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Near Field Audio wirelessly connects to your smartphone or portable media player (any manufacturer) to "magically" pick up the sound from the phone or player and amplify it through internal speakers.

Read the three reviews of the SVS Ultra Tower Speakers and vote in our forum poll for the one you like best. The reviewer with the most votes gets to KEEP the pair of SVS Ultra Towers speakers!

We've heard of new subscriber deals before, but this week DISH announced it's offering new subscribers the choice of an Apple iPad 2 instead of first year programming discounts.

Do you want your own IMAX Private Theater modeled on the one used by Christopher Nolan, James Cameron, and JJ Abrams to view their movies? IMAX will build it for you - in your own home.

Revealed in this week's Emotiva Podcast, Emotiva Audio has acquired Bob Carver LLC. To top it all off, Bob Carver will now be working with Emotiva on R&D. The implications are mind-boggling.

DTS launched its new DTS-HD Layered Audio technology. This is a way to allow online media services to stream content from a source that was encoded once for multiple streaming formats.

Aereo threatens the status quo of cable companies and is a streaming service that, similar to PlayLater, Ivi.tv and FilmOn, justifies itself through legal technicalities. It faces an uphill battle.

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Polk Audio, Definitive Technologies and BOOM are now underneath Sound United, a unified division that centralizes design and aesthetic development for all three audio brands.

That's right, SVS and Audioholics are teaming up once again to allow YOU to enter and win a pair of SVS Ultra Tower Speakers. You have until April 8th to tell us why YOU should be one of three chosen!

10 lucky contestants were given the opportunity to write reviews on two brand new SVS subwoofers. Five wrote reviews on the SVS SB-1000 sub, and the other five on the PB-1000 sub. Vote for the winner!

Sanus has an interesting PR campaign going on this week. The company is exposing a little-known safety concern with flat panel TVs: They can fall on your kids.

What do you do when you want to sell a lot of 4K televisions but there's no content? Simple. You just have the government mandate 4K broadcasts. At least, that seems to be Japan's solution.

Our friends at Outlaw Audio are gonna help you Shake Rattle & Slam into the New Year by entering to win a brand new Outlaw LFM-1EX Subwoofer. See our forum for details.

If you've wanted to try your hand at reviewing a home theater product, this is your big chance! SVS is partnering with Audioholics to allow 10 lucky people to review a 1000 Series subwoofer.

Kaleidescape, purveyors of high end movie servers, has penned a deal with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution to provide bit for bit downloads of their Blu-ray and DVD catalog.

Would you pay $35k + $500/movie to watch first-run movies at home? Prima Cinema seems to think there is a market for that - and we'd have to agree. No, not for you and me, but there are some who would

Acura and Krell have partnered together to design a high-end sound system for the 2014 Acura RLX.

Hi-end audio manufacturer, THIEL, is being acquired by a private equity firm based out of Nashville, TN.

DISH recently added a What’s Hot feature to the Hopper/Joey DVR system which we reviewed earlier this year. This new update displays the popular programs people are currently watching.

Moshi Audio is giving away a pair of Keramo Headphones to two (2) lucky entrants! All you need to do is visit our forum and answer a question to enter.

The Walt Disney Company has just agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction. Disney now owns Star Wars, Pixar and Marvel.

Forget 3D, this year, The Hobbit will be released with the new Dolby Atmos surround technology. Dolby Atmos is a new immersive sound system that uses 2 extra arrays of overhead "environment" speakers.

The CEA has released the designation of "Ultra HD" or "Ultra High Definition" to refer to 4K displays. According to research, consumers find the name "Ultra HD" to be more helpful than 4K.

Play-Fi is the new audio streaming solution from DTS that promises lossless audio streaming wirelessly from your Android phone/tablet to a compatible speaker/receiver.

We have been excited about the WiSA (Wireless Speaker & Audio) Association ever since they were established in 2011. Now we know the details, and they do not disappoint.

Beginning September 1st, 2012, Polk Audio will offer a free MP3 download on their website every week. Wow, a new website, a new logo, and now the announcement of a free weekly MP3 download!

WiSA Releases Industry’s First Compliance Test Specification for Interoperability Between Wireless Speakers & Electronics. They will be demoing a full 7.1 wireless system at CEDIA Sept 5-8th, 2012.