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MQA Update Now Available for Pioneer and Onkyo Portable Music Players
SV Staff  |  Apr 12, 2016
Starting today, a free MQA update is available for Pioneer’s XDP-100R digital audio player ($700) and Onkyo’s just released DP-X1 ($900).

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Denon Adds Budget 4K/HDR-Ready Receivers
SV Staff  |  Apr 11, 2016
Denon has announced that it will add two 4K/HDR-ready AV receivers to its budget S Series by the end of the month.
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Nativ Launches Hi-Res Music System on Indiegogo
SV Staff  |  Apr 11, 2016
Hong Kong-based Nativ today announced the launch of its Nativ Vita high-resolution wireless touchscreen music player and Nativ Wave DAC on the crowd funding site Indiegogo. As of today, the company has 50 backers and has reached 53 percent of its $100,000 goal with 60 days to go.
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Netflix 4K Now Available on Dish’s Hopper 3 DVR
SV Staff  |  Apr 08, 2016
Dish announced today that the Netflix catalog of 4K Ultra HD (UHD) TV shows and movies is now available on its Hopper 3 DVR, which decodes and outputs native 4K at 60 frames per second with 10-bit color.

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Klipsch Announces Limited Edition Heritage Speakers
SV Staff  |  Apr 07, 2016
Klipsch is commemorating its 70th anniversary by issuing limited runs of the iconic Klipschorn and Heresy Heritage series speakers. Special attention has been paid to the details of each new speaker, as they features design enhancements, exotic wood veneer finishes, special edition logos, and unique grille cloths.
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Throwback Thursday
Flashback 1973: First “Mobile Telephone” Call
SV Staff  |  Apr 07, 2016
Back in April of 1973 when Martin Cooper made the first public call on a handheld cellular phone while walking down a New York City street, few could have imagined that the Motorola DynaTAC “brick” phone (shown here in prototype form) would evolve into a super-slim, do-everything pocket computer—a.k.a. the smartphone we take for granted today.
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Countdown to the Masters, Live in 4K
SV Staff  |  Apr 06, 2016
If you can’t make it to Augusta for the 2016 Masters Tournament, no worries. AT&T and DirecTV are putting golf fans “on the green” by broadcasting the event live in 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) starting tomorrow, Thursday, April 7.
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Top 10 Movies, TV Shows: Blu-ray vs. Digital
SV Staff  |  Apr 05, 2016
Game of Thrones: The Complete 5th Season and Sisters were the top selling Blu-ray and digital titles, respectively, as of mid-March, according to the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), while Daredevil and The Walking Dead grabbed the top spots in this week’s Top 10 Digital Originals and Top 10 All Shows lists...
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Fluance Turntables Available for Pre-order on Kickstarter
SV Staff  |  Apr 04, 2016
Fluance has announced that its first line of turntables is now available for pre-order on Kickstarter.
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WiSA Issues Wireless Home Theater Update
SV Staff  |  Apr 04, 2016
David Carlick, interim president of the Wireless Speaker & Audio Association, a.k.a. WiSA, issued a statement last week about progress being made or, as he put it, “the opening curtain on the WiSA Standard as the solution for high definition, multi-channel audio— big sound for big TV's.”
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