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LG Begins Rolling Out New OLED & NanoCell 4K TVs
SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2019
LG today announced that its 2019 “premium TV” lineup featuring the OLED and NanoCell LCD 4K/Ultra HD TVs unveiled at CES 2019, will begin rolling out this week in the U.S. and in LG’s homeland, South Korea with other countries to follow.
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U.K.’s PEEX Aims to Revolutionize Live Music
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2019
Have you ever attended a concert plagued by bad sound? Or maybe the question is have you ever experienced a live show that sounded as good as your favorite recordings — where sound wasn’t muffled and favorite harmonies or guitar solos weren’t buried in the mix?
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Building DIY Loudspeakers: How Hard Can it Be?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 05, 2019
Your phone has a 100 million-times more computing power than the Apollo guidance computer that landed men on the moon! How many times have you heard that? In fact, that is probably a reasonably true statement, and perhaps even underestimates just how powerful today's phones are. But one thing hasn't changed much since 1969, or even since its invention in 1925 - the dynamic loudspeakers in the astronaut's helmet headsets.

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1More Bundles Wireless Earbuds with Wearable Phone
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2019
China-based headphone specialist 1More, which claims to have sold 38 million headphones in 25 countries since 2014, has announced a bundle that pairs its $100 True Wireless (TWS) earbuds with what is being hailed as the “world's first commercially available wearable phone.”
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Vizio Announces March Madness Deals on 4K TVs
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2019
Vizio is back on the discount trail, this time to promote “March Madness Deals” on a handful of HDR-enabled 4K TVs and two Dolby Atmos-enabled soundbar systems.
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Nordost Setup Disc Unlocks Your System's Potential
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2019
Nordost has introduced an upgraded two-disc set to help set up and fine-tune any audio system.
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Security, Interoperability Big Concerns for Smart Speaker Buyers
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2019
New research from Strategy Analytics reveals that concerns over security and interoperability loom large for consumers who are considering buying a smart speaker. The report also found that, apart from early adopter “techies,” usage of smart speakers has actually gone down among many owners.
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A Star Is Born
Chris Chiarella  |  Mar 01, 2019
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A Star Is Born manages to rise above the nigh-unavoidable clichés of the music drama genre through the sheer, undeniable force of Bradley Cooper's love of his craft. Were this not already the third remake of the 1937 film, the potential cinematic pitfalls of this tale of frustrated singer/songwriter Ally (Lady Gaga), who struggles amid the boozy, druggy stumblings of entrenched headliner Jack (Cooper) would still be many.
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Luxman Aims to Reach More Vinyl Enthusiasts with New High-End Turntable
SV Staff  |  Mar 01, 2019
Luxman is hoping to reach a “slightly wider range of vinyl enthusiasts” with a new turntable that’s based on the highly regarded PD-171A turntable it introduced several years ago.
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Home Theater Planning: Walk Back the Design, Part 1
John Sciacca  |  Mar 01, 2019
When I first began my job as a custom installer back in 1998, I frequently had to explain to people exactly what our company did. “We install home theater systems; it’s like having a movie theater in your house,” I’d usually say.
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