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Tech Trends 2013: Video
S&V's video experts explain this season's hottest trends in TV
Tech Trends 2013: Audio
S&V's speaker measurement guy reports on this spring's hottest trends in speakers, headphones, turntables, and more.
Show Report: New York Audio Show, Part I
NY-area audiophiles gather for sumptuous sound and scintillating seminars.
Sony's new 2013 home audio products
New receivers, new soundbar, new HTiBs

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Sony PlayStation 3 Game Console
- By John Sciacca
- Posted January 2, 2007
By now you may have read Al Griffin's review of the Sony PlayStation 3 game console featured in the January 2007 Sound & Vision. Since Sony is the major driving force behind the development of the Blu-ray Disc format, it's no real surprise that Al found the PS3 to be a stellar movie player.
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Test Bench: Mirage UNI-Theater Speaker System
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted January 2, 2007
In the lab

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Test Bench: Sharp LC-52D62U 52-inch LCD HDTV
- By Al Griffin
- Posted January 2, 2007
Color temperature (User Mode/Low Color Temperature): 20 IRE: N/A 30 IRE: 6,576 K 40 IRE: 7,301 K 50 IRE: 6,951 K 60 IRE: 6,610 K 70 IRE: 6,561 K 80 IRE: 6,437 K 90 IRE: 6,684 K 100 IRE: 6,617 K Brightness (100-IRE window): 50.4 ftL

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Test Bench: Sony VPL-VW50 1080p SXRD Front-projector
- By Al Griffin
- Posted January 2, 2007
Color temperature (User mode, Low color temperature before/User mode, User color temperature after calibration): 20 IRE: 6,757/6,420 K 30 IRE: 6,643/6,601 K 40 IRE: 6,621/6,417 K 50 IRE: 6,501/6,588 K 60 IRE: 6,338/6,617 K 70 IRE: 6,518/6,573 K 80 IRE: 6,601/6,412 K 90 IRE: 6,427/6,553 K 100 IRE: 6,278/6,492 K Brightness (100-IRE window before/after calibration

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Test Bench: Sunfire Theater Grand Receiver 3
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted January 2, 2007
I encountered no glitches or surprises while testing the Sunfire Theater Grand Receiver 3. Power output was consistently among the highest I have measured from a multichannel receiver, and its 165 watts (22.2 dBW) per channel with 5 channels driven represents a clear benchmark for the category (3 to 4 dB greater than flagship receivers from many other manufacturers achieve).

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Test Bench: Toshiba 47LZ196 Regza 47-inch LCD HDTV
- By Rob Sabin
- Posted January 2, 2007
Color temperature (Pro2 mode, Warm color temperature before/after calibration): 20 IRE: 9,891/7,349 K 30 IRE: 9,279/6,505 K 40 IRE: 8,926/6,478 K 50 IRE: 8,966/6,495 K 60 IRE: 9,044/6,511 K 70 IRE: 9,027/6,531 K 80 IRE: 9,044/6,546 K 90 IRE: 8,980/6,598 K 100 IRE: 9,200/6,697 K Brightness (100-IRE window before/after calibration): 27.5/31.0 ftL

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Sunfire Theater Grand Receiver 3
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted January 2, 2007
In a career spanning four decades, Sunfire's founder and chief designer Bob Carver has morphed from bushy to bald, young Turk to elder (or at least older) statesman, and iconoclast to anointed icon. Throughout, one thing neither he nor his designs has ever been is dull, and Sunfire's latest "Theater Grand" A/V receiver is no exception.

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Sound & Vision LCD HDTV Holiday Giveaway
- Posted January 1, 2007
Thanks to everyone for participating in the S&V LCD HDTV Holiday Giveaway.

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Vizio P50HDTV 50-inch Plasma HDTV
- By Al Griffin
- Posted December 6, 2006
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SVS SBS-01 Home Theater Speaker System
- By Ken C. Pohlmann
- Posted December 6, 2006
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Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 Ceiling Speaker System
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted December 6, 2006
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Test Bench: Vizio P50HDTV 50-inch Plasma HDTV
- By Al Griffin
- Posted December 5, 2006
Color temperature (Movie preset before/Custom preset after): 20 IRE: 9,412 K/5,667 K 30 IRE: 9,477 K/6,333 K 40 IRE: 9,804 K/6,518 K 50 IRE: 9,970 K/6,403 K 60 IRE: 10,042 K/6,421 K 70 IRE: 10,068 K/6,577 K 80 IRE: 10,102 K/6,558 K 90 IRE: 10,139 K/6,605 K 100 IRE: 10,193 K/6,657 K Brightness (100-IRE window before/after): 46.3/33.6 ftL

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