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When the Theater Next Door Has No Soundproofing
SV Staff  |  Aug 29, 2017
A Howell, New Jersey man who lives less than 200 feet from the back of the Xscape Theatres that opened last year has had it with the “rumbling thunder” that can happen any time between 11 a.m. when the Cineplex opens to 1 a.m. when it closes.
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Where to Stream the Olympics & What About 4K?
SV Staff  |  Aug 03, 2016
The opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games is Friday at 8 p.m. ET but NBC’s coverage of the games actually gets underway today with live coverage of women’s soccer, including U.S. vs. New Zealand at 6 p.m. ET.

NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app will live stream 4,500 hours—including all Olympic Games competition—for authenticated pay TV subscribers via TV Everywhere to desktops, mobile devices, and tablets, plus connected TVs for the first time...

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Where's Brian?
SV Staff  |  Jan 08, 2008
I raced back from the Las Vegas Convention Center to fire up the computer I'd left in my hotel room to catch the East Coast feed of the Nightly News at 3:30 pm thinking that Brian Williams would be broadcasting live from the CES convention floor....
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White LED Versus RGB LED
SV Staff  |  Oct 10, 2008
Traditional LCD screens use fluorescent lighting components - cheap, reliable, but power-hungry. Lately, manufacturers have been using RGB LEDS in their backlight units, mainly in high-end units. While more expensive, they use less power, have...
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Who Are You and What Have You Done With Sonance?
SV Staff  |  Sep 12, 2007
Can an interior designer learn to love a speaker that's not camouflaged in the wall?  One of the founding companies of the huge in-wall/-in-ceiling speaker market is banking on it and even believes a little visibility might be a good thing. ...
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Who is Building Boxes for Netflix?
SV Staff  |  Apr 23, 2008
How's this for a logical reasoning puzzle? Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said during his company's earnings conference call earlier this week that Netflix is working with four companies to build devices that will play streaming video on a TV screen. ...
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Who Needs Dinner When I Can Buy a TV?
SV Staff  |  May 15, 2008
Honey, pass the Puppy Chow and hand me the remote. In a time of economic woes, Wal-Mart has posted earnings that are up 6.9%. While many folks are struggling to make their house payments, where's the profit coming from? Oddly enough, it's the...
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Who Needs Hi-Res Audio When You Have...Cassettes
SV Staff  |  Jan 13, 2017
Are you a hipster? Did you recently buy a turntable from Urban Outfitters—or a cassette deck? (Yes, they sell those.)
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Who Needs YouTube, Hulu, Netflix or TiVo?
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2008
Sure, we can talk all we want about high-end video. We can compare formats. We can talk until we're Blu about pixels.Who cares, though? Not when we have PUPPYCAM!!!! No wonder Circuit City is failing. All you need is a computer and a...
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Who Spent Earth Hour Watching TV?
SV Staff  |  Mar 31, 2008
If you live in an eco-conscious city, you may have heard something about "earth hour" over the weekend. In various locales, public awareness campaigns were conducted for the March 29 at 8 p.m. holiday from electricity. National landmarks went dark,...
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