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Giving a Voice to Forgotten Radios
SV Staff  |  Feb 25, 2016
Vintage radio repairman Allen Chiang appreciates the sound and design of long-forgotten radios. Models dating back to the pre-TV era when families gathered ’round the “talking box” to listen to the news and iconic serials like The Shadow or Buck Rogers. Sixties-era radios that conjure images of The Jetsons and a quaint vision of the future.
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Audio Video News
OLED Starts to Break Out Globally
SV Staff  |  Feb 24, 2016
The global market for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs grew nearly sevenfold in 2015, topping the $1 billion mark for the first time, according to a report from Korea’s Yonhap News Agency.
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Audio Video News
Retro Mania Run Amok: Long Live the…Cassette?
SV Staff  |  Feb 24, 2016
Vinyl is cool but cassettes are cooler. Apparently the cassette tape revival—oh, you hadn’t heard?—is greatly exaggerated.
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Dolby Vision and Atmos at the Oscars
SV Staff  |  Feb 23, 2016
With the Academy Awards just a few days away, Dolby has been quick to point out that three of the eight films nominated for Best Picture were mixed in Dolby Atmos sound and two use Dolby Vision high-dynamic-range imaging technology. The two technologies appear in other categories as well with Atmos garnering nine of the ten nominations for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing.
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Triad Adds Atmos-Enabled Speaker Modules
SV Staff  |  Feb 23, 2016
Triad has added two Dolby Atmos-enabled height modules to its InRoom Bronze and InRoom Silver speaker series.
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The 5G Promise: Download Movies in Seconds
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2016
The fifth generation of wireless technology, or 5G, holds the promise of blazing fast mobile Internet speeds that would make it possible to download a blockbuster movie in seconds. The technology is still in the developmental stage but England’s University of Surrey is working with tech companies to build the world’s first 5G network by 2018.
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Win a Trip to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction!
SV Staff  |  Feb 22, 2016
Sound & Vision and TEN: The Enthusiast Network has teamed with Klipsch Audio to give our readers the chance to win tickets to the 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 8th at New York’s Barclay Center.
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Audio Video News
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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Audio Video News
Stewart Filmscreen's New Woven Screen Is Acoustically Transparent
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2016
At last week’s ISE show in Amsterdam, Stewart Filmscreen broke out the hilarious trailer of the upcoming Secret Life of Pets to demonstrate a new acoustically transparent screen material on a 16-foot-wide VistaScope Jumbo setup. Word has it that the highlight was a heart-pounding drum solo by rock legend Ginger Baker that topped 110 dB.
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The Summer Portables Are Here
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2016
With Spring just around the corner, we’re starting to see press releases announcing portable audio products, especially outdoor Bluetooth speakers, like Monster’s new Rockin’ models.
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