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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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Pioneer Official Statement on Plasma Manufacturing

— March 08, 2008 20:48

Pioneer Official Statement on Plasma Manufacturing

Pioneer Corporation has announced that at a meeting of its Board of Directors held today, the Company resolved to restructure its display business and implement measures to enhance corporate values.

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Toshiba Goes Nuclear ‑ Building US Plants

— March 08, 2008 19:42

Toshiba Goes Nuclear - Building US Plants

Reuters ran a story this week that Toshiba Corp, primarily known for its consumer electronics, said on Thursday it had launched a new company in the United States, Toshiba American Nuclear Energy

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Jobs Cracks Whip at Adobe ‑ Delays iPhone SDK

— March 06, 2008 11:57

Jobs Cracks Whip at Adobe - Delays iPhone SDK

At an Apple shareholder’s meeting on Tuesday, Steve Jobs unleashed a stinging jab at longtime ally Adobe. Known for his quirky temperament that can build or crush whole businesses with a few words,

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Microsoft's Xbox 360 Sees First Profits

— March 06, 2008 09:16

Microsoft's Xbox 360 Sees First Profits

It's been a long journey, but Microsoft's Xbox 360 has now turned a profit for two straight quarters - that qualifies as more than a blip and means the console-maker has finally become profitable.

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Circuit City Allowing HD DVD Trade‑ins?

— March 06, 2008 08:44

Circuit City Allowing HD DVD Trade-ins?

According to word out on the Internet, first based on a Circuit City employee in Chicago (this is getting way too "whisper-down-the-alley" for us already) and then confirmed by High-Def Digest, the

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MPA Wins China DVD Lawsuit

— March 06, 2008 07:56

MPA Wins China DVD Lawsuit

Walt Disney Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures sued Beijing Jeboo Interactive Science & Technology Co. in Shanghai late last year for supplying

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Are Music Labels Finally Seeing the Light?

— March 05, 2008 11:26

Are Music Labels Finally Seeing the Light?

I'm not sure where it began, except to say that iTunes is the likely ignition source for labels embracing online downloads and legal file sharing. Lately, it seems that the record studios are finally

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iPod Blamed For Rise In Crime

— March 05, 2008 10:56

iPod Blamed For Rise In Crime

As if threats of terrorism and recession weren’t enough, now there’s something else to worry about – the iPod crime spree! According to crime statistics, violent crime has been on the decline since

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Fun with Lasers

— March 05, 2008 09:21

Fun with Lasers

In case you've ever wondered what is possible with lasers these days, several websites have devoted themselves to all things powerful which emanate light. One of my favorite discoveries was the

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Air Force Buys 300 Playstation 3 Consoles for "Research"

— March 05, 2008 08:20

Air Force Buys 300 Playstation 3 Consoles for "Research"

This week, the Air Force submitted a formal request for proposal for 300 Playstation3 consoles designated for research. Research? According to the RFP,the Air Force Research Laboratory is conducting

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AV123 x‑statik Tower Loudspeaker

— March 04, 2008 16:02

AV123 x-statik Tower Loudspeaker

The new x-statik open baffle tower starting at $699/pr was designed from the ground up by AV123's Mark Schifter and renowned speaker designer Danny Richie. The x-statik will launch with a companion

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Plasma TV is Dead ‑ Pioneer Exits

— March 04, 2008 09:00

Plasma TV is Dead - Pioneer Exits

You heard it here first: Plasma TV is dead. As we predicted several years ago, plasma technology is on its way out. Putting one of the nails in the lengthy coffin is Pioneer Corp, who is stopping ALL

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Dogs Used to Stamp Out DVD Piracy

— March 04, 2008 08:02

Dogs Used to Stamp Out DVD Piracy

According to an AP report issued today, Malaysian authorities hope two specially trained dogs will help police sniff out pirated DVDs and clean up the country's tarnished reputation as an abuser of

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Bully Sequel for Wii, Xbox 360 Gives Teacher’s Group a Wedgie

— March 04, 2008 05:10

Bully Sequel for Wii, Xbox 360 Gives Teacher’s Group a Wedgie

Bullying in high school may not be one of the great plagues of our civilization. But if you’re a 14 year old misfit living in dread of that walk to third hour English, your perspective could be very

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Nine Inch Nails Advances Online Music

— March 03, 2008 13:17

Nine Inch Nails Advances Online Music

Nine Inch Nails, the band that made Industrial/Goth go pop is following Radiohead’s example in online music distribution. Based on announcements from other artists like Oasis and Jamiroquai - others

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DVD Dead in 18 Months? We Don't Think So.

— March 03, 2008 10:30

DVD Dead in 18 Months? We Don't Think So.

Now that the high-definition disc format war is over, there is a lot of speculation about what exactly will happen next. Will Blu-ray players drop in price enough to really motivate consumers to get

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Deconstructing the WGA Strike ‑ Prepping for SAG

— March 03, 2008 08:01

Deconstructing the WGA Strike - Prepping for SAG

As with many things in Hollywood, there are a lot of behaviors that simply defy logic or explanation. One of those behaviors is centered around the rather unpleasant, yet common occurrence of actors,

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Samsung Releases New 3D Plasmas with EA

— March 01, 2008 06:36

Samsung Releases New 3D Plasmas with EA

In March, Samsung Electronics has released a couple of 3D PDP TVs in Korea this week in a partnership with Electronic Arts (EA). This is a world first, and partnering with the world’s largest game

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Wii Are the Champions My Friends

— February 29, 2008 08:58

Wii Are the Champions My Friends

Nintendo's Wii outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 again at a nearly 4-to-1 margin in Japan this month according to Enterbrain, a Japanese game magazine publisher. The Wii sold 331,627 units during February

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Robots Will Kill Us All

— February 29, 2008 08:15

Robots Will Kill Us All

OK, this may not be directly related to home theater, but every geek I know has a soft spot for robots. It now seems that the department of paranoia, I mean the Associated Press, is bringing to light

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Even China Cannot Escape Music Download Lawsuits

— February 29, 2008 07:49

Even China Cannot Escape Music Download Lawsuits

The Music Copyright Society of China launched a lawsuit against China's top search engine Baidu.com for copyright violation, for the second time. According to a Hong Kong-based report on the

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Sharp, Hitachi in Nintendo DS LCD Price Fixing

— February 28, 2008 07:10

Sharp, Hitachi in Nintendo DS LCD Price Fixing

Japan's version of the FTC literally raided two factories of Sharp Corp. and Hitachi Display Ltd, according to a report this week citing an FTC official. Both companies are accused of price fixing on

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HD DVD Studio Payoffs Continue to Haunt DreamWorks

— February 27, 2008 16:05

HD DVD Studio Payoffs Continue to Haunt DreamWorks

How much money did Toshiba lose developing and promoting its doomed disc format? We may never know the wealth hemorrhaged by the Japanese electronics manufacturer. News of studio payoffs have come to

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Hey, That's MY Zombie! Capcom Sued for Dead Rising

— February 27, 2008 08:57

Hey, That's MY Zombie! Capcom Sued for Dead Rising

According to a Reuters report this week, Capcom got sued on Monday for a possible violation of copyrights in their new game Dead Rising. MKR Group, who owns the rights to the horror movie George A.

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Apple's iTunes Number Two in Music Sales

— February 26, 2008 17:01

Apple's iTunes Number Two in Music Sales

If you're walking the streets with an iPod or iPhone and a pair of ear-buds plugged into your skull you’re not alone. According to NPD Group, a leading consumer electronics market research firm,

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Sony all UP in the News!

— February 26, 2008 11:56

Sony all UP in the News!

Now that Sony isn't worried about crushing HD DVD under its jackbooted heel, it's got time to focus on other things… like releasing products. To start with, the new BD-Live enabled BDP-S350 and

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ABC to Offer Shows via On‑Demand Cable

— February 26, 2008 07:52

ABC to Offer Shows via On-Demand Cable

We've long predicted that cable would rise to the occasion and begin to offer greater and greater amounts of on-demand content. Eventually, it would stand to reason that with the proper service and

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Get Burned in the Latest Format War? Make Red just like Blu

— February 25, 2008 15:17

Get Burned in the Latest Format War?  Make Red just like Blu

It is bad enough that a transition from SD/480i prerecorded content is asking consumers to shell out more money for the same movies in HD/1080p, but at least there is an improvement in video and