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Samsung & Google Unveil Eclipsa: A New Royalty Free Immersive Surround Audio Format!
Eclipsa Audio, a new immersive format developed by Samsung & Google, will be supported by Samsung’s 2025 TVs and Soundbars. Unlike Atmos, Eclipsa Audio is open-source & royalty-free. Should Dolby worry?
New Right‑Angle Connectors from Impact Acoustics
Cables To Go (with its Impact Acoustics audio/video line) has just released new "port savers". With right-angle or rotating connectors, these cables, adapters and connectors will protect those …
Addicted to video games, it’s all in your brain
According to recently published research in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, male brains exhibit functional differences that appear to account for the predisposition to video gaming in the …
Miller & Kreisel Loudspeaker Brand Revived
It seems the recently defunct Miller & Kreisel Sound Corporation (M&K) has a new lease on life after a group of Danish audio veterans invested in the brand according British AV news site AV Zombie. …
Mitsubishi trademarks ‑ LAZRTV, LOL
Mitsubishi unveiled its Laser HDTV at CES last month and we have a good idea what the company is going to call its new line. Taking a nod from the text messaging dialect known as L33T SPEAK, Mits has …
Apple Bumps iPod Touch, iPhone
Apple doubled the memory capacity of both the iPhone and iPod Touch models Tuesday. Rather than take advantage of dropping memory prices, to lower the cost of entry for the new phones, Apple simply …
Oscar Nominees ‑ DVD, HD DVD, Blu‑ray Release List
Trying to catch the movies that are up for Oscars is a chore. When the Oscar nominations are out most of the movies haven’t been released to DVD yet. A few are still loitering in theaters but most …
What It Takes to put Super Bowl XLII in High Definition
So what does it take to successfully pull off a Super Bowl in high definition? We emailed Fox Sports requesting some info on the game and what would be involved and also dug up some information form …
Super Bowl XLII to Broadcast with Neural THX Surround
Neural Audio Corp., THX Ltd. and the NFL have teamed to deliver the HD international broadcast of Super Bowl XLII in Neural-THX Surround. The Neural-THX Surround technology will enable international …
Wii, An Xbox 360 Gateway?
Is Nintendo Wii an Xbox 360 gateway console? Microsoft seems to think so. Critics of Nintendo’s successful game system cite dated graphics and lack of next generation media features as reasons the …
EMP Debuts New Web Site and Partnership with Audiogurus
Engineered Music Products “EMP Tek”, the audio video industry’s newest manufacturer of home audio products, today announced the debut of their new web site, www.emptek.com and that they are now …
Qtrax ‑ Worst False Start Since HD‑DVD
In what has got to be the worst false start since Toshiba announced its first 1080i HD DVD player, Qtrax has stumbled onto the scene with its new download service. Apparently the Pentium II server …
Record Industry Caves ‑ Download MP3s Legally FREE with Qtrax
After years of consumer-targeting lawsuits and a constant decline in the levels of CD sales, the music industry has switched tactics and decided that all music downloads should be FREE and LEGAL. …
Fox News Challenges EA Over Mass Effect Explicit Sex
Fox News has challenged EA to an on-air monkey court in efforts to expose the naked truth about Mass Effect’s in-game sexual content. Don’t light that cigarette just yet, the controversy over the …
Saving HD DVD??
Warner's CES announcement of Blu-ray exclusivity has created quite an uproar in the media. Many claim that the HD war has been won by the Blu-ray camp. Does Warner really believe that Blu-ray is the …
Macworld’s Sleeper Story – Fox Expands Digital Copy to iTunes
It’s possibly the biggest story of Macworld and it has little to do with Apple - Fox is integrating its Digital Copy program to iTunes. Since the inception of DVD, the MPAA has been fighting your …
MacBook Air, Apple TV and iTunes Movie Rentals among Macworld Announcements
At today’s Macworld Jobs demonstrated MacBook Air - the world’s thinnest notebook. But it’s actually more of a wireless device than a legit computer. iTunes movie downloads were also announced which …
Blu‑ray, Say Hello to iMovies, in HD
After just finishing at CES with the apparent win over rival physical format HD DVD, Blu-ray will again be challenged for title home video successor to the DVD. The latest threat is from Apple's …
MacWorld Rumors, What's This Year's iPhone?
Steve Jobs shall take the stage tomorrow and deliver unto the children of Mac - his keynote address. And Jobs shall hold aloft his latest offering from the Kingdom of Apple wherein his children shall …
Toshiba INCREASES HD DVD Marketing
Toshiba today announced that it is stepping up its successful marketing campaign for HD DVD as it experienced record-breaking unit sales in the fourth quarter of 2007. Major initiatives, include …
EchoStar TR‑50, Recognized as Best of CES
EchoStar made its name in satellite receivers for Dish Network, but the company is doing a good job at reinventing itself as an everyman’s set-top-box company. It recently bought Sling Media, makers …
HD DVD Won't Give In To Blu‑ray Yet – What’s Next?
It’s been a busy week for high def disc formats and it’s only Tuesday night! Soon after the Warner / Blu-ray announcement, Toshiba told the press that HD DVD wasn’t out of this format war just …
SlingCatcher and Slingbox PRO‑HD In 2008: For Sure This Time
We got our first look at the SlingCatcher back at CES 2007. It’s the Wi-Fi enabled set-top box that streams web-based media, PC or Slingbox content to your TV.
Audioholics goes Voyeur
Just when you thought that Audioholics' coverage of CES couldn't get more complete - we take it a step further. We're broadcasting live from our hotel room as much as possible. Visit our page on …
New Line Cinema Backs Blu‑ray
As expected, New Line Cinema has confirmed it will follow Warner Bros. lead in becoming Blu-ray only this year. New Line Cinema is a sister company to Warner and had indicated earlier that it would …
Countdown to CES ‑ DVD Copy Rules Loosening?
A couple of things passed our desk which made us wonder what might be in store at this year's CES regarding DVD storage. From media servers to hard disk storage devices, several manufacturers seem …
2008 CES Show Coverage Begins in 2 Days!
The 2008 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is around the corner and Audioholics is once again poised to provide unparalleled coverage of the Las Vegas event. We've been covering the show since 2004 and …
Blu‑ray snags Warner Bros exclusive
The high definition disc format war just took a dramatic turn, as Warner Bros announced it would exclusively support Blu-ray. This is a significant blow for rival HD DVD as Warner is the single …
Audioholics Launches eCommerce Store Designed by CE Pros
Audioholics.com, the world’s largest home theater publication, commemorates the next evolutionary phase with the launching of an Online Storefront offering some of the industry's finest products and …