pioneer Norman Pickering RIP
SV Staff  |  Nov 30, 2015
Norman C. Pickering, an audio pioneer who refined the phonograph cartridge and founded Pickering & Company in the 1940s, died on November 18 at his home in East Hampton, New York. He was 99.

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Phorus Ships First Alexa-Enabled Play-Fi Speaker
SV Staff  |  Oct 24, 2017
DTS has announced that the first DTS Play-Fi-enabled speaker to incorporate Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service is now available.
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Picture This
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2007
2006 was a watershed year for digital photo frames, according to Dallas-based market research company Parks Associates. Sales of digital photo frames in the first half of 2006 showed a typical growth curve and then skyrocketed. During the second...
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Picture: The Part of the New Simpsons Open You Didn't See
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2009
If you watched the HD debut of The Simpsons this weekend, then you probably noticed the super-fast scan during the open. I couldn't help but wonder what hilarious stuff was going on in that split second, so I put together a quick and dirty...
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Pills Could Replace Earplugs
SV Staff  |  Jan 21, 2009
This is still strictly in the lab, but a pharmaceutical pill could possibly replace earplugs to prevent heading damage caused by noisy concerts, clubs, or just turning your iPods volume up too high. Not that you would ever do that.Researchers in...
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Pink Floyd’s Live 8 Reunion Revisited with 3D Sound
SV Staff  |  Mar 15, 2017
Left to right, the team responsible for creating a 360-degree mix of Pink Floyd's historic Live 8 performance: Recording engineer Andy Jackson, Andreas Sennheiser, producer Simon Franglen, co-curator Aubrey Powell, producer Simon Rhodes, and Daniel Sennheiser

Sennheiser and Pink Floyd have partnered to produce a new immersive mix of “Comfortably Numb” and other songs from 2015’s Live 8 concert—the last time David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Rick Wright played onstage with former band member Roger Waters.

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