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Sennheiser’s Flagship Wireless Earbuds Now Shipping
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 04, 2024
Sennheiser is now shipping the high-performance Momentum True Wireless 4 earbuds it previewed at CES 2024.
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Signals
Man With A Movie Camera: Welcome To The Future, Comrade
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 04, 2024
Students of history will know that about 100 years ago, various events occurred in Russia. More specifically, between 1917 and 1924, the Russian Empire collapsed, the Bolsheviks won the Russian Civil War, the Soviet Union was formed, Lenin died, and Stalin took charge. And five years after that, in 1929, a guy made a movie.

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Ultra HD Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Creator
Ralph Potts  |  Mar 01, 2024
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Sound
Extras

Set in the year 2065, The Creator — recipient of Oscar nominations for Sound and Visual Effects — tells of a war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence that ensues after a nuclear device levels Los Angeles, killing millions. Joshua, a former Special Forces operative sent to track down AI’s mysterious leader, is now a shell of his former self after suffering a tragic loss in the line of duty. Years later, the military recruits him to locate the elusive architect of advanced AI and a weapon he created, which has the power to end the war… and humankind.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
LG’s 2024 QNED Mini-LED TVs Available for Pre-Order
SV Staff  |  Feb 29, 2024
LG has announced pricing and availability for the “QNED” series of mini-LED- and LED-backlit LCD TVs it previewed at CES 2024.
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Where to Stream Oscar-Nominated Movies
Barb Gonzalez  |  Feb 29, 2024
Have you seen any or all of the 10 films nominated for Best Picture? Or any of the films nominated in one of the other six categories? The 96th Academy Awards ceremony commences on Sunday, March 10 so there’s still time to catch any (or all) of the flicks you haven’t seen. To save you time, we put together a list of movies in the major nominating categories with details on where you can watch them.
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OSD NERO AB5 Active Studio Monitor Review
Dennis Young  |  Feb 28, 2024

Performance
Build Quality
Value
PRICE $200/pair

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Best speaker of any size, shape or configuration I've heard for the money
Small, easy to place

Minus
Needs wall power and a signal wire feed

THE VERDICT
My ears and wallet give the OSD Nero AB5 two big thumbs up.

Have you ever wondered why something good usually costs so much? Of course, we all have.

Outdoor Speaker Depot is a little-known—but celebrating a 20-year anniversary—Internet Direct site based out of Brea, CA, with quite a large array of goods to offer at prices that will make your jaw drop. The OSD Nero AB 5 is a case in point, utilizing active crossovers, bi-amped Class D amplifiers, digital signal processing, and quality drivers that rise above those typically seen at this price point. That's just scratching the surface of what is to be found.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
LG’s 2024 OLED TVs Available for Pre-Order with Perks
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 28, 2024
LG today announced that the opening of pre-orders with perks for the 2024 OLED evo G4 and C4 series TVs previewed last month at CES 2024 and expected to ship in late March.
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Emotiva Unveils 8-Model Airmotiv X Series Featuring Folded-Ribbon Tweeter
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 27, 2024
Emotiva, the Tennessee-based company that prides itself on delivering high-quality speakers and audio gear at prices that don’t break the bank, today introduced a new eight-model series of timbre-matched speakers built around the same 1 x 1.25-inch folded-ribbon tweeter.
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Special Features
Moody Blues: Passed, Present, And Future
Mike Mettler  |  Feb 27, 2024
How The Moody Blues co-created the hybrid music genre known as orchestral rock by going all-in on making their groundbreaking audiophile-favorite masterpiece, November 1967’s Days of Future Passed.
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A/V Veteran
Dune Week
Tom Norton  |  Feb 27, 2024
Just in case you've been living under a rock somewhere, you need to know that the film Dune: Part Two will arrive at a theater near you this coming Friday, March 1, 2024. That would place its story about 10,000 years into a future envisioned by writer Frank Herbert in his famous 1965 science fiction novel, directed in this latest film incarnation, by Denis Villeneuve.
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