Sirius - XM: 10 Years Late and $3.4 Billion Short!
A merger between Sirius and XM satellite radio was finally approved by the FCC. Sirius then purchased XM for the sum of $3.3 billion after both companies agreed to pay a $19.7 million settlement for…
MPAA Website Provides Legal Cover
While we are used to bringing you news of the most recent grandfather that the MPAA has sued, for once, it seems they have finally come to their senses. The MPAA has been concerned primarily recently…
GreenTV Logo Coming to Energy-Saving HDTV
If your one of the few who feel your consumer electronics don’t look enough like Nascar drivers, a new logo wants to adorn your LCD HDTV. Soon, select LCD TVs will be awarded a new GreenTV logo so…
Cables to Go HDMI 1.3 Repeater Extends Signal 200 Feet
1080p, HDCP-Compliant and with Version 1.3 Deep Color! The HDMI Repeater features a Female-to-Female connection for use with standard HDMI cables. Simply run one HDMI cable from the video source to…
Audioholics SOTU Trade Show Event - What's it all about?
It's more than just tons of FREE A/V gear to give away and two days of great eating. The Audioholics State of the Union (SOTU) event (held Oct 23rd and 24th) is about bringing together consumers,…
No Stupid Questions… Part 4: Myths and Legends
As a reviewer (much less the host of AV Rant), I am asked on a regular basis for my opinion. Everyone from the checkout guy at the supermarket to random people at parties want me to tell them which…
Yahoo! Music Goes to Hell: The Long Fall of DRM
Yahoo! Music Store has announced that it’s shutting the doors on its DRM laden music superstore. Somewhere Freddy Mercury is screaming “Another One Bites the Dust” at 128 kilobits per second. Despite…
HDMI Lag - Partial Solution on the Horizon
Silicon Image, Inc. announced recently that they were working on a solution that would reduce the time it takes to switch from one HDMI source to another on your high definition display. This new…
Krell Introduces $4000 Worth of iPod Overkill
Krell Industries, long known for manufacturing monstrously (can we say that without getting sued?) large power amplifiers and audiophile electronics has jumped on the iPod bandwagon with the…
DVD Piracy on the Rise?
A report from Futuresource Consulting Inc. suggests that around a third of all people in the US and UK are copying DVDs with somewhere around 70% saying that they would have bought at least some of…
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