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Is Apple Developing a High-End Headphone?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 20, 2018
Keeping track of Apple rumors is a full-time job. And I must admit that since I am not an Apple fanboy, I don't really pay close attention. But one persistent rumor is that Apple will soon launch a new headphone — and dare I say it — it may be an audiophile headphone.

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Going Behind the Scenes in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
SV Staff  |  Mar 19, 2018
If you missed Star Wars: The last Jedi in theaters you can now stream it in Dolby Vision 4K on Vudu or on Movies Anywhere — or you can wait until the 4K/Ultra HD Blu-ray hits next Tuesday (March 27).
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Audio Video News
Screen Sizes Get Bigger as TV Sales Slip
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 19, 2018
2017 was not a banner year for TV sales, despite growth for 4K (Ultra HD) TV and even 8K TV.
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Tech Tidbits March 2018
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 19, 2018
The First 8K channel will be launched by NHK, the Japanese broadcast authority, later this year. How much programming will support it remains to be seen...

Samsung may return to OLED manufacturing, say anonymous sources quoted by a Korean-language news site. But this time it would combine the brightness of Samsung’s quantum dot with the black levels of OLED...

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Roger Daltrey's Hearing Loss: Who's Sorry Now
Leslie Shapiro  |  Mar 18, 2018
At a recent solo concert in Las Vegas, Roger Daltrey urged his fans, “I advise you all, all you rock’n’roll fans, take your f***ing ear plugs to the gigs.” Daltrey, age 74, admits that he's “very, very deaf” and relies on reading lips. While most people lose some hearing as they age, years and years of loud music has most likely caused profound hearing loss in The Who's lead singer. Sadly, it's a condition that is preventable. “If only we had known when we were younger.”

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Logan Lucky
Chris Chiarella  |  Mar 16, 2018
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Director/Producer Steven Soderbergh is an admirably free thinker, a true creative with an eye on the future of filmmaking. He’s very particular about the projects he chooses, emerging from pseudo-retirement to direct his latest, Logan Lucky. Made largely outside the Hollywood system he walked away from, it still managed to score some A-list talent on a modest budget, with James Bond and Kylo Ren likely welcoming the opportunity to play against type, as a down-on-his-luck explosives expert and a goodhearted sad-sack, respectively.
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American Made
Brandon A. DuHamel  |  Mar 16, 2018
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The dramedy action film American Made from director Doug Liman (Swingers, Edge of Tomorrow) is based on the true story of airline pilot Barry Seal (played here by Tom Cruise), who in the late 1970s was recruited by the CIA to become a drug runner for the Medellin cartel in Central America. Seal eventually became a key figure in what would turn out to be one of the biggest political scandals in the following decade, the Iran-Contra “gate.” While this might sound like heavy material, American Made is far from a heavy film.
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Audio Video News
Bose Augments Aural Reality
SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2018
Bose is getting into augmented reality (AR) — with a twist: Its new AR platform will specialize in delivering audio.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Onkyo's New 7.2-Channel AV Receiver Costs $400
SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2018
Onkyo has expanded its 2018 AV receiver lineup with a 7.2-channel model that costs only $400.
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TV Antennas Making a Comeback
SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2018
Chart courtesy of Parks Associates.

New research from Dallas-based Parks Associates shows that a growing number of American are using good old-fashioned TV antennas to pull in pristine digital broadcasts over the air.

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