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How’s Your Hearing?
SV Staff  |  May 09, 2016  | 
Hearing loss is the third most common health problem in the U.S., affecting more than 36 million Americans today, according to the American Academy of Audiology.
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Meet Octaloofah, World’s Weirdest Bluetooth Speaker
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2016  | 
There may be a new reason to linger longer in the shower—at least that’s what Alex King, founder of the unique if not bizarre Octaloofah exfoliator/massager/shower speaker, hopes.
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MQA Inks Global Deal with Warner Music Group
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2016  | 
Warner Music Group (WMG) today announced a long-term global licensing deal with MQA, the company’s first deal with a major music company.
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Enthusiast Perspective — Captain America: Civil War
Leslie Shapiro, Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 05, 2016  | 
Marvel is unleashing its latest Captain America saga, hoping that the recent disappointing Superman/Batman outing by DC Comics has not diminished the public’s enthusiasm for comic-book mayhem. Last night, resplendent in my superhero costume and not pulling any punches, I heroically battled supervillain Ken Pohlmann at the press screening of Civil War....

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Audio Research Announces Foundation Series
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2016  | 
Audio Research is introducing the Foundation Series of tube-based components at the Munich High End Show.
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Sony Announces Slate of Audio Products
SV Staff  |  May 04, 2016  | 
Sony announced availability and pricing for nine new audio products, including two AV receivers, a Blu-ray player with Hi-Res audio capability, soundbar, and wireless speakers.
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MQA Announces Partnerships at Munich Show
SV Staff  |  May 04, 2016  | 
MQA is continuing to build partnerships and momentum for its Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) technology, which aims to bring studio quality playback to the home.
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Silicon Valley Startup Acquires Bowers & Wilkins
SV Staff  |  May 03, 2016  | 
Bowers & Wilkins, the venerable British speaker brand also known as B&W, has been acquired by EVA Automation, a two-year-old Silicon Valley-based technology company founded by Gideon Yu, a Korean-born high-tech investor and former president and current co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers football team.
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New Outdoor TVs Good Between –24° and 122° F
SV Staff  |  May 03, 2016  | 
Peerless-AV has announced the UltraView line of outdoor TVs designed to withstand temperature fluctuations from –24 to 122° F.
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Focal Introduces High-End Outdoor Speakers
SV Staff  |  May 03, 2016  | 
Focal, the French speaker manufacturer, has introduced a line of high-end outdoor speakers ranging in price from $349 to $665 apiece.
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Digital Side Channels Bring More Off-Air Choices
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 02, 2016  | 
Attention, cord cutters: Broadband isn’t the only alternative to cable and satellite operators.
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DEG Reports Strong Sales of 4K/UHD TVs & Discs
SV Staff  |  May 02, 2016  | 
Consumers have purchased more than 7 million 4K Ultra HD (UHD) TVs since they first hit the market in 2013, according to a new report from the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG).
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Reporter’s Notebook: Deadpool Unmasked
Corey Gunnestad  |  May 02, 2016  | 
Actor Ryan Reynolds, director Tim Miller and actor Ed Skrein at the Deadpool press event in Beverly Hills. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision.)

What Can You Get for 47 Dollars and a Bag of Skittles?

On Monday, April 11, 2016, the good folks at Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment were kind enough to invite a select few of us to a special global media event at the ever-so posh Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, California to herald the video release of one of its biggest box office successes, Deadpool on May 10. And I was lucky enough to attend...

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April 2016 Top Picks at a Glance
SV Staff  |  Apr 29, 2016  | 
Looking back over our Top Pick posts in April, we find a small, eclectic collection of AV gear that we can recommend without reservation. Most intriguing is a super compact projector that delivers shocking value—and brightness—for considerably less than a grand.
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Sony Announces HDR Update for VPL-VW365ES Projector
SV Staff  |  Apr 28, 2016  | 
Sony announced that it is bringing high dynamic range (HDR) capability to the $10,000 VPL-VW365ES home theater projector it introduced last fall. Current owners will be able to add the feature with a firmware update.
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