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CES 2019
JBL’s 4312G Studio Monitor Honors the Past
Al Griffin  |  Jan 10, 2019  |  1 comments
Harman set up shop at CES in sprawling suite of ballrooms at the Hard Rock Hotel. Once I wandered past exhibits dedicated to connected automotive tech, cybersecurity, and a host of other things I had no idea the company was involved in, I landed in a cozy corner where JBL’s vintage-inspired speakers were on display. Ahhhh….
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CES 2019
Dirac Research’s Bass Management Module Goes Live
Al Griffin  |  Jan 10, 2019  |  0 comments
Dirac Research is at CES demonstrating its new Dirac Live Bass Management Module. The technology is sourced from the company’s Dirac Live room correction, which is currently available in select NAD A/V receivers and integrated amps.
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CES 2019
Samsung Serif: TV for the Design-Conscious
Al Griffin  |  Jan 09, 2019  |  2 comments
While most TVs are designed to disappear as much as possible, with thin, almost nonexistent bezels, Samsung’s Serif line of sets celebrate the TV-as-object.
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CES 2019
Up Close with Sony’s Mammoth 98" Master Series TV
Al Griffin  |  Jan 09, 2019  |  0 comments
Sony’s new addition to its Master Series LCD Ultra HDTV lineup includes 85- and 98-inch 8K models. The 98-inch Z9G (shown above) seems the appropriate size for watching future 8K content, something that the set’s HDMI 2.1 inputs will accommodate.
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CES 2019
LG’s Ultra-Short-Throw Projector Is Big on Style
Al Griffin  |  Jan 09, 2019  |  0 comments
LG’s new 8K and rollup OLED TVs may be getting the bulk of the attention at CES, but the company is also demonstrating its next-generation CineBeam Laser 4K ultra-short-throw projector.
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CES 2019
LG’s Rollup OLED TVs Take Center Stage at CES
Al Griffin  |  Jan 09, 2019  |  1 comments
A highlight of LG’s massive CES booth is an array rollup OLED TVs that raise and lower in synchronized formation.
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CES 2019
Hisense Doubles Down on Laser TV
Al Griffin  |  Jan 09, 2019  |  0 comments
Hisense had its new Dual-Color Laser TV, the next-gen version of its all-in-one ultra-short-throw projection solution that we tested in 2018 on display at CES.
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CES 2019Editor's Eye
The Inescapable Temptations of CES
Al Griffin  |  Jan 07, 2019  |  0 comments
Last year — oh, around the same time that I’m sitting down to write this — I penned an editorial lamenting changes to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that made it inhospitable to writers covering the high-end audio and home theater categories. The gist of my article was that for us CES had become mostly irrelevant, and that I would sit the 2018 show out and quite possibly future ones as well.
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Top Picks
2018 Top Picks of the Year
Al Griffin  |  Jan 03, 2019  |  19 comments
The AV universe in 2018 saw a steady expansion of high-performance technologies into a wider range of products. Support for Ultra HD and high dynamic range formats in TVs and projectors has now become mainstream. Dolby Atmos and DTS:X immersive sound can be found not just in high-end processors and receivers, but in entry-level receivers and soundbars as well. In response to this development, Sound & Vision in 2018 added a new Top Value category to supplement the Top Picks awards we regularly hand out at this time to outstanding products reviewed in the magazine during the previous year.
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Blu-ray Movie ReviewsUltra HD Blu-ray Movie Reviews
2001: A Space Odyssey
Al Griffin  |  Dec 28, 2018  |  0 comments
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Director Stanley Kubrick's seminal sci-fi epic, co-written with author Arthur C. Clarke, takes the whole of human history as its subject—from the initial flicker of intelligent thought in hominids, to the present day where humans live with the assistance of computer-generated artificial intelligence. The film literally works as a space opera: long stretches pass dialogue-free with just classical music serving to enhance the hyper-realistic images of ships and passengers aloft in the cosmos. (2001: A Space Odyssey won an Oscar for best visual effects, the only one it managed to take home from the 1969 ceremony.)
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