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Parent Company PML of Paradigm, MartinLogan Buys GoldenEar From Audioquest

— December 20, 2024 00:00

Parent Company PML of Paradigm, MartinLogan Buys GoldenEar From Audioquest

PML Sound International, parent of Paradigm, Anthem, and MartinLogan, acquired GoldenEar from The Quest Group. Will engineering-focused leadership unlock GoldenEar's full potential post-AudioQuest?

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Memorial Day Movie Selections

— May 26, 2008 07:50

Memorial Day Movie Selections

It's Memorial Day, and while we hope many of you are reflecting on those who gave their lives in order for this country to be as free as it is today, we also recognize that Hollywood has done a

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Memorial Day Special ‑ EMP EF30 Free Upgrade!

— May 23, 2008 16:10

Memorial Day Special - EMP EF30 Free Upgrade!

Audiogurus has been running a great deal for the EMP EF30 5.1 system for just $899 (less than half MSRP). There has been such a great response, that they have sold out of the EF30 Center Channel. To

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3D Movies ‑ Savior of Movie Theaters?

— May 21, 2008 14:06

3D Movies - Savior of Movie Theaters?

Lately, we're seeing more and more about 3D movies being released. Many directors (most notably James Cameron who directed such greats as Aliens, The Terminator and definitely did NOT direct anything

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DisplayPort is Here: Are We Ready?

— May 21, 2008 12:56

DisplayPort is Here: Are We Ready?

Approved by VESA just last year, DisplayPort is slowly trickling into the consumer market with PC gear and other consumer electronics. Now Atlona has committed its support to the digital interconnect

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ESPN Announces Ultimate Wi‑Fi Remote

— May 21, 2008 09:19

ESPN Announces Ultimate Wi-Fi Remote

ESPN Consumer Products announced a new remote control that it developed with the help of tvCompass. "ESPN The Ultimate Remote" (yes, awkward full name) is an Internet-connected Wi-Fi device that, in

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Netflix $99 Set Top Player from Roku

— May 20, 2008 12:45

Netflix $99 Set Top Player from Roku

Netflix has pulled the ultimate move. They have partnered with Roku to release a $99 set top box, dubbed the Netflix Player, that allows Netflix subscribers access to their entire 'Watch Now' movie

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Napster Flubs Major DRM‑free Shot at iTunes

— May 20, 2008 09:09

Napster Flubs Major DRM-free Shot at iTunes

Napster is serving notice on iTunes... sort of. The music-pirate-turned-legal company has switched gears from being exclusively a legal subscription service to also including a "fully-stocked" music

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Study Concludes Blu‑ray Not Red‑Hot

— May 15, 2008 12:08

Study Concludes Blu-ray Not Red-Hot

Blu-ray is no slam-dunk according to researchers. But a recent Harris Poll has some very interesting results about consumer HD buying habits. We can probably all agree that focus groups and marketing

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iTunes Bends Pricing For HBO

— May 14, 2008 10:31

iTunes Bends Pricing For HBO

What do Sex and the City, Sopranos and Rome have in common? They can all be downloaded now on iTunes! Apple has announced a deal with HBO that has revolutionized its pricing model. Content providers

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Samsung Blue Phase LCD Tech Does 240Hz

— May 14, 2008 09:29

Samsung Blue Phase LCD Tech Does 240Hz

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world’s first “Blue Phase” LCD panel – which will offer the ridiculously fast image-driving speed of 240 Hz. Samsung is planning to

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JVC and Kenwood to Wed

— May 13, 2008 15:45

JVC and Kenwood to Wed

Two electronics giants, Kenwood and JVC, have combined to form a holding company focused on car and home audio electronics. The new company, uniquely entitled JVC Kenwood Holdings, hopes to increase

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dts to Switch Focus to Consumers

— May 13, 2008 13:27

dts to Switch Focus to Consumers

When dts released their quarterly earnings, they also announced a new focus - solely on their consumer market. They have sold both their Digital Cinema business (closed on My 9th for $3.3 million)

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Xbox 360 to Get Cool New GPU This Fall

— May 12, 2008 09:42

Xbox 360 to Get Cool New GPU This Fall

Reports have surfaced from Taiwan that chip makers are producing enhanced Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for Xbox 360. The new processors are designed to keep Microsoft’s gaming machine cool during

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Pioneer Unveils 2008 Kuro 1080P HDTVs

— May 09, 2008 11:26

Pioneer Unveils 2008 Kuro 1080P HDTVs

This week Pioneer introduced six new models of Plasma HDTVs for the company’s Kuro line. Pioneer says the new 2008 Kuro models will display black levels up to five times deeper than its 2007 models –

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Comcast May Cap Unlimited Internet

— May 08, 2008 12:29

Comcast May Cap Unlimited Internet

After Rogers, Canada’s top Cable/Internet broadband provider announced it’ll end its unlimited Internet access, America’s number two Internet provider considers the same measure. An insider tells

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Metallica, Radiohead Shifting Attitudes in Online Music

— May 05, 2008 09:31

Metallica, Radiohead Shifting Attitudes in Online Music

A switch of sorts has occurred between two camps in the ongoing online music distribution issue. Radiohead has decided to abandon the pay-as-you-please business and longtime Internet curmudgeons

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Audioholics Teams Up with Evironmental Organization NCCSP at the 2008 SOTU Event

— May 05, 2008 09:21

Audioholics Teams Up with Evironmental Organization NCCSP at the 2008 SOTU Event

The nation’s largest on-line audio-visual (A/V) magazine announced plans today to team with a leading conservation organization, the National Center for Conservation Science & Policy (www.nccsp.org),

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iTunes Movie Releases Trying to Kill the DVD

— May 01, 2008 08:37

iTunes Movie Releases Trying to Kill the DVD

Today Apple announced a deal with Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate and New Line to release movies into the iTunes store simultaneously with DVD

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The Scarlett TV Series Hoax by LG Electronics

— April 30, 2008 09:26

The Scarlett TV Series Hoax by LG Electronics

Want to market your new flat panel TV? Why not consider creating the concept for a new TV show, getting it placed into the imdb.com, drumming up a full release party with 500 invitees, bring them to

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Grand Theft Auto IV Hits Xbox 360, PS3

— April 29, 2008 10:34

Grand Theft Auto IV Hits Xbox 360, PS3

The buzz over what’s speculated to be the top selling video game of the year was palpable last night. All over North America Grand Theft Auto IV went on sale at the stroke of midnight. Game shops and

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HD Cable Petition

— April 25, 2008 11:05

HD Cable Petition

With the recent wave exposure about poor quality HD cable signals, a petition has been developed by one of the hosts of the popular audio/video podcast AV Rant. In the original posting, it seems that

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Sharper Image for Sale

— April 24, 2008 09:16

Sharper Image for Sale

Sharper Image Corp., the company that brought us such incredibly useless products as the Ionic Breeze air purifier, put itself "up for sale" today - just two months after filing for Chapter 11

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Three Priests Signed by Sony

— April 24, 2008 09:02

Three Priests Signed by Sony

Who says three singing Roman Catholic priests wouldn't make for compelling music fare? Well... don't answer that. Father Eugene O’Hagen, 48, his brother Martin, 45, and their old school friend David

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DVD Piracy in China ‑ A Closer Look at Black Market Trade

— April 24, 2008 05:25

DVD Piracy in China - A Closer Look at Black Market Trade

Digital piracy and fake products is a problem throughout the developing world but nowhere to the scale seen in China. The problem isn’t likely to be solved through diplomacy, litigation or law

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Onkyo Comes to Audiogurus!

— April 23, 2008 15:00

Onkyo Comes to Audiogurus!

Audiogurus is proud to bring on board the Onkyo brand of products to their ecommerce store. Onkyo’s latest receiver line represents some of the best values in today’s A/V market. Last year Onkyo won

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Why DRM Is Bad and Killing Online Music

— April 23, 2008 11:34

Why DRM Is Bad and Killing Online Music

You've heard us (and everyone else for that matter) harp on how bad DRM is for consumers. What many readers don't understand is why. Microsoft gave us a perfect example yesterday as they issued an

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Comcast Compresses HD ‑ No One Shocked

— April 22, 2008 10:37

Comcast Compresses HD - No One Shocked

Comcast and other cable providers are compressing their HD channels up to 3:1. This means softer pictures, audio and video dropouts, and users on Internet forums exposing your bad signal for what it

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Sony's New 2mm OLED Display

— April 21, 2008 08:14

Sony's New 2mm OLED Display

Sony is really pursuing this OLED thing to its biggest potential and put out a new display this week that measures just 2mm thick. We thought the original 3mm model was thin, but it seems Sony is