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LG TVs to Access to Comcast’s Xfinity TV in 2018
SV Staff  |  Sep 25, 2017
Comcast and LG today announced that owners of 2017 and 2018 webOS-enabled LG smart TVs will be able to access Comcast’s Xfinity TV service through the Xfinity TV Partner app in 2018 without the need to lease a cable box.
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Audio Video News
Hisense Ships Roku-Enabled 4K TVs
SV Staff  |  Sep 22, 2017
Hisense, the Chinese electronics brand that holds a top-three ranking in worldwide TV market share, has started shipping its new three-model line of Roku-enabled 4K/Ultra HD smart TVs.
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Audio Video News
CEDIA Expands Availability of Certification Globally
SV Staff  |  Sep 22, 2017
CEDIA has announced that CEDIA Certification exams will now be available through Kryterion Global Testing Solutions, which has more than 1,000 testing centers worldwide.
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Audio Video News
Apple Aims to Improve Siri as Part of iOS 11 Rollout
SV Staff  |  Sep 21, 2017
Apple has reworked Siri to give the virtual assistant a more natural voice and new capabilities.
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Throwback Thursday
Flashback 1997: Microsoft Shows Off WebTV
SV Staff  |  Sep 21, 2017
Twenty years ago this week, Microsoft introduced a new and improved WebTV, the interactive TV service it had purchased from internet TV pioneer Steve Perlman a few months earlier.
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Audio Video News
Yamaha’s New 2.1-Channel Receiver Boasts YPAO Room Correction
SV Staff  |  Sep 20, 2017
Yamaha has introduced an $800 follow-up to the $350 stereo receiver it shipped last month.
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Audio Video News
A&K Previews New Portable Music Player & More
SV Staff  |  Sep 20, 2017
Astell&Kern (A&K) will unveil a new hi-res portable music player, limited-edition earphones, and a CD ripper at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) in Denver, October 6-8.
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Audio Video News
Harman Consolidates, Layoffs Announced
SV Staff  |  Sep 19, 2017
When the news hit last fall that Samsung was set to acquire Harman International, pundits wondered how the merger would impact the iconic company whose history includes introduction of the first stereo receiver under the Harman Kardon brand in 1958.
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Audio Video News
Get Ready for the Star Wars Blitz
SV Staff  |  Sep 19, 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the second film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and the eighth chapter in the Star Wars saga, opens in U.S. theaters on December 15, 2017. Get ready for the marketing blitz.
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Audio Video News
Bluetooth Vulnerable to Hack, Researchers Say
SV Staff  |  Sep 18, 2017
More than 5 billion smartphones and other Bluetooth-enabled devices are at risk of an invisible hack that spreads an infected device to nearby Bluetooth devices without any user interaction such as clicking on a booby-trapped link or downloading a malicious file, according researchers at IoT security firm Armis Labs.
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