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THX speaker bar comes with eight sweet spots

The audio mavens at THX have come up with the Steerable Line Array, a speaker system that ensures you’ll hear perfect sound, no matter where you sit. Traditional speakers and home cinema speaker arrays typically offer only one ‘sweet spot’ — the position in which you seat yourself to hear the system at its very best. But the Steerable Line …

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Poll: how much would you pay to watch the Olympics?

Last week, we reported that Channel Nine is planning to simulcast its London Olympics coverage on its HDTV service, GEM. As mentioned in that news piece, unlike previous Olympics, where Seven and SBS shared the rights, there’s only one free-to-air broadcaster this time around. So, unless Nine seeks and gains an exemption from anti-siphoning laws, it can’t broadcast an alternative …

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