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Finally, after stalling several times, The Hobbit, a two-part movie phenomenon is finally coming to the big screen... with actual release dates. And it's going to be awesome and even filmed in 3D.

SVS just announced this week that it has a new parent company is Specialty Technologies, LLC. Specialty Technologies is apparently a newly formed LLC.

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Last week Panasonic debuted its latest "we're bigger than you are" device: a 200 foot-wide, 80 foot-tall LED HD video board that is positioned at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Skooba has teamed up with Tenba (again) to distribute their camera and video cases through the Skooba website. Skooba has worked with Tenba before with the inclusion of their well-known Superbungee.

Do you ever miss the traditional mix tape experience - creating compilations of your favorite tunes on cassette like we used to back in the 80s? Well, Sennheiser contends that we can share even MP3s.

Samsung announced the launch of a new site which will allow the company to directly fulfill its previously announced free 3D glasses promotion for all 3DTV purchases during the promotion period.

We've been watching HDBaseT with much enthusiasm, seeing it as the logical evolution of digital audio & video networking. This week, Atlona Technologies announced it had joined the HDBaseT Alliance.

Last week Panasonic debuted its latest "we're bigger than you are" device: a 200 foot-wide, 80 foot-tall LED HD video board that is positioned at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

This week, SpectraCal announced that Panasonic has enabled automatic calibration of their 2011 HDTV models. push a single button and watch CalMAN perform a complete 11-point white balance calibration.

Crestron Mobile Pro control applications now provide systems designers and developers with effective new abilities that simplify and expand the look of Crestron and Prodigy touchscreens on Apple iPads

Interested in wireless speakers? Not interested in paying for them? Aperion Audio has what you need in their Zona Wireless Surround Speaker System now being given away in the Audioholics forum.

Today MSE Audio (parent company to Phase Tech, SoundTube, Induction Dynamics, etc) made the announcement that it had acquired Rockustics, known for pioneering and manufacturing premium rock speakers.

Screen Innovations (SI), manufacturer of specialized projection screen technology, announced their new Black Diamond G3 screen materials in new contrast and gain ratios designed to enhance picture.

Digital connectivity firm Silicon Image has acquired WirelessHD founder SiBEAM in a deal that will be finalized later this year.

Nintendo hinted at a price drop for the console. A tweet here and a blog-post there and suddenly the gaming community has come unglued with rumors about a new Nintendo game console.

Leon Speakers launched the next iteration of the company's Horizon Ultra-Thin speakers. Offering 2 new products, each less than two-inches in depth, the remodeled Horizon UT series is all business.

Warner, Sony, Universal and Fox have banded together to bring us an even faster turnover from the movie theater to home. It’s a new Video on Demand product dubbed: Home Premiere.

The iA63 is iHome's latest app-enhanced alarm clock FM radio for iPhone and iPod touch - with a twist. The flexible rotating dock lets you control the iPhone normally - or watch videos in landscape.

Sidney Harman, who was the co-founder of Harman International (then Harman/Kardon), a prominent entrepreneur, and deputy secretary of commerce under President Jimmy Carter, passed away Tuesday night.

Harman is debuting a couple new home theater systems from JBL - the Cinema 300 and Cinema 500 speaker systems. The new systems are really small, but have a really nice style to them.

Audyssey announced its new Audyssey Low Frequency Containment, or Audyssey LFC. The new technology supposedly prevents low frequencies from traveling through walls.

In what is potentially a huge merger in the custom installation industry, Da-Lite has initiated an agreement to combine with both Sanus and Chief - whose parent company is Milestone AV Technologies.

In an effort to utterly revolutionize 3D television as we know it, Samsung, beginning on April 24, will provide not ONE, but TWO pairs of 3D active glasses for its entire 3D TV lineup.

Next3D and Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) have united to deploy 3D technology for the live production and streaming of Live events. The partnership harnesses Next3D's stereoscopic technology.

Panasonic introduced some professional sports apps for baseball as well as basketball on its latest line of VIERA Connect-enabled HDTVs.

Digital signage used to be super expensive and require the use of special displays that could hold up to continuous use. If you wanted touchscreen technology - fageddaboudit, that was ridiculously …

Gary was 59 and a native of Southern California. He was director of training and development at The Federated Group from 1975 to 1988. He passed away March 15 after fighting cancer for several years.