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Laptops to Eliminate Spinning Hard Drives?
Following up on Sony's announcement of a 32GB solid state drive (SSD) option in its new Vaio Type-G line, Dell yesterday announced the availability of an SSD option its Latitude D420 and D620…
User-friendly DRM Around the Corner?
In an event most would have thought unlikely, Dan Glickman MPAA CEO, called for DRM compatibility across the board. Sponsored by Variety and Lexis-Nexis, this ground-breaking conference brought to…
Onkyo Announces New HQV-Reon Receivers
Silicon Optix announced today that Onkyo has significantly raised the bar for video performance in A/V receivers with the addition of the Reon-VX HQV video processor in two of their models. Onkyo’s…
Wal-mart Cutting Back on CD Sales?
According to a guy who knows a guy whose cousin married a stockholder who sits on the board of a former roommate of a guy who hangs out at Wal-mart... the store seems to be cutting back 500 feet of…
Blu-ray Hits 1 million, HD DVD Poised for Comeback
According to Business Wire, Blu-ray Disc has become the first high definition format to sell more than a million discs, a milestone it has achieved in less than one year. Blu-ray Disc sales also…
Has the Plasma Market Flattened?
Consumer electronics revenue took a hit in February. affecting the once skyrocketing category of plasma TVs. Industry watchdog NPD Group reported that it's retail tracking service found that plasma…
We Got What You Need!
What do you need? More cables? DVIGear is giving you up to 50% off your order! Need some new AV furniture? StudioTech wants you to win 50% off! How 'bout a killer screen for that brand new projector?…
Yamaha Announces RX-V861 1080p HDMI Reciever
Yamaha Electronics introduced the new RX-V861, an under-$1000 (but just barely) reeceiver with the latest functions and features available from the electronics giant. Featuring four "Scene” pre-set…
Independent Installers Beating Big Box on Tech Support?
A study released by NPD reveals an interesting perspective on service and how consumers react to the big box offerings. According to NPD, "Consumer technology products are becoming more advanced and…
Cirrus Debuts New CS49700 HD Chipset
Austin, Texas based Cirrus Logic has released a new single chip processor for Blu-ray and HD DVD players supporting audio decode standards, DTS and Dolby Digital for surround sound. Cirrus announced…
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