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James Unveils High-Performance Tower Speakers
SV Staff  |  Jul 24, 2017  | 
James Loudspeaker today introduced a series of high-performance floorstanding speakers that leverages technology used in its flagship BE-Series of in-wall speakers.
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Optoma Mini LED Projector Boasts Media Player
SV Staff  |  Jul 21, 2017  | 
Optoma has introduced an Android-based, plug-and-play projector with a built-in media player, dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 wireless connectivity, and a 20,000-hour LED light source.
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GoldenEar’s Triton Reference Arrives in Stores
SV Staff  |  Jul 21, 2017  | 
GoldenEar Technology’s Top Pick-designated Triton Reference speaker has shipped to more than 100 of the brand’s authorized dealers in North America and pre-order customers, announced Sandy Gross, company president and co-founder.

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Dirac Teams with Oppo to Improve Smartphone Audio
SV Staff  |  Jul 20, 2017  | 
Dirac Research, the Swedish technology company best known among S&V readers for its Dirac Live speaker setup/room-correction system, today announced a strategic partnership with Oppo Electronics to equip Oppo smartphones with its mobile audio optimization solutions.
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Brainwavz Offers 2-Year Warranty on Dual-Driver Earphones
SV Staff  |  Jul 20, 2017  | 
Headphones are hot. So hot that news releases touting “latest and greatest” models seem to hit our inbox every other day. The most recent press announcement is from Brainwavz Audio, a Hong Kong-based brand specializing in headphones.
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CEDIA Announces Finalists for Home Tech Pro Awards
SV Staff  |  Jul 19, 2017  | 
Thinking about hiring a custom installation professional? CEDIA, a.k.a. the Custom Electronics Design and Industry Association, has announced the finalists for its Home Technology Professional Awards competition honoring the “best projects” completed by members in the past year.
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Samsung Bows Wood-Framed TV
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 19, 2017  | 
We’ve lived with wall-mounted TVs long enough that they’ve become a cliché—or worse, a visual intrusion. Samsung addresses that problem with a TV called The Frame. This wooden-framed TV imitates a framed picture with an “art mode” that lets you select from 100 different still images in 10 categories, including landscape, architecture, wildlife, action, and drawing.
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Delta Offers Deluxe Headphones
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 19, 2017  | 
Delta flyers in first and business classes are in for a treat. The airline has upgraded their headphones to a version of the LSTN Sound Co.’s Troubadour, a full-size over-the-ear model with wooden earcups and noise cancellation. Similar (but not identical) products sell on the LSTN website starting at $149. The partnership will support the Starkey Hearing Foundation, which has provided ear care and hearing aids to 22,000 people around the world.
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ATSC 3.0: TV’s Next Generation
Bob Ankosko  |  Jul 19, 2017  | 
15 Minutes with ATSC President Mark Richer

ATSC 3.0 is hailed by its proponents as a revolution in technology that will transform TV broadcasting by bringing together internet and over-the-air signals with a common IP backbone. We reached out to Mark Richer, president of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, to learn more.

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House of Marley Brings Sustainable Design to Wireless Earphones
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2017  | 
House of Marley, the company co-founded by the son of the late reggae icon Bob Marley, has introduced a Bluetooth-enabled wireless version of its top-selling Smile Jamaica earphones.
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Audio-Technica Ships All-Digital Wireless Headphones
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2017  | 
Audio-Technica today announced that the all-digital wireless headphones it previewed seven months ago at CES 2017 are now available.
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Harman Acquires Arcam
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2017  | 
Harman International, the legendary audio brand recently acquired by Samsung, today announced its acquisition of U.K-based A&R Cambridge Ltd., a.k.a. Arcam, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jam Industries.
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Sharp Aquos TVs Previewed at CES Now Available
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2017  | 
Hisense USA has announced that the Sharp Aquos TVs previewed seven months ago at CES 2017 are now available in screen sizes from 32 to 65 inches at prices ranging from $230 for a 32-inch HD model to $1,300 for a 65-inch 4K/HDR-capable set.
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Denon Unveils ‘Fully Loaded’ $1,000 AVR
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2017  | 
Denon today introduced a “fully-loaded” 7.2-channel AV receiver that supports passthrough of all three high dynamic range (HDR) formats—HDR10, Dolby Vision and HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma).
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LG OLED Sweeps 2017 TV Shootout
Rob Sabin  |  Jul 14, 2017  | 
Photo by Matt Murray, Courtesy Value Electronics

In what appears to be an ongoing trend, LG took top honors Thursday at this year's TV Shootout at CE Week in New York. This marks the 4th consecutive year that LG's current top OLED model, this time the 65-inch E7, was declared the annual "King of TV" — a title even more deserving than in year's past thanks to the set sweeping all three of the judging categories.

But despite what by now seems like a familiar or expected result, this year's event was more competitive and interesting than in recent years, with at least one set that very nearly equaled the LG, and others that failed to come as close as we'd have expected.

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