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Samsung Previews Smart Speaker
SV Staff  |  Aug 13, 2018
Samsung teased its long-anticipated entry into the smart speaker arena with a peek at Galaxy Home.
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Tampa to Host Florida Audio Expo in February
SV Staff  |  Aug 09, 2018
Florida will get its own audio show when the Florida Audio Expo opens in Tampa next February.
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Best TVs: 3 Top Brands, 3 Top Picks
SV Staff  |  Aug 09, 2018
We’re on a roll. In the past month we’ve reviewed three top-performing TVs from three top brands. You might call it a TV trifecta. All have 65-inch screens and all earned Sound & Vision’s prestigious Top Pick designation, reserved for the very best home entertainment has to offer. And with prices ranging from $2,300 to $3,499, each model — one OLED and two state-of-the-art LCDs — more than holds its own on the value scale. Read on and get your credit card ready.
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Consumers to TV Providers: Careful with My Data
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2018
The chart, excerpted from the just-released “TV Services: Pay TV in a Data-Driven World” report, shows consumer perceptions of data collection and use among U.S broadband households. Courtesy of Parks Associates.

One in five internet households report being “highly sensitive” to how TV content providers collect and use data about family members and their activities, according to the latest research from Parks Associates.

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TV Startup Targeting Mobile Viewers Raises $1 Billion
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2018
WndrCo, the startup founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, former chairman of Walt Disney Studios and co-founder of DreamWorks Animation, announced yesterday that it has secured $1 billion in seed money to launch a TV company that caters to mobile viewers.
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Onkyo to Distribute TEAC Products in the U.S.
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2018
Onkyo USA has acquired exclusive distribution rights to market and distribute TEAC home entertainment products in the U.S.
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‘Deadpool 2’ Now Available for Streaming, 4K Blu-ray on the Way
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2018
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced that Deadpool 2, sequel to 2016’s Deadpool is now available for streaming with the 4K Blu-ray Disc to follow August 21.
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New Yamaha Soundbar Has Wireless Speaker Option
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2018
Yamaha today announced a new soundbar that will be its first to feature a wireless surround speaker option in addition to supporting the company’s MusicCast multiroom platform.
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Denon’s $999 AVR Boasts AirPlay 2, Atmos, Alexa
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2018
Denon today announced the addition of a feature-rich 7.2-channel AVR-X3500H to its X-Series line of AV receivers.
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Fall from Grace: CDs Relegated to the Bargain Bin
SV Staff  |  Aug 06, 2018
U.S. Recorded Music Sales Volume by Format, 1983-2017. The orange segments represent CD. Source: Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

When we heard back in February that Best Buy was planning to drop CDs, we weren’t surprised. It’s now official: Best Buy has removed CDs altogether from its website and “de-emphasized” the category in its stores. In other words, CDs have been relegated to those chaotic bargain bins.

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