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Electronic/Instrumentalist Composer Emancipator Releases 5th Album
SV Staff  |  Nov 17, 2017
Classically trained electronic/instrumental composer/producer Emancipator (Doug Appling) — known for creating a unique blend of jazz, electronic, bossa nova, chillwave, hip-hop, world and classical music with his five-piece ensemble — today announced the release of his fifth album, Baralku.
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Throwback Thursday
Flashback 1977: ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ Opens
SV Staff  |  Nov 16, 2017
Forty years ago today Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi masterpiece Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a tale about UFOs and the ultimate alien encounter, opened in a limited number of theaters before hitting “theaters everywhere” in December 1977.
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Audio Video News
Echo Security Glitch Found
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 16, 2017
British researchers have found a security vulnerability in Amazon Echo speakers that would allow hackers to install malicious software and listen in on your conversations.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Klipsch Adds On-Wall Speakers to Reference Series
SV Staff  |  Nov 16, 2017
Klipsch today introduced a new line of space-efficient on-wall speakers designed to complement wall-mounted TVs.
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Can I Link My AVR to a Soundbar in Another Room?
Al Griffin  |  Nov 16, 2017
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at AskSandV@gmail.com

A Can I link my Sony STR-DN1060 AV receiver with a Sony soundbar using its Zone 2 output? What I want is for the receiver to drive speakers in my main listening room and for the soundbar to play the same audio in a second room. —Lewis Starman / via e-mail

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Projector Reviews
Optoma UHD65 4K DLP Projector Review
Thomas J. Norton  |  Nov 15, 2017
Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $2,500

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Superb resolution in HD and UHD
Effective HDR for a projector
Affordable price
Minus
Poor contrast and black level
HDR color banding

THE VERDICT
If pure picture quality with 1080p standard dynamic range will dominate your viewing there are better options out there at this price and lower. But none of them will do what the Optoma can: accept a 4K input, provide a reasonable facsimile of high dynamic range, and offer picture detail challenged only by native 4K projectors costing many times its price.

Optoma has been in the projector business for years. Go to the company’s website, and you’ll see a bewildering array of models. But the UHD65 is one of the first models to make use of a new 4K DMD (Digital Micromirror Device), the core of Texas Instruments’ Digital Light Processing technology. And along with its sister model, the UHD60, it’s one of the cheapest.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Triad Expands In-Ceiling Speaker Lineup
SV Staff  |  Nov 15, 2017
Triad Speakers has expanded its R Series of in-ceiling speakers with six models, ranging in price from $225/pair to $325 apiece.
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Audio Video News
Synaptics Announces Hi-Res THX-Certified Codec for Headphones
SV Staff  |  Nov 15, 2017
San Jose-based Synaptics has announced the availability a THX Certified audio codec that supports high-resolution playback on headphones.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Shinola Introduces Canfield Headphone Collection
SV Staff  |  Nov 15, 2017
The Detroit-based industrial design and manufacturing company Shinola is expanding its audio offerings with a line of precision-built headphones.
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Audio Video News
Sound & Vision Tech Tidbits December 2017
SV Staff  |  Nov 14, 2017
LG Welcomes Sling TV to 2017 OLED and Super UHD models. And its ad-supported Channel Plus app now offers more than 100 streaming channels...

Netflix and Dolby Atmos are now a thing. Initial titles will include Okia, Blame, Death Note, Bright, and Wheelman, while supported streaming devices include 2017 LG OLED TVs, Xbox One, and Xbox One S...

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