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Buy a Vizio TV, Get Star Trek Beyond in 4K
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2016
If you buy a SmartCast TV before the end of the year, Vizio is throwing in a free digital copy of Star Trek Beyond.
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Audio Video News
Buyer Beware of Counterfeit USB DACs from China
SV Staff  |  Oct 24, 2016
AudioQuest, maker of the Top Pick winning DragonFly USB DAC, has announced that counterfeit versions of its DragonFly v1.2 design are showing up in multiple brands of USB DACs coming out of China.
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Audio Video News
Buzz-Word of the Day: Staycation
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2008
One silver lining to the economic crisis, if there is one, is that we get bizarre new vocabulary. For example, Jimmy Carter brought us the fun new word, "stagflation." Now, we have another fun new word, "staycation."That is being...
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Audio Video News
By 2012, Your LCD Will Be Nothing Special
SV Staff  |  Mar 17, 2008
In four years, worldwide shipments of LCD TVs will nearly double to 194 million, according to research firm iSuppli. About 54% of those TVs will be capable of displaying high-definition programming, compared with fewer than 15% of LCDs sold in...
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Audio Video News
By a Marantz Blu-ray player, get a free Roku HD
SV Staff  |  Mar 02, 2010
Marantz has a new promotion to get people to buy its Blu-ray Disc players: free stuff. Starting today, if you buy a Marantz Blu-ray player, you can get a Roku HD for free. Specifically, you can get a full rebate for the device by printing out and...
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Other Tech
By GEORGE -- You're Too Late!
SV Staff  |  Aug 17, 2005

We regret to inform you that the contest to win a GEORGE (the tabletop music system from Chestnut Hill Sound) ended at 12:00 PM on August 28.

But fear not! We'll have other great prizes to win real soon.

By GEORGE! Win This Tabletop Music System
SV Staff  |  Aug 26, 2008

It's an iPod* dock (with a remote control). It's an AM/FM radio. It's an alarm clock. It's a 2-way speaker system - paired with a dedicated down-firing 4-inch subwoofer - that boasts great detail and accuracy. And it can be yours.

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Audio Video News
Bye Bye Mr. Matsushita
SV Staff  |  Oct 02, 2008
Does the gentleman in the picture (and on the cover of Time magazine) look bummed to you? Well, you would be too, if shareholders took your name off your own company, the one you founded and poured your heart and soul into. Not that there's...
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Audio Video News
Cabasse Debuts $140,000 Spherical Speaker
SV Staff  |  Aug 17, 2008
We professional journalist types are too careful to call La Sphere the strangest-looking speaker ever created, so let's just say it's in our top five-and we can't think of what the other four might be. The $140,000-per-pair speaker from French...
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Audio Video News
Cable box be damned!
SV Staff  |  Jan 11, 2008
When CableCARD technology was announced, the hope of every man, woman and child in these great 50 states was the promise of finally, once-and-for-all getting rid of the cable box. But, with technological limitations this was not to be. Finally, our...
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