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Sound & Vision's March 2016 Top Picks
SV Staff  |  Mar 30, 2016
As we get ready to usher in April, it’s fun and informative to look back at our Top Pick posts in March, which as it turns out was a very good month for great gear. Over the past five weeks we’ve had the pleasure of recommending three video projectors, an outstanding projection screen, a high-value AV receiver, a collapsible on-ear headphone, a suite of compact home theater speakers that can be had for $1,500, one of the sexiest self-contained wireless speakers on the planet, and a true 21st Century turntable.
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Denon and Marantz Announce Auro-3D Upgrades, Yamaha DTS:X Updates
SV Staff  |  Mar 30, 2016
Spring is in the air and so are Auro-3D and DTS:X firmware upgrades and updates for select receivers and processors from Denon, Marantz, and Yamaha.
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Onkyo to Expand RZ Receiver Series in April
SV Staff  |  Mar 29, 2016
Onkyo today announced plans to add three 7.2-channel AV receivers—the TX-RZ610 ($799), TX-RZ710 ($999), and TX-RZ810 ($1,299)—to its RZ Series in April. All models will support high-dynamic range, 4:4:4 color space, and HDCP 2.2.
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Subscription Streaming Now Top Revenue Source for Music Industry
SV Staff  |  Mar 28, 2016
Paid subscription streaming is now the largest revenue-generator for the music industry, according to 2015 shipment and revenue statistics released by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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VR Gets Real (Finally) as Oculus Rift Ships
SV Staff  |  Mar 25, 2016
The parade of prototypes and development kits of the super-hyped Oculus Rift ends on Monday with delivery of the first consumer version of the virtual reality headset.

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Throwback Thursday
Sixties Flashback: The Color TV Revolution
SV Staff  |  Mar 24, 2016
Color TV became commercially viable in the early 1950s but didn’t really take off until the mid-1960s when the big three (and only) television networks made a concerted effort to significantly increase the amount of color programming, broadcasting classic shows like Gilligan’s Island, My Favorite Martian, and Lassie in “brilliant, true-to-life color” for the first time. An epic event if you were around to experience it and arguably more dramatic than the transition to HDTV.
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Smartphone Video Streaming Now Commonplace
SV Staff  |  Mar 24, 2016
Four out of five (81 percent) of all U.S. smartphone users now stream video on their devices, according to a new report from the NPD Group’s Connected Intelligence division. The streaming is being driven primarily by users who are 25 and younger, who spend twice as much time watching video content on YouTube and Netflix mobile apps compared with users who are over the age of 25.
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Netflix Announces 2016 “Recommended” TVs
SV Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016
Netflix has announced the first round of 2016 TVs to qualify for its updated, more stringent Netflix Recommended TV program.
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New 4K Smartphone Processor Packs DTS Headphone:X
SV Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016
It looks like 3D surround-sound headphone listening may be heading to smartphones. DTS recently announced that its DTS Headphone:X technology is included in the new Helio X20 flagship smartphone processor from MediaTek, a Taiwan-based semiconductor company that makes chips for wireless communications.
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NY Luxury Technology Show Opens Tomorrow
SV Staff  |  Mar 22, 2016
The Luxury Technology Show, the first of three such events, opens tomorrow in New York City at the Metropolitan Pavilion.
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