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From Robert Silva, your Guide to Home Theater
Welcome to the Weekend Edition of the About.com Home Theater Newsletter! It is the middle of May and its time to find gift for that special Grad. Before you make your purchase decisions, check out my suggestions. Dish Network gives you the ability to eliminate TV commercials, check out the details. Also, if you think that Dolby TrueHD sounds good, it is about to get even better with two interesting announcements.

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Home Theater Gifts For Grads
Mother's Day has come and gone, and I hope you gave Mom a great gift on her special day. However, with May now in full swing and June almost upon us, it is now time to think about high school and college graduation gift giving. If you have a special grad in your life, then consider giving him or her a great home theater gift. Check out my list of practical and affordable Home Theater Gifts For Grads including TVs, Blu-ray players, media players, and more.

Dish Network Offers Automatic Commercial Skipping
In a phone-in press conference on Thursday, May 10th, 2012 Dish Network announced a new feature for its Hopper HD DVR users that allows the playback of recorded prime time TV shows from the four major networks: ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC with the added bonus of not having to watch the commercials. The new feature is called "Auto Hop"...Read more
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Dolby Improves Effectiveness of Dolby TrueHD
Dolby Labs is definitely mindful that constant improvement in audio enhances both the movie theater and home theater experience, especially with its recent Dolby Atmos announcement. However, how much more can the audio experience be improved? Well, it looks like Dolby TrueHD, one of the main audio formats used for Blu-ray disc movies, has room to accommodate more audio information that the movie studios are giving it, and Dolby Labs has decided to take advantage of this...Read more Logo (c) Dolby Labs
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Sony and Panasonic May Combine On OLED TVs
Things certainly have been interesting lately in the TV manufacturing biz. With several major manufacturers experiencing financial losses, due to a combination of over production and softer-that-expected demand, times are really tough, especially for Panasonic and Sony. Combine that with soon-to-be released large screen OLED TVs coming from both LG and Samsung, and things may get even tougher as both those companies are definitely ahead of their rivals in bringing this cutting-edge technology to the consumer market. As a result,...Read more
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