Featured News Article Archives
Sony Announces Release Date for Blu-ray Discs
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and MGM Home Entertainment (MGM) have announced the release date for their first salvo of Blu-ray discs . You can expect to see Blu-ray Disc titles in stores…
Sony and NEC Merge Optical Storage Business
This week Sony has officially announced an alliance with NEC where the two companies will combine their optical drive businesses. The deal is said to have been finalized last Monday. In the…
Day and Date Releases Coming Soon
Reuters and The Hollywood Reporter are covering a controversial "day-and-date" film-release strategy. This is the second potential threat to theater owners in which movies…
HDCP-Compliant Video Cards Elude the Market
Published specifications of HDCP compliance in many popular video cards aren't exactly what they appear. Since 2003, about the time HDCP picked up…
The Status of Plasma and LCD in the Industry
DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting and part of The NPD Group, today released Q4'05 shipments and revenues for plasma TVs by brand, region, size and…
Cirrus Logic, Genesis Microchip Announce Reference Design AVR
Genesis® Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSS), a world leader in the development of image processing technologies for flat-panel TVs, monitors, and other consumer display products, and Cirrus Logic Inc.…
Panamax Acquires Furman Sound, Inc.
Over 60 years of power engineering are about to come together in Petaluma, CA. Panamax (founded 1975) has acquired Furman Sound, Inc. (founded 1974), in a move that will complement each other's…
MTV Launches 5.1 HD Channel
Demonstrating the continued momentum for high-definition (HD) television, MTV Networks Music Group launched its first HD channel, MHD, this past month with Dolby(R) Digital 5.1 audio.
PS3 Game Console Ship Date Delayed
According to a report at Reuters , Sony's launch of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) could be delayed if "industry specifications" for some of its technology are not finalized soon. Despite the news, Sony is…
Mitsubishi Introduces HD4000U Projector
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Products Division today introduced the HD4000U, its first high-definition projector designed for wide-format laptops and imaging applications…