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Panasonic, formerly known as Matsushita Electric Co. and Sanyo have begun merger talks this week. A deal would make Sanyo a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Japanese consumer electronics giant. The …

Sony has announced a "new" CD format. Enabled by advances instituted when they created Blu-ray, the new Blu-spec CD is designed to reduce jitter and therefore increase fidelity of the music …

MirrorMask is a breakthrough in sheer imagination. The Jim Henson Company has produced a worthy successor to its lineage that includes classics like Labyrinth and Dark Crystal. Although it bears the …

We hear news of online movie streaming all the time - more and more recently in relation to Netflix with their Roku box and impending Xbox 360 service. On the Roku forums, RokuTim (suspected to be …

The first demo-room I knew I had to spend serious time enjoying at Audioholics’ State of the Union tradeshow was easily the Marantz/Snell demo-room. These two D&M Holdings companies put together on …

Monster Cable is at it again firing up litigation against a Mini Golf franchise called Monster Mini Golf. Giant Monster Cable has already burdened Monster Mini Golf with nearly $100k in legal fees …

Circuit City is shutting down 155 of its wost-performing stores and will, as a concurrent result, lay off around 7200 employees or 17 percent of its total workforce. The company is trying desperately …

Epson’s MovieMate 55 portable projector demonstrated at this year’s Audioholics State of the Union conference may not have the bragging rights of the big boys of home theater systems, like 1080p high …

The Yamaha A-S2000 offers full-stage balanced transmission, combining high power output with excellent sound and outstanding SNR. The matching CD-S2000 SACD player is built on similar principles.

The Yamaha RX-V3900 has arrived! This brand new 140W x 7.1 channel receiver costs $1799.95 and features an Ethernet port and extensive networking features. The RX-V3900 boasts four HDMI v1.3a inputs.

One of the most exciting new technologies exhibited at this year's SOTU event was a live demonstration of the upcoming Sherwood Newcastle R-972 receiver featuring a built in Trinnov Optimizer room EQ …

With Audioholic’s State of the Union show in full effect it's easy to get distracted amid the boomin' demo rooms. Behind each darkened door are high resolution scenes of pulse pounding …

Denon is now offering to update their AVR-3808 and AVR-4308 for new buyers (between September 1st and December 1st) for free and for $100 for everyone else. This upgrade will add a number of …

Roku announced to owners of its Netflix Player set top box that Netflix has just added 2500 recent movies and TV episodes, including examples such as No Country for Old Men and episodes of this …

The new MacBooks including a new metallic design were unveiled the latest Apple press conference by company Chief Steve Jobs. Nvidia graphics processing, buttonless tracking and moisture sensors are …

A flurry of news came up this week on Circuit City and predictions that it would go bankrupt as early as the first quarter of 2009. According to Bradley B. Thomas, a research analyst at KeyBanc …

Based on the YouTube blog, they are experimenting with a new model - partnerships with major studios. Since Google acquired YouTube just over two years ago for $1.65 billion (with a b), they've been …

Epson, the world’s largest manufacturer of front projectors and makers of 3LCD technology, will be displaying a suite of its top home entertainment projectors at this year’s Audioholic’s State of the …

For those that have been looking forward to the "New Xbox Experience" since its announcement at E3, the wait is almost over. Microsoft announced Wednesday that their interface will be going live on …

The makers of Blackberry tossed its keychain into the touch-screen fishbowl this week. As it dives into the same market as iPhone, RIM hopes to attract some crossover Apple unfaithful. But is the …

Congrats Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, for getting in A in Blu-ray! An article at the Sound and Vision website gives grades to the major studios making Blu-ray discs. In the article Ken Brown …

Sony debuted yet another amazing OLED TV at this year's CEATEC in Japan - an OLED display that measures just 0.3 mm in thickness. It demoed these alongside other 0.9 mm models which are more likely …

Whenever a couple goes to the shopping center it usually pans out like this - the guy makes a b-line for the Yellow and Blue warehouse while the significant other goes for more feminine fare. But now …

The revolution will not be televised after all... Last week, three copyright judges forced an end to debate between songwriters, labels and online digital music servicesby maintaining current …

Life just got better for DIY HTPC'ers. Hauppauge, the gold-standard in video capture cards for your PC, just released a new beta driver that provides 5.1 audio support for its HD-PVR.

The new Marantz SR6003 receiver has arrived! Featuring an all-new chassis, front panel design and high-density fluorescent display, the SR6003 produces 100 watts of continuous power per channel.

The highly anticipated XPA-1 Differential Reference Monoblock amplifier from Emotiva Audio will make its debut in November 2008, as a special limited edition of 10 units will be sold to benefit St. …

Netflix, once known only for its mail DVD rental service, has been expanding. First they introduced streaming of some 12,000 titles on their website. Next, they paired with Roku (and others) to bring …