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Sony to Roll Out Dolby Vision TV Update in January
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2017  | 
Sony has announced that the firmware update that activates Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) processing in its high-end TV models will be available in mid to late January.
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Suit from 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Auctioned for Charity
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2017  | 
An official Spider-Man suit worn by Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming was auctioned off yesterday to raise money for the Toys for Tots charity run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
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LG Partners with Meridian to Up its Audio Game
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2017  | 
LG and Meridian Audio yesterday announced a global partnership to collaborate on the technical design of soundbars, wireless speakers, and other LG audio products.
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BioInteractive to Unveil Gesture Wristband at CES
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2017  | 
Vancouver-based startup BioInteractive Technologies plans to unveil a gesture wristband for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications at CES 2018, which kicks off in Las Vegas on January 9.
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10 Smokin’ Deals at Shop Sound & Vision
SV Staff  |  Dec 15, 2017  | 
As we get down to the wire for online gift orders, here are 10 smokin’ deals worth checking out at Shop Sound & Vision.
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McIntosh Updates its Flagship Tower Speaker
SV Staff  |  Dec 14, 2017  | 
McIntosh today introduced an updated version of its flagship column speaker, the XRT2K.
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Amazon Now 3rd Largest Music Streaming Service
SV Staff  |  Dec 14, 2017  | 
Most of us think of Amazon as the world’s largest online store where you can buy anything — and it is, but the company has also become a dark horse in the race toward streaming supremacy as it rapidly expands it Amazon Music service.
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2018 Inductees
SV Staff  |  Dec 13, 2017  | 
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame today announced its Class of 2018 inductees, an eclectic group that includes…
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Ready for a Little Time Travel?
SV Staff  |  Dec 12, 2017  | 
How cool it would be to visit a major city and travel 20 years into the future — or 100 years in the past?
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New Tech Aims to Link TV Ad Exposure to Actual Sales
SV Staff  |  Dec 12, 2017  | 
If TV ads still figure into your TV watching, do they influence you to get off the couch and go test drive a new car or actually buy the product advertised?
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A Wireless Speaker that Visualizes Lyrics in Real-Time
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2017  | 
Here’s an idea: An app-based wireless speaker that visualizes lyrics on a translucent baffle/screen in real-time while the music is playing, creating a quasi-holographic effect.
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Verizon Targets 30 Million Homes for 5G Service
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2017  | 
Verizon said it plans to build out a super-fast 5G fixed-gigabit wireless service serving 30 million homes “over the next few years,” according to a report in Telecompetitor.
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Apple, Amazon Take Heat for How Siri and Alexa Respond to Rude Comments
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2017  | 
In the age of talking technology and artificial intelligence, it seems the social police have new things to worry — like how smart “virtual assistants” like Amazon’s Echo speaker respond to questions and comments.
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Puro Sound Expands Line of Kid-Safe Headphones
SV Staff  |  Dec 08, 2017  | 
Puro Sound Labs, the San Diego-based company “dedicated to fighting the growing epidemic of noise-induced hearing loss,” has expanded its line of volume-limited headphones for kids with a wireless on-ear model.
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Streaming Key for Nearly a Third of Internet Users
SV Staff  |  Dec 06, 2017  | 
New research from financial services company Raymond James shows that almost a third (31 percent) of Internet users polled in November cited streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu as their primary source of video content, up from 24 percent a year ago and just four percent behind the 35 percent of survey respondents who named cable as their primary source of video entertainment.
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