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Sonos Closes NYC Store for a Day In Protest of FCC Net Neutrality Ruling
SV Staff  |  Jan 29, 2018
Sonos closed its store in New York City’s trendy Soho district yesterday and blacked out its windows to protest the FCC’s December ruling lifting “net neutrality” regulations enacted to ensure equal access to the internet. Repeal of the regulations gives internet service providers greater control over the internet “pipe.”
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Audio Video News
Survey: Super Bowl to Spark Sales of 8.3 Million TVs
SV Staff  |  Jan 29, 2018
American adults are expected to spend a whopping $15.3 billion on purchases related to 2018 Super Bowl, a significant part of which will be earmarked for new TVs, according to a survey released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
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Grace Notes
Ion Raptor Portable Bluetooth Speaker, When Size Matters
Leslie Shapiro  |  Jan 29, 2018
Manly. Tough. Diesel. Heavy Duty. All-Beef Patty. Extra Cheese. Get out of my way. My truck is bigger than your truck. It has bumper stickers, lots of bumper stickers, all of them politically incorrect. And mudflaps. Say hello to my good buddy, the Ion Raptor.

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Make Room for HomePod
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 28, 2018

15 Minutes with Apple’s Phil Schiller

On Friday, Apple announced that it will begin taking pre-orders for the HomePod. We reached out to Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, for an inside look at the company’s entry into the burgeoning smart speaker space.

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Audio Video News
Super Bowl TV Deals Better than Black Friday
SV Staff  |  Jan 26, 2018
Are you ready for Super Bowl LII? How about your TV? Is it of suitable size and quality? 4K? Ready to put you on the field as the Patriots and Eagles fight for pigskin supremacy?
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Big Sick
Josef Krebs  |  Jan 26, 2018
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Shot on a budget of $5 million, acquired for $12 million, and promoted with a $20-million marketing budget, The Big Sick grossed $50 million worldwide and claimed much acclaim. For me, The Big Sick initially came across as The Big Suck, but on a second, more sobering screening, it made sense, building from the characters’ youthful shallowness to emotional growth into something like near-human depth.
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
David Vaughn  |  Jan 26, 2018
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When an extraterrestrial being is left behind on Earth, he befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott who, as luck would have it, is in dire need to be loved and wanted. He’s the middle of three children, and his parents’ recent divorce has put a strain on the household. The pair share a bond that leads to some trouble at school for Elliott, but in the end, E.T. just wants one thing—to go home—and Elliott and his family are more than willing to help this happen.
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Editor's Eye
How Retro Can You Go?
Rob Sabin  |  Jan 26, 2018
As we turn 60, it’s all about analog. Who’da thunk?

There’s some real irony in our February/March print issue, and it wasn’t planned. Well, maybe a little...

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Audio Video News
Apple Taking Orders for HomePod, Now Due Feb. 9
SV Staff  |  Jan 26, 2018
Apple announced that it will begin taking pre-orders today for the HomePod, its long anticipated entry into the bustling smart speaker market.
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Audio Video News
Sonos Announces Sonos One ‘Bundle’ Deal
SV Staff  |  Jan 25, 2018
Sonos today announced a limited-time deal on its new Sonos One smart speaker, one of Sound & Vision’s 2017 Top Picks of the Year in the Value category.
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