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7 Ways To Test If You Have Good Speakers
SV Staff  |  Oct 09, 2009  | 
What do good speakers sound like? Here’s what to listen for. Make sure to bring your own demo material so you’ll have a known reference. A Natural Tonal Balance Acoustic instruments and vocals should sound realistic, not muddy or...
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7.1 From Day 1
Brent Butterworth  |  Mar 01, 2011  | 

Home theater enthusiasts have had seven speakers in their systems for a decade now, but only now is Hollywood finally catching up. Last Saturday, Dolby Laboratories feted the release of the Megamind Blu-ray Disc, which it says is the first movie released in 7.1-channel sound in theaters and on Blu-ray. A screening of the Blu-ray Disc in the company's technically unassailable theater was preceded by a discussion with Erik Aadahl, one of the movie's two supervising sound editors.

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8 in 10 American Homes Now Have Broadband
SV Staff  |  Dec 10, 2015  | 
Eight in 10 American homes (81 percent) now have broadband Internet service, a three-fold increase over the number of homes (26 percent) that had a high-speed connection a decade ago, according to a new study from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG).
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8 Million TVs and Nothing's On
SV Staff  |  Jun 23, 2008  | 
On February 17, 2009, the entire fleet of RVs, all 8 million of them, will be thrown into disarray. Campers and retirees from Happy Isles campground in Yosemite, to the Wal-Mart parking lot in Yonkers, will run into the streets in full panic mode,...
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800" of Plasma TV Goodness at Super Bowl XLI
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Feb 01, 2007  | 
Paying premium prices to sit in the exclusive Club Level at Miami's Dolphin Stadium during this year's Super Bowl means you won't have to actually watch the game from your primo perch. Instead, you'll be able to munch crackers and caviar while spilling champagne on yourself, all in front of one of eight 103" Panasonic Professional 1080p HD plasma displays (TH-103PF9UK).
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85,000 Times Faster than a Speeding Modem
Jon Iverson  |  Sep 19, 1999  | 

Researchers at Stanford University and the University of Washington in Seattle reported last week that digital high-definition TV signals (HDTV) had been successfully transmitted across the so-called "<A HREF="http://www.Internet2.org/">Internet2</A>" network. The group says that the transmission has proved the capability of Internet technology to transmit broadcast-quality video, in stark contrast to the poor-quality video loaded onto today's commercial Internet systems.

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8K Association Announces Key TV Performance Specs
SV Staff  |  Aug 29, 2019  | 
The 8K Association (8KA), a global industry group focused on facilitating the growth of the 8K ecosystem, today announced key performance attributes for next-generation 8K TVs that are already starting to trickle into the marketplace.
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8K Association Launches TV Certification Program
SV Staff  |  Jan 02, 2020  | 
The 8K Association (8KA) today announced the availability of a certification program for 8K TVs that boast a resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 pixels, four times that of the 4K Ultra HD standard.
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8K Tech Moves Forward but Will We Be Ready for It?
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2017  | 
Don’t worry, you won’t have to trade in your new 4K/Ultra HDTV for an 8K model any time soon but that doesn’t mean 8K technology isn’t moving forward.
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8K Television Tests Wow Viewers
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 21, 2012  | 
The transition from analog to digital TV opened our eyes to a world of vivid images that we now take for granted, but technology marches on, with the promise of something bigger and better always just around the corner. As consumer electronics companies lay the groundwork for a 4K television/video format that delivers four times the resolution of regular HDTV and prepare to roll out the first 4K TVs, an 8K format is already on the horizon.

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8K Update: What’s Next for the Budding TV System?
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 10, 2022  | 
When the original NTSC broadcast system gave way to high-definition television at the end of the 20th century it was the first major upgrade in almost 50 years, so it was a huge deal. A dozen or so years later, TV makers rolled out the first 4K Ultra HDTVs, which accounted for three-quarters of the 45 million TVs shipped in the U.S. last year, and, now, 8K beckons. But when will the next-gen TV format actually start to take off? To get a handle on how things are progressing in the world of 8K, we decided to check in with Chris Chinnock, executive director of the 8K Association (8KA).
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8K: It’s About Hyper-Realism, Not Just More Pixels
Joe Palenchar  |  Jun 13, 2019  | 
8K TVs will reproduce “hyper-realistic” images that you can readily appreciate from typical viewing distances in your living room, challenging the myth that an 8K image’s 33.2 million pixels are too densely packed for the human eye to resolve, attendees learned at Tuesday’s 8K Display Summit.
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8K: The Next Big Thing in Home Entertainment
Bob Ankosko  |  Jun 11, 2020  | 
Life is good. You’re digging your big-screen Ultra HD TV, especially since you upgraded to a high dynamic range (HDR)-capable model that takes an already awesome picture and makes it even better. Add to that the expanding roster of 4K movies and TV shows you can stream or watch on disc and you’re all set. Which brings us to 8K, the next-generation TV format you’ve been hearing about — the one that delivers images four times more detailed than 4K.
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8X Blu-ray Disc Writer from Sony
SV Staff  |  Sep 23, 2008  | 
Sony's Blu-ray Disc writer is hitting its third incarnation. The new BWU-300S is the third-generation burner, and the price ain't too shabby. Suggested retail price is $400 for this single- or dual-layer burner. It burns at up to 8X speed, which...
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90% of Sony Products to be Networked By 2010
SV Staff  |  Jul 02, 2008  | 
We reported last week on Sony's initiative with bold business plans to carry through 2010 and beyond. What got lost in the shuffle was Sony's commitment to make 90% of its electronics network-enabled by 2010. That means your computer talks to your...
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