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Good and Bad - SanDisk Introduces slotMusic Good and Bad - SanDisk Introduces slotMusic The future doesn’t look good for the battered and bleeding CD format. Sales of the music medium sunk 19 percent last year alone. But the end of the CD doesn’t necessarily spell an end for physical…
Metallica Death Magnetic Sounds Better on Guitar Hero III Metallica Death Magnetic Sounds Better on Guitar Hero III Metallica is possibly the greatest rock band to do everything it can to alienate fans. The latest stain on the controversial metal act’s karma comes from questionable recording tactics on its latest…
Blu-ray on a Budget in Uncertain Times Blu-ray on a Budget in Uncertain Times Bubbles may burst, Lehman may crumble, AIG may get bailed out - but gold isn’t the only comodity on the rise, so is Blu. These days consumers may be thinking twice about a buying a new…
DRM Still Breathing, Chokes up DECE DRM Still Breathing, Chokes up DECE Rumors of the demise of Digital Rights Management have been greatly… well, you know how it goes. At a time when it looked like DRM was drawing its last gasp - a new consortium of manufacturers,…
Hitachi Eases Back on Plasma Displays - Enlists Panasonic Hitachi Eases Back on Plasma Displays - Enlists Panasonic According to a news report issued today, Japan's Hitachi said it will shrink production of plasma panels and begin buying them from Panasonic (Matsushita) to reduce costs and get back in the black in…
Top 10 Reasons to Attend the Audioholics SOTU Trade Show Event Top 10 Reasons to Attend the Audioholics SOTU Trade Show Event As you may be aware by now, Audioholics is throwing its 10th Annual State of the CE Union Trade Show Event & Party on October 23rd and 24th at the Disney Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida. You’ve…
Best Buy Buys Napster Best Buy Buys Napster Reuters released a story today announcing that Best Buy will buy Napster for $121 million in cash in order to take on Apple #1-ranked iTunes music store and compete with non-iPod music players.…
Paradigm Reference Signature Sub 25 has Brains to Match Its Brawn Paradigm Reference Signature Sub 25 has Brains to Match Its Brawn Paradigm Electronics Inc., an international leader in speaker design and manufacturing, introduces its most powerful and intelligent subwoofer ever: the Signature SUB 25. Recognizing that on-demand…
Marantz SR5003 A/V Receiver Preview Marantz SR5003 A/V Receiver Preview The new Marantz SR5003 has arriveds! This hot new $799 receiver features three HDMI 1.3 inputs, XM and Sirius support, and an all new front panel design. Click to read all the details.
TiVo HD XL with 150 Hours of HD Record Time TiVo HD XL with 150 Hours of HD Record Time TiVo has just upped the PVR service ante with its new HD XL set-top-box. The new TiVo machine not only carries an improved capacity, enough for 150 hours of HD programming, but it’s also THX…