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Sony Fills in the Blanks as it Rolls Out its 2018 TVs
Tom Norton  |  Mar 27, 2018
Sony held an event in New York last week to fill in the press on its new sets for 2018. These were first seen at the 2018 CES, though without prices or delivery dates. We now have that information, and all of the 2018 Sony models should be available at a store near you soon, if they’re not already there.
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Klipsch Reference Theater Pack Speaker System Review
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 27, 2018

Reference Theater Pack
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R-8SWi Subwoofer
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PRICE $999

AT A GLANCE
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Klipsch’s classic horn-loaded sound at a budget price
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Enclosure adds some coloration

THE VERDICT
This redesign of Klipsch’s bestselling sat/sub system makes some compromises from its predecessors—but still produces excellent sound.

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’60s Sci-Fi Classic ‘The Outer Limits’ Hits Blu-ray Today
SV Staff  |  Mar 27, 2018
It’s time for fans of’60s sci-fi television to rejoice. Starting today, Season 1 of the classic television series The Outer Limits is available on Blu-ray.
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Cambridge Audio Announces Its Best-Ever Hi-Fi Series
SV Staff  |  Mar 27, 2018
U.K.’s Cambridge Audio is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new high-end audio line that sets a “new standard for sound and design from the company.”
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LG Adds DTS Virtual:X Processing to New 4K TVs
SV Staff  |  Mar 27, 2018
DTS has announced that LG’s latest 4K/Ultra HD TVs will be the first TVs to integrate DTS Virtual:X audio processing, which delivers virtual height and surround sound without the need for additional speakers.
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LG Showcases 2018 OLED & Super UHD TVs
Tom Norton  |  Mar 26, 2018
LG held a product launch and reviewer workshop in Los Angeles last week, and I was there for the fun.
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CNN Expand News Coverage with Virtual Reality
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2018
CNN is aiming to take viewers to the front lines with the launch of CNNVR, the first virtual reality (VR) news app for the Oculus Rift VR headset.
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Moog Launches Minimoog Model D iOS App
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2018
Moog Music, creator of the iconic Moog synthesizer, today announced the launch of the Minimoog Model D iOS app for Apple devices.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Chris Chiarella  |  Mar 23, 2018
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It’s time to remind everyone what a big deal Terminator 2: Judgment Day still is. The action/adventure genre underwent a serious evolution in the ’80s, and by 1991, to be taken seriously, T2 had to be bigger and better than anything that had come before.

And it was.

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Dunkirk
Thomas J. Norton  |  Mar 23, 2018
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Less than three weeks after the Germans invaded France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force found themselves backed up against the English Channel. The evacuation that followed sought to rescue over 300,000 British and French troops using a combination of British warships and hundreds of “little boats.”
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