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Immersive Lunar Documentary By Tom Hanks Blasts Off At Space Center Houston

The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks is a new immersive documentary playing at Space Center Houston. Space Center Houston renovated and upgraded its IMAX theater to prepare for the new movie.
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

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

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

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

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 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

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 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 …
THX Certification Opens New Doors

Serious Materials has announced a new product for you high-end home theater installs called QuietHome THX certified, soundproof doors. The product will join its other interesting THX certified home …
New Research Shows Sound Helps Primates See

Traditional neurological models of auditory, tactile and visual sensory input processing by the brain are hierarchal, based on separate input channels from sensory receptors for each mode to each of …
Yamaha RX‑V1900 A/V Receiver Preview

Preview: The new Yamaha RX-V1900 receiver has arrived! This exciting new 130W x 7.1 channel receiver features an HD Radio Tuner, four HDMI v1.3a inputs with HDMI up-conversion and scaling to 1080p.
Cinemax to Broadcast Non‑Stop True HD

Starting September 1st 2008, Cinemax will become the first 24-hour HD premium channel. HBO says it’ll broadcast everything from movies, Cinemax documentaries to on-air promos and short programming in …
Marantz SR4003 A/V Receiver Preview

Preview: The brand new Marantz SR4003 Receiver is here! This receiver offers a whole host of new features such as M.R.A.C. Auto Calibration, 2nd Zone Audio Out, and 3 assignable component inputs.
Engineers Develop Working Electronic Eyeball

Naturally occuring eye structures, such as the human eye, are based on simple systems with a single lens that projects onto the curved surface of the retina. These systems produce wide angle fields …
New Samsung BD‑P2550 Blu‑ray Unveiled at Best Buy

Best Buy seems to be promoting a new Blu-ray player for Samsung. Perhaps the retailer has some special insights into Samsung’s product line. Without the usual advance warning from the manufacturer a …
Rush Adds Moving Pictures to Rock Band

I don't know about you but I've been fence-sitting as to whether I'd grab Rock Band 2 this September when it releases, or hold out for the next iteration of Guitar Hero (IV). But when Harmonix and …
Giant LED Screens Symbolize a Shrinking World

The once humble LED was elevated to symbol of Chinese economic might as a roll-out giant screen at the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing. Similar LED display technology has been put to use by rock …
SRS Labs 15th Anniversary Contest

At its birth, SRS entered a world that was poised for a digital entertainment revolution. To commemorate the company’s 15 years of audio innovation and leadership, SRS Labs is giving away a prize a …
Yahoo Widget Channel to Mix TV and Internet

Yahoo revived an old topic again on Wednesday, renewing talk that it is working directly with Intel Corp to create Internet channels that run alongside TV shows. Dubbing this the "Widget Channel," …
Mitsubishi to go Wireless WHDI with AMIMON Tech

Mitsubishi picked AMIMON to fill the tech gap for its new LCD TV with an integrated HD wireless link (the technology used is called WHDI). AMIMON is a semiconductor technology company specializing in …
Sencore Audio & Video Training Course Details

Sencore has unveiled details on their video training class that will take place during our Disney SOTU Trade Show Event this October. This course is intended for home theater professionals and …
LG SCARLET Brand Sued by RED

Anyone involved in the film production industry has heard of RED - the company that revolutionized the digital camera industry with an advanced 4K camera that costs only a fraction of others on the …
Toshiba Wants Back into the HD Game with XDE

Toshiba just won’t let HD disc player technology go. Six months after being blown out of the HD-format war with Sony's Blu-ray, Toshiba has a new high definition trick up its sleeve… XDE – a new …
Netflix Delivery Troubles

You may experience delays receiving your movie-picks in your next Netflix fix. The DVD-rental subscription service declared it has suffered a serious system outage since last Thursday. The troubles …
The Frame, Fine Art Channel in HD

We’ve all been there…Guests arrive and want to see what that gargantuan HDTV in corner can really do. Only this time they’re with girlfriends, wives or maybe they’re a more cultured crowd for whom …
Sony Rolls Out OLED to Europe in 2009

According to a report on Reuters, Sony is planning to begin selling OLED (organic light-emitting diode) televisions in Europe beginning in 2009. Europe is currently the world's largest flat TV market …
Epson Develops High‑resolution 3D LCD

Set aside those oversized wayfarer-style goggles, Epson has developed a (QVGA) "high-resolution" (not really), autostereoscopic 3D liquid-crystal display. That’s just fancy way of saying 3D HDTV …
Philips to Stop Manufacturing TVs for US Market

Royal Philips Electronics, apparently sick of the hyper-competitive nature of TV sales which results in ultra-low profit margins, will no longer manufacture televisions for sale in the United States …