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Streaming Subs Are Explorers
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 28, 2017
It’s no surprise that Parks Associates finds 59 percent of U.S. broadband households subscribe to a streaming service like Netflix, Amazon, or Hulu—or that the trend is upward. But those streaming subscribers are also in an exploratory mood, with “an increase in households subscribing to two, three, or even four or more services,” reports Brett Sappington, Parks’s senior research director.
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Audio Video News
Oppo Adds MQA to UDP-205 4K Blu-ray Player
SV Staff  |  Nov 28, 2017
Oppo today announced the availability of a firmware update that adds MQA decoding to its UDP-205 4K/Ultra HD Blu-ray player, the $1,299 audiophile version of the UDP-203 one of Sound & Vision’s 2017 Top Picks.
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How Important Is Your Internet Connection?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 28, 2017
How important is internet connectivity? In a poll of 18- to 25-year-olds in the U.K., they valued a good internet connection more highly than trifles such as a healthy diet, hot water, daylight, and the welfare system. Now, I admit that vegetables have never been high on my favorites list. Hmm....
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Audio Video News
Online Sales Boom on Thanksgiving, Black Friday
SV Staff  |  Nov 27, 2017
Between Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, online shoppers in the U.S. shelled out close to $8 billion ($7.9 billion), representing an 18 percent increase over sales during the same period last year, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks online transactions at the largest 100 online retailers.
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Audio Video News
And More Cyber Monday Deals…
SV Staff  |  Nov 27, 2017
As a follow-up to the Black Friday deals we published on the eve of Thanksgiving, and as a companion to the deals offered through our own Shop:Sound & Vision portal, here are a few of the Cyber Monday deals that hit our inbox today. Most are only good through midnight so act quickly if you see something you can’t live without.
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Audio Video News
Big Cyber Monday Deals @ Shop S&V
SV Staff  |  Nov 27, 2017
Attention online shoppers! Your big day has arrived, and our own Shop:Sound & Vision portal has done your homework for you. Click here for one-stop access to all the hot Cyber Monday deals offered by our retail partners including Amazon, Crutchfield, Best Buy, Wal-mart, and others. You can easily search by product category, brand, or retailer to identify just the right holiday gift!

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Can I Play 4K/Ultra HD Discs On My 1080p TV?
Al Griffin  |  Nov 27, 2017
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at AskSandV@gmail.com

A I’m interested in buying a new Ultra HD Blu-ray player but don’t yet own a 4K TV due to budget constraints. Can an Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc be played on a regular HDTV? What quality issues would I run into? —Billy Keener / via e-mail

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Audio Video News
And More Hot Black Friday Deals...
SV Staff  |  Nov 24, 2017  |  First Published: Nov 22, 2017
Along with a variety of manufacturer-direct offers being served up for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, our own Sound & Vision shopping portal has identified a ton of attractive online deals from our retailer partners including Amazon, Crutchfield, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and others. Click here to drill down by product category, brand, or retailer for all the hot bargains.

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Audio Video News
Here Comes the Deal
SV Staff  |  Nov 24, 2017  |  First Published: Nov 22, 2017
Are you ready for the Big Sale Day? Or are you planning to skip the whole kerfuffle and go to the movies or play a round of Top Golf? If you are, indeed, a BF shopper here are a few of the manufacturer-sponsored deals we’ve been alerted to in recent days. And don't miss the great online deals identified by Sound & Vision's own shopping portal from its retailing partners Amazon, Crutchfield, Best Buy, Wal-mart, and others.

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Xbox One X: All the 4K HDR You Want in One Box
Barb Gonzalez  |  Nov 22, 2017
The new Xbox One X launched in early November so I have had a couple weeks to test it. With streaming 4K HDR capabilities, 4K HDR gaming, and a built-in 4K/Ultra HD player, this game console has all the 4K content you could want in one device. However, Microsoft is pushing gaming at the expense of simplified streaming and movie/TV/video playback.
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