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Eye on UHD: 14 Ultra HD Blu-ray Movies Reviewed
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2016
No format launch would be complete without movies to play, and UHD Blu-ray Disc boosters got more than they could have hoped for, with more than two-dozen titles from Sony, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate available concurrent with the debut of the Samsung UBD-K8500 player and all mastered with HDR10 high dynamic range. We asked our movie reviewers Tom Norton and David Vaughn for their top-line observations on 14 titles in the first batch to help you separate the demo-worthy from the duds.
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Throwback Thursday
Flashback 1998: Birth of the MP3 Player
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2016
Apple didn’t invent the MP3/digital music player but it did single-handedly create the market for it with the iPod, which debuted in October 2001 with the enticing tagline “1,000 songs in your pocket.” By mid 2003, sales of the iconic device topped 1 million. So if Apple didn’t invent the MP3 player, who did?
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Ask S&V
How Do I Connect Dual Subwoofers in My System?
Al Griffin  |  May 12, 2016
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at AskSandV@gmail.com

Q I have an old Yamaha RX-V1900 7.1 receiver that is still going strong. I know I should upgrade to a newer unit, but I spent around $2,000 on it back in 2008. Here’s my question. I have two powerful subwoofers and would like to connect both using a Y-adapter since the receiver only has a single subwoofer output. Will that function properly, or is it not even an option? —Jarrod Agesen

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Audio Video News
Dish Unleashes Fido TV
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 11, 2016
In case you missed it, the Dish Network has a channel devoted to dogs and the canine-inclined...
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Pioneer Rounds Out 2016 Line with $250 Receiver
SV Staff  |  May 11, 2016
The last piece to Pioneer’s 2016 AV puzzle is the 5.1-channel VSX-531 AV receiver, which is now available for $250.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Portal Aims to Redefine Wi-Fi Experience
SV Staff  |  May 11, 2016
Silicon Valley-based Ignition Design Labs has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new Wi-Fi router designed to “thrive” in congested environments with multiple bandwidth-hungry activities going on simultaneously.
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Apptitude
How TV Comedy Writers Use Tech for Laughs
Michael Antonoff  |  May 11, 2016
A look at how personal video broadcasting, virtual reality, and other budding technologies haven’t been lost on TV comedy writers.
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The S&V Interview
15 Minutes with Harman’s Audio Guru Sean Olive
Bob Ankosko  |  May 10, 2016
"The problem is that the current standard audio specifications for headphones and loudspeakers are almost useless in terms of indicating how good or bad they sound." —Sean Olive

Harman International, the multibillion company that supplies infotainment technology to automakers around the world and owns such storied audio brands as JBL, Infinity, Revel, Mark Levinson, and Lexicon, to name a few, dates back to 1953 when Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon founded one of audio’s most iconic brands, Harman Kardon. The pioneering brand, which introduced the world’s first hi-fi (and later stereo) receiver, started with a commitment to pursue high-quality sound. That commitment endures through the work of Sean Olive, a 23-year Harman veteran...

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Definitive Technology Announces New Bipolar Speaker Lineup
SV Staff  |  May 10, 2016
Definitive Technology today announced a redesigned fourth-generation version of the front/rear-radiating BP10 bipolar tower speaker it introduced 25 years ago.
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Signals
iXOOST Wants to Rev You Up
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 10, 2016
Referring to the sound of the 12-cylinder engines in Ferrari cars, conductor Herbert von Karajan said it was, "a melody that no conductor would ever be able to reproduce." Considering that the maestro was not modest when speaking of his abilities, that is quite a compliment. He was right, of course; some engines, tuned with the right exhaust, yield a glorious sound. With further tuning, apparently they can also yield glorious music.

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