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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?
Rumors of Laser DLP from Mitsubishi Surface for CES
After several years of trickling out details, Mitsubishi announced plans at the iSupply Flat Information Displays (FID) 2007 conference for a private preview of a laser based DLP rear projection set …
Dept. of Justice sides with RIAA in MP3 File‑Sharing Lawsuit
The Bush administration officially sided with the RIAA in the latest file-sharing lawsuit. Jamie Thomas, a middle class single mom in Minnesota has been ordered to shell out $222,000 for making 24 …
Did Wal‑Mart Benefit Black Friday HD Player Sales?
Results for Black Friday sales related to the two HD optical disc formats have been trickling in and sales of both discs and player appear to be up compared to this time last year. A small glimmer …
PlayStation 3 Year One
Sony Computer Entertainment American (SCEA) CEO Jack Tretton talks about PlayStation 3 year one: "I don't think there's any question that there were missteps…”
MPAA get DMCA Takedown Notice, Taste of its Own Medicine
In what is one of the tastiest ironies I’ve come across lately, the Motion Picture Association of America has had a Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notice issued to the ISP hosting a …
Wal‑Mart and Amazon Deal DRM‑Free MP3, a Sign iPod is Weakening
Digital Rights Management (DRM) has long been a source of aggravation and confusion for digital music fans. The pesky layer on MP3 music files purchased from most online music vendors is designed to …
Xbox Live Dashboard December 07 Update
Facebook-like social networking and full game downloads are among the items to be included in an Xbox Live Dashboard update tomorrow. It includes a few interesting items even if it fails to measure …
Impact Acoustics Rotating HDMI Adapters
Impact Acoustics tossed me a new product announcement the other day that really got my attention. They have a new line of rotating, swiveling HDMI adapters which finally solve that issue of …
iPhone 3G in 2008
AT&T Chief Exec, Randall Stephenson let some information slip about an upcoming 3G version of iPhone to arrive next year. Apple’s tactile media phone uses cutting edge technology in nearly every …
Wal‑Mart and Target Debut Venturer HD DVD Player
Looking for a new HD DVD player this Christmas? Remember the rumor of the cheap Chinese made player that would be coming out? Well, it's time to stop by your local Wal-Mart or Target and check out …
Is DLP Losing Ground to 3LCD?
Today 3LCD made an announcement that BenQ is releasing its new line of home theater projectors as 3LCD models. Now I understand that announcements like this may be a tad one-sided. They almost always …
Guitar Hero III, Rock Band ‑ Video Games You Play!
If you’ve got a lot more paraphernalia sitting around your home theater system lately, you might just be part of the growing trend in video games you have to play. The Guitar Hero franchise has given …
Forget the Wii, Motion Capture Gaming is In
Using a system miniature accelerometers, gyroscopes, and ultrasonic emitters coupled with microphones, researchers at MIT, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory (MERL), and the Swiss Federal …
Screen Research Expands into US Market
Screen Research, maker of acoustically transparent projection screen systems, announced today the company’s official expansion into the North American market. Screen Research USA will be located in …
Emotiva Cyber Monday Sale
Missed out on Black Friday? Maybe you just didn't want to fight the crowds for the substandard gear at the big box stores. Well, no worries, Emotiva Audio is back with a ton of sales for the holiday …
Impact Acoustics Audio CrossPlay 2x2 Switch
Impact Acoustics is proud to announce the new Audio CrossPlay audio distribution device. This pocket-sized 2x2 Audio Matrix Switch provides a user with the ability to simultaneously connect, share …
IBM Wants to Bring Commercials to DVDs
That's right. IBM is seeking to turn the industry on its ear in an attempt to levy additional ways of bringing marketing and advertisements into the living (or better stated, theater) room. Not …
Mech Anyone?
In what has only to be described as an, "Oh my GAWD! I've GOT to get me one of THOSE!" moments, we stumbled across of video of the new Sarcos' powered exoskeleton. Of course, it probably costs …
Christmas Shopping? Consumer Electronics are Red Hot this Holiday Season
Prices on the hottest consumer electronics are shrinking faster than Tony Soprano’s second helping of pasta fazul. WOA! Economics experts are saying electronics are in - women’s handbags, jewelry and …
Xbox360 and PlayStation3 Updates for Fall
Rival console game system Thanksgiving updates: One is a real update, the other a real turkey. Sony PlayStation3 has just received its firmware revision 2.01, and Xbox360 is rumored to receive a …
Consumer Reports Gets It Right ‑ Blu‑Ray and HD‑DVD are Equal
In what is no stunner to anyone at Audioholics, Consumer Reports reviewed nine HD optical disc players and guess what they concluded? There are no significant performance differences. The top Blu-ray …
Internet Addiction Camp Opens
Welcome to South Korea, home of Kimchi, Bul Go Gi, and 250,000 Internet addicts as reported by The New York Times. Since Korea has nearly border to border Internet access apparently kids need to …
Pioneer SyncTV to compete with iTunes and Cable TV
Today, Pioneer begins beta testing on its version of a next gen TV subscription service dubbed SyncTV. This is no streaming TV web-applet with limited bandwidth, low resolution and suspect audio …
Axiom Intros Audiobyte PC Speakers
Axiom Audio today unveiled the Audiobyte, their first luxury hi-fi computer speaker system. Comprised of two high end, ultra-compact speakers plus a dedicated stereo amplifier and optional subwoofer, …
Beowulf ‑ Is 3D Cinema a Sign of Things to Come?
Beowulf, the splashy production starring Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich opens today in theaters across America. But this isn’t an ordinary movie. It’s the biggest 3D presentation …
Yamaha RX‑V861 Receiver Giveaway!
Just in time for the holiday season, Audioholics is giving away a Yamaha RX-V861 AV Receiver in our "We Review it, You Win it!" series. What do you need to do to get your hands on this sweet piece of …
Analog vs Digital ‑ Pop Science for a Day
In last week’s episode, PBS pop-science magazine show Wired Science covered the issue of analog vs digital sound – predictably, the piece was highly compressed and lacked dynamic range.
$55,000 Remote Control Goes Well With $7,250 Speaker Cables
Excess knows no bounds. We here at Audioholics are a practical lot. After having recently lambasted ridiculously overpriced speaker cables whose attributes read like many warnings on the list of Top …
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