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Sonos Drops ‘Recycle Mode’ Requirement for ‘Trade Up’ Program
SV Staff  |  Mar 09, 2020
Sonos is apparently looking to win back favor from longstanding customers who were pissed when the company announced in January that some of its older products would stop receiving updates in May.
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Optoma Unveils 240 Hz-Capable 4K Gaming Projectors
SV Staff  |  Mar 09, 2020
Hot on the heels of last week’s introduction of three budget projectors, Optoma today unveiled two 240-Hz-capable 4K Ultra HD projectors aimed at home theater and gaming enthusiasts.
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Kickstarter Campaign Aims to Fund Cassette Player
SV Staff  |  Mar 09, 2020
Paris-based Mulann SA has launched a Kickstarter campaign under the brand RecordingTheMasters to fund the development of a portable cassette player it calls Mystik.
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Vintage GearAudio Video News
Enter the (Nakamichi) Dragon
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 06, 2020
It’s always interesting to see what new treasures turn up at New Jersey-based vintage hi-fi specialist SkyFi Audio. There’s certainly no shortage of gear to drool over — like the 1963 Fisher SA-1000 tube amp. Or the Nakamichi Dragon we spotted on the “just arrived” list.
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Music Reviews
Remaster Class: King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 06, 2020
Few artists have oh-so-quantifiably defined their own uncopiable sound as definitively as King Crimson did with their October 1969 debut, the full-title-mouthful In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson. This five-track, beyond-progressive salvo brought together forward-thinking pastoral, orchestral, jazz, and blues-rock sounds into a distinctive blend that only served to widen the overall aural palette of the most formative decade in popular music.
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Andover Unveils its First Planar-Magnetic Headphones
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2020
Massachusetts-based Andover Audio has introduced over-ear planar-magnetic headphones that can be driven by any audio source, including smartphones and portable music players.
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Samsung Launches 2020 QLED Line of 4K and 8K TVs
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2020
Samsung today announced that the 2020 QLED 4K and 8K TVs it previewed at CES in January are now available for purchase or pre-order.
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Audio Video News
Lenbrook Expands/Updates BluOS Streaming Platform
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2020
NAD parent company Lenbrook has announced a series of updates for its BluOS multiroom streaming platform, including expanded home theater integration options.
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Audio Video News
Countdown: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ in 4K
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2020

Forty-three years after Star Wars captured the imagination of movie-goers around the globe, the nine-part story has finally reached its conclusion with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. But as readers of this magazine well know, no movie is really consummated until it appears on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc.

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Media Server ReviewsStreaming Device Reviews
TiVo EDGE DVR Review
David Vaughn  |  Mar 04, 2020

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $400 + service fees (varies by plan)

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Supports 4K/HDR, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos
Voice-activated search
Terrific program guide
Minus
High up-front cost
No Disney+ or Apple TV+ support
TiVo+ Network is a work in progress

THE VERDICT
TiVo's next-gen DVR is a timely update that adds support for Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos sound, along with a more sophisticated voice search feature.

When TiVo burst on the scene in 1999, it changed the way millions of people watched TV. Gone were the days of manually setting up a recording on your VCR and then having to wait for a program to finish. Now, by using TiVo's DVR, you could not just record but pause Live TV in order to answer a phone call or take a bathroom break.

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