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The 5G Promise: Download Movies in Seconds
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2016  | 
The fifth generation of wireless technology, or 5G, holds the promise of blazing fast mobile Internet speeds that would make it possible to download a blockbuster movie in seconds. The technology is still in the developmental stage but England’s University of Surrey is working with tech companies to build the world’s first 5G network by 2018.
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Yamaha’s DTS:X Firmware Updates Coming Soon
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2016  | 
Yamaha today announced that DTS:X firmware updates for several Dolby-Atmos-enabled receivers and other products will be available soon.
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Stewart Filmscreen's New Woven Screen Is Acoustically Transparent
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2016  | 
At last week’s ISE show in Amsterdam, Stewart Filmscreen broke out the hilarious trailer of the upcoming Secret Life of Pets to demonstrate a new acoustically transparent screen material on a 16-foot-wide VistaScope Jumbo setup. Word has it that the highlight was a heart-pounding drum solo by rock legend Ginger Baker that topped 110 dB.
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The Summer Portables Are Here
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2016  | 
With Spring just around the corner, we’re starting to see press releases announcing portable audio products, especially outdoor Bluetooth speakers, like Monster’s new Rockin’ models.
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Watch Sunday’s Daytona 500 in VR
SV Staff  |  Feb 18, 2016  | 
If you’ve ever wished you could drive the track at Daytona you might want to strap on a Samsung Gear VR headset and tune into the Daytona 500 on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
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Get Ready for the Age of Eternal Data Archiving
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2016  | 
‘Superman Memory Crystal’ 5D Discs Can Store Data for Billions of Years

Scientists at the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have made a major step forward in the development of digital data storage that is capable of surviving for billions of years.

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Is the TV-Centric Living Room a Myth?
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2016  | 
Television has been a fixture of the living room for well over half a century but a new report out of the UK is challenging the notion that TV is still the focal point of activity there.
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Vizio Expands Roll-Out of D-Series UHD TVs
SV Staff  |  Feb 16, 2016  | 
Vizio today announced that the roll-out of its D-Series Ultra HD (UHD) TVs has been expanded and will now include Walmart, Best Buy, Sam's Club, Target, BJs Wholesale Club, Amazon, and Vizio.com.
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Sprint Takes Wi-Fi on the Road with Ride-Fi
SV Staff  |  Feb 16, 2016  | 
Plug Sprint’s Ride-Fi dongle into your car’s 12-volt power socket (formerly known as the cigarette lighter) and you create a Wi-Fi hotspot that’ll connect up to eight devices at a time while you’re cruising down the highway.
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Apple Music Hits 11 Million Subs
SV Staff  |  Feb 15, 2016  | 
It’s been less than eight months since the Apple Music streaming came online—and less than six months since it moved out of its beta phase—and the service has already signed up more than 11 million subscribers.
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Google Brings Free, Fast Internet to Public Housing
SV Staff  |  Feb 15, 2016  | 
West Bluff residents signing up for free gigabit Internet in Kansas City last week.

Residents of the West Bluff public housing in Kansas City, Missouri will be the first to receive free gigabit Internet service under a partnership between Google Fiber and ConnectHome, an initiative by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the White House to accelerate Internet adoption by families with school-age children in public housing.

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LH Labs Previews Inspire 5 Soundbar System
SV Staff  |  Feb 12, 2016  | 
LH Labs—short for Light Harmonic—which designed premium sound options for the Tesla S, will start taking preorders for two versions of its Inspire 5 soundbar system on Monday, February 15.
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Back to ’70s: Vinyl Premieres on HBO Sunday
SV Staff  |  Feb 12, 2016  | 
Vinyl, an HBO original TV series that delves into the underbelly of New York City’s music business in the 1970, premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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Sound & Vision Tech Tidbits February 11
SV Staff  |  Feb 11, 2016  | 
Best Buy Is Flaunting UHDTVs at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, following a similar effort last year at New York’s JFK. That may not fit in your carry-on...

A PlayStation Hack allows hundreds of games for the portable PlayStation Vita to work on the PlayStation TV console. That includes such gaming staples as Mortal Kombat and Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified...

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Gauging Success in the Age of Streaming
SV Staff  |  Feb 11, 2016  | 
Ever wonder what the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is doing these days to accurately gauge music sales at a time when CDs are all but dead and downloading has given way to the convenience of streaming from the likes of Pandora and Spotify?
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