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Oh the Irony: Rovi Swallows TiVo
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 30, 2016  | 
Rovi has bought TiVo, everyone’s favorite DVR maker, and adopted its name. Why is this $1.1 billion deal so richly ironic? Rovi got its start in 1983 as Macrovision, a videocassette anti-copy system that caused strobing of images on playback of illegal tape-to-tape copies. As an unintended side effect, the system sometimes did the same even with authorized prerecorded tapes. So it’s quite an eyebrow raiser to see Macrovision’s successor absorbing a company devoted to personal video recording.
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Interest in Hi-Res Audio Continues to Grow
SV  |  Aug 30, 2016  | 
In recent years, the music and consumer electronics industries have collaborated to lead a resurgence of interest in high-resolution audio. The movement is a reaction to the perceived loss of appreciation for recording-quality music resulting from the widespread adoption of compressed digital music formats (MP3, AAC, WMA) developed for digital download, players, and sharing services.
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Yamaha Unveils New MusicCast-Ready Receiver
SV Staff  |  Aug 30, 2016  | 
Yamaha today announced the addition of a MusicCast-enabled model to its line of two-channel network receivers, optimized for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth streaming and smart-device connectivity.
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Livv Headphone Boasts Patented No-Slip Headband
SV Staff  |  Aug 29, 2016  | 
If a rapper can design and market headphones why not an NFL football player?
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Procella Introduces One Monster of a Subwoofer
SV Staff  |  Aug 29, 2016  | 
Swedish speaker company Procella Audio today announced a new monstrous flagship subwoofer rated to play down to 18 Hz and hit a maximum continuous output of 137 dB (143 dB peak
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Amazon May Add Music Streaming to Echo
SV Staff  |  Aug 26, 2016  | 
Amazon is working on a couple ad-free music streaming service, one of which would be exclusive to its wildly popular Echo Bluetooth speaker/personal assistant.

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Phase Tech Updates dARTS Calibration System
SV Staff  |  Aug 26, 2016  | 
Phase Technology, the company that invented the soft-dome tweeter nearly 50 years ago under the United Speakers Systems banner, will demonstrate a new version of its sophisticated dARTS room calibration system at the upcoming CEDIA trade exhibition that opens in Dallas on September 15.
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Parasound Introduces First Four-Zone DAC/Crossover
SV Staff  |  Aug 26, 2016  | 
In advance of CEDIA, which opens in Dallas on September 15, Parasound has announced the ZoneMaster 4 DAX, which it says is the first four-zone DAC with built-in crossovers.
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Sony Expands Hi-Res Listening at Magnolia
SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2016  | 
Sony and Best Buy today announced that starting this week Sony Hi-Res Listening Stations are being rolled out to 250 Magnolia Home Theater locations around the country, joining the 82 Magnolia Design Centers that have had listening stations since late last year. The rollout is expected to be complete by September.
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Netflix Tool Helps You Dodge Overage Charges
SV Staff  |  Aug 23, 2016  | 
Is your Netflix consumption pushing your mobile data consumption past the cap? The company has new tool to help subscribers dodge overage charges.
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Vizio Updates SmartCast App
SV Staff  |  Aug 23, 2016  | 
Vizio today announced enhancements to the SmartCast App it introduced earlier this year and announced that Google Play Movies & TV will be integrated into the app.
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LG Rolls Out Channel Plus for Smart TVs
SV Staff  |  Aug 23, 2016  | 
LG is rolling out an upgrade for its webOS 3.0-enabled smart TVs called Channel Plus.
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Movie Server Pioneer Kaleidescape Calls it Quits
SV Staff  |  Aug 22, 2016  | 
Kaleidescape, the company that pioneered the movie server category and waged an unsuccessful decade-long battle over the right to sell disc-ripping movie servers, has closed its doors.

UPDATE: As was reported on soundandvision.com, Kaleidescape announced on Friday, September 9th that it had secured new funding and reopened its doors as a slimmed down operation with plans to continue selling its new Strato line. You can read the story here.

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HiFiMan Unveils SuperMini Hi-Res Audio Player
SV Staff  |  Aug 22, 2016  | 
HiFiMan today introduced a super compact audio player that plays files at resolutions up to 192 kHz/24-bit and supports all lossless file formats including DSD.
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Levitating Speakers Are Apparently a Thing
SV Staff  |  Aug 22, 2016  | 
Whether it dates back to classic TV shows like My Favorite Martian who knows but levitating speakers are apparently a thing. We recommended the Om/One novelty speaker in our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide and now Taiwan-based ASWY has announced that it will unveil a prototype wireless home theater system with levitating speakers at IFA 2016 in Berlin, which opens September 4.
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