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Yamaha's New Big-Screen Vision
 |  Nov 19, 2000  | 

Last week, <A HREF="http://www.yamaha.com/yec/index1.htm">Yamaha</A>, traditionally known to American consumers as a specialist in audio equipment, announced that it will enter the home entertainment projector market. The first offering in Yamaha's new product line is a high-resolution projector, based on <A HREF="http://www.dlp.com">Digital Light Processing</A> (DLP) technology and intended for home theater use. Yamaha says that the projector is due to be released next spring.

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Yamaha's New DVX-700 HTiB
SV Staff  |  Dec 26, 2008  | 
Yamaha is just releasing a new home-theater-in-a-box, the DVX-700. It's a small system - 2.1-channel with an upconverting DVD player. This elegant system features two front speakers with a 2.125-inch woofer and a 1-inch tweeter. The separate...
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Yamaha’s Announces Sleek $200 Soundbar
SV Staff  |  Aug 09, 2016  | 
Yamaha today announced plans to ship a low-profile $200 soundbar featuring Bluetooth streaming and two built-in “subwoofers” in mid-August.
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Yamaha’s DTS:X Firmware Updates Coming Soon
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2016  | 
Yamaha today announced that DTS:X firmware updates for several Dolby-Atmos-enabled receivers and other products will be available soon.
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Yamaha’s New 2.1-Channel Receiver Boasts YPAO Room Correction
SV Staff  |  Sep 20, 2017  | 
Yamaha has introduced an $800 follow-up to the $350 stereo receiver it shipped last month.
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Yamaha’s New Slimline AVR Boasts Voice Control and Wireless Surround
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2018  | 
Yamaha today unveiled a 5.1-channel AV receiver offering Alexa voice control and wireless surround capability in a space-saving “slimline” design.
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Yamaha’s New Slimline AVR Has Bluetooth Output
SV Staff  |  Oct 05, 2015  | 
Yamaha is expanding its Slimline series of AV receivers, which includes the Top Pick winning RX-S600 introduced last year.
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Yes Looks Back and Forward as its Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Nears
SV Staff  |  Mar 28, 2017  | 
Photo: Glenn Gottlieb. Logo: Roger Dean c.2016.

As the members of Yes prepare for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2017 next Friday (April 7) at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, NY, drummer Alan White looks back on the band's nearly 50-year history and what's still to come for one of the world's most influential, ground-breaking, and respected progressive rock bands.

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Yes, RadioShack Stores Still Exist
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 28, 2024  | 
You probably won’t find a RadioShack in your local mall anymore but you might find one in a small town...like Sitka in southeastern Alaska.
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Yes, You Can Make LG’s Transparent OLED TV Look Like a Fish Tank
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 09, 2024  | 
You have to hand it to LG for letting their R&D department dream up far-out TV designs.
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You Can Never be TOO Thin...
SV Staff  |  May 08, 2008  | 
According to news out of Korea, the new LG Scarlet TV is the world's thinnest TV. Well, at 45mm thick, it  is quite thin. But the thinnest model in the world? Not so fast, Ms. Scarlet. In a scene that could play out behind the scenes at the...
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You Get What You Pay For
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2008  | 
Who doesn't love a bargain? But, how can you really tell what you're getting? Remember when generic products were all the craze? You would buy a box of chocolate chip cookies, and the cookies would have like one scrawny...
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You Tube, TiVo?
SV Staff  |  Mar 12, 2008  | 
In the ongoing battle to lure consumers away from their PCs, TiVo has become the latest consumer electronics company to announce plans to bring Internet-based video content into the living room. TiVo will join Apple TV as the other hardware box...
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Younger TV Viewers Turning to On-Demand Services
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2018  | 
New research from Dallas-based Parks Associates finds that as live TV viewing continues to decline among U.S. broadband households, nearly 60 percent of the video viewed on a household’s main TV is on-demand content as opposed to traditional “linear” programming scheduled by broadcasters.
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Your 3-D TV Checklist
SV Staff  |  Jan 19, 2010  | 
Congratulations! Your new flat-screen TV is kick-ass! I sincerely admire its tremendous resolution, its vividly natural colors, its bright-as-daylight brightness, and its sheer size. There’s only one problem: It’s flat. No, I’m not...
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