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Sony debuts latest home theatre systems and soundbars

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Sony India announced two new home theatre systems – HT RT5 and HT RT3 along with two sound bars – HT CT790 and HT CT390 for the Indian market.

The HT RT5 is a 5.1 channel home theatre with a power output of 550W. It comes with one touch wireless capabilities like NFC, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The wireless HT RT3 is a 5.1 channel sound system with 600W of power output. It is equipped with a S-Master Digital Amplifier that helps minimize distortion.

Coming to the sound bars, the HT CT390 produces 330W of peak power featuring S-Force Pro technology. It has Bluetooth, NFC and Wi-Fi connectivity. The HT CT790 boasts of a 330W output coming with Bluetooth and NFC connectivity.

Sony has developed the Songpal App which lets users browse music on the pen drive connected to the devices without looking at the monitor. This concept is called ‘smart remote commander’ available on both Android and iOS.

The devices will be available at all major retail outlets across the country at different dates and price points:
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YouTube fan fest in Mumbai

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YouTube will be organising the third edition of that fanfest in Mumbai today (18 March  2016), 7.30pm onwards at NSCI Dome, Worli. The lineup on display today includes Lilly Singh (Superwoman), AIB, Kanan Gill, Corner Franta, Sanam and more.

They are also organising a live screening of the fanfest in Delhi. You can view fest on www.youtube.com/fanfest

Entry to the event is by initiation only, as tickets for this event have already been snapped up.

Netflix launches its service in India, starts from Rs. 500

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Netflix’s streaming service was limited to a handful of countries. However, things are looking up if Reed Hastings’ opening keynote at the CES 2016 is anything to go by. The company flipped the switch to enable it for 130 countries at the same time. The service is now live in over 190 countries, with the exception being Syria and China.

As far as India is concerned, Netflix is offering three plans that starts from Rs 500. The basic plan will allow SD videos and one screen whereas the Standard (Rs 650) option adds HD and 2 screens. The Premium (Rs 800) one can stream content in 4K resolution and allows four different screens to be streamed simultaneously.

The content currently includes a mix of English and Hindi content. What a way to start the new year!

Now you can jump into the Star Wars universe

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A new Google Cardboard VR experience is launching on December 2 that will mean you can fully immerse yourself into the Star Wars universe.

It’ll come out on the official Star Wars app for both iOS and Android.

There’s been an awakening

It’s official content made by Industrial Light and Magic’s AR and VR department. That’s the same team that previously made a VR video for Facebook that saw you ride on a speeder across the Tatooine desert.

There’s a specially designed Star Wars cardboard available in the US through Verizon, but it’s not quite certain whether that’ll be coming to the UK. You may have to just use your standard Google Cardboard unless you’re a particularly good artist.

What’s not exactly certain yet is where we’ll be visiting, but the creators have confirmed it ties directly into the opening scenes of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Via techradar

The writer of Steve Jobs still uses an iPod Classic

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Sorkin has written the new film about Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender and directed by Danny Boyle, and he used quite a bit of the company’s tech in the process.

He told T3, “I still listen to music on my iPod. I like the clicking wheel. It’s the classic one, in black. And I just love that wheel – Steve really did know what he was doing.”

If it ain’t broke…

Sorkin is no stranger to Apple technology. He also said, “Everything I’ve ever written I’ve written on a Mac. I have an iPhone in my pocket.”

Sorkin also wrote the screenplay for Steve Jobs on four different Apple Macs including a desktop at home, an iMac in his office and two different MacBooks.

He also used the dedicated screenplay writing software Final Draft to get the words down on the page.