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Bose Acquires McIntosh Group

— November 23, 2024 00:00

Bose Acquires McIntosh Group

Bose acquires McIntosh Group, home to McIntosh and Sonus faber, stepping into luxury audio. A bold move, but what’s next for these iconic high-end brands?

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Tripp Lite Intros New A/V Power Protection Products at EHX

— March 22, 2006 18:00

Tripp Lite Intros New A/V Power Protection Products at EHX

Tripp Lite, a world- leading manufacturer of power protection equipment, is pleased to announce the introduction of two new power protection solutions for audio/video applications at EHX Spring

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Klipsch Develops In‑Wall THX Ultra2 Custom Home Theater System

— March 20, 2006 18:00

Klipsch Develops In-Wall THX Ultra2 Custom Home Theater System

Klipsch is introducing in-wall versions of its THX Ultra2 custom home theater system. Engineered to bring real cinema sound to the comforts of home, the new KL-7800-THX in-wall LCR and KS-7800-THX

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Panasonic Readies New G9 Plasma Panels

— March 19, 2006 19:00

Panasonic Readies New G9 Plasma Panels

Panasonic is now readying it latest G9 panels for deployment in the US. The new G9 panel represents the latest iteration of plasma technology and represents what, at first glance, appears to be a

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Anthony Gallo Releases Nucleus Reference AV Line

— March 18, 2006 19:00

Anthony Gallo Releases Nucleus Reference AV Line

Anthony Gallo Acoustics (AGA) has announced the release of its new Nucleus® Reference AV and Reference AV Center loudspeakers. The new speakers, based on AGA's award-winning Nucleus® Reference 3.1

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Sony Announces Pricing and Availability on Blue‑ray Disc Products

— March 18, 2006 19:00

Sony Announces Pricing and Availability on Blue-ray Disc Products

Sony Electronics today debuted its first Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) products in the U.S. , along with details on suggested pricing and availability for some of the new offerings. These next generation

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Sony Delays Playstation 3 (PS3) Launch Until November

— March 18, 2006 19:00

Sony Delays Playstation 3 (PS3) Launch Until November

One of Japan 's major newspapers, Nihon Kezai Shimbun broke the story yesterday afternoon that Sony's PlayStation 3 would be delayed until November. This was followed up by an official

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TI Aureus DSP in New Yamaha Receivers

— March 09, 2006 19:00

TI Aureus DSP in New Yamaha Receivers

Continuing to bring consumers feature-rich home theater applications, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced that Yamaha's three new audio/video receivers (AVRs) are powered by

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SBS Innovations Inc Announces the iShok NanoCase

— March 09, 2006 18:00

SBS Innovations Inc Announces the iShok NanoCase

SBS Innovations Inc. today is announcing that it is accepting preorders for its iShok Nano iPod case. The new iShok Nano Case protects the iPod media player from accidental damage through a unique

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Toshiba Announces et20 HQV Projector with DVD Player

— March 08, 2006 18:00

Toshiba Announces et20 HQV Projector with DVD Player

Toshiba has announced the et20 projector with integrated DVD player, 5.1-channel audio system, and an exclusive Super Close Projection lens that will produce a 2-meter (diagonal) image from 1-meter

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New 'M Theory' Mobile Entertainment for Portable Market

— March 07, 2006 19:00

New 'M Theory' Mobile Entertainment for Portable Market

Gaining traction with young audiences through such television hits as MTV's "The Real World" and Fox's "The Simple Life," Bunim-Murray Productions today seeks to better reach the Digital Generation,

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Syntax‑Brillian Announces LCoS Joint Venture in China

— March 07, 2006 19:00

Syntax-Brillian Announces LCoS Joint Venture in China

Syntax-Brillian Corp. (Nasdaq: BRLC), a manufacturer and marketer of LCD and LCoS(TM) HDTVs and digital entertainment products, today announced that it has entered into an agreement in principle to

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AOL's Email Tax Scheme

www.dearaol.com — March 01, 2006 19:00

AOL's Email Tax Scheme

The following is from dearaol.com a non-profit site: AOL has proposed the adoption of a system called CertifiedEmail, provided by…

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Sony Announces Release Date for Blu‑ray Discs

— February 28, 2006 18:00

Sony Announces Release Date for Blu-ray Discs

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and MGM Home Entertainment (MGM) have announced the release date for their first salvo of Blu-ray discs . You can expect to see Blu-ray Disc titles in stores

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Sony and NEC Merge Optical Storage Business

— February 27, 2006 19:00

Sony and NEC Merge Optical Storage Business

This week Sony has officially announced an alliance with NEC where the two companies will combine their optical drive businesses. The deal is said to have been finalized last Monday. In the

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The Status of Plasma and LCD in the Industry

— February 22, 2006 19:00

The Status of Plasma and LCD in the Industry

DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting and part of The NPD Group, today released Q4'05 shipments and revenues for plasma TVs by brand, region, size and

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Cirrus Logic, Genesis Microchip Announce Reference Design AVR

— February 22, 2006 19:00

Cirrus Logic, Genesis Microchip Announce Reference Design AVR

Genesis® Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSS), a world leader in the development of image processing technologies for flat-panel TVs, monitors, and other consumer display products, and Cirrus Logic Inc.

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Panamax Acquires Furman Sound, Inc.

— February 22, 2006 19:00

Panamax Acquires Furman Sound, Inc.

Over 60 years of power engineering are about to come together in Petaluma, CA. Panamax (founded 1975) has acquired Furman Sound, Inc. (founded 1974), in a move that will complement each other's

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MTV Launches 5.1 HD Channel

— February 21, 2006 19:00

MTV Launches 5.1 HD Channel

Demonstrating the continued momentum for high-definition (HD) television, MTV Networks Music Group launched its first HD channel, MHD, this past month with Dolby(R) Digital 5.1 audio.

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PS3 Game Console Ship Date Delayed

— February 20, 2006 19:00

PS3 Game Console Ship Date Delayed

According to a report at Reuters , Sony's launch of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) could be delayed if "industry specifications" for some of its technology are not finalized soon. Despite the news, Sony is

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Mitsubishi Introduces HD4000U Projector

— February 20, 2006 19:00

Mitsubishi Introduces HD4000U Projector

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Products Division today introduced the HD4000U, its first high-definition projector designed for wide-format laptops and imaging applications

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MatrixStream to Release World's First High Definition IPTV

— February 20, 2006 18:00

MatrixStream to Release World's First High Definition IPTV

Following hot on the success of last year's sell out tour of North America, UK rock band Marillion return in June to get 'up front and personal' with their fans at a series of special acoustic shows

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Mitsubishi Announces Price Reduction on All Home Theater Projectors

— February 16, 2006 19:00

Mitsubishi Announces Price Reduction on All Home Theater Projectors

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Products Division, known for its award-winning, high-quality presentation and display products, today announced it has lowered its suggested

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Crayola Launches Line of AV Products

— February 09, 2006 18:00

Crayola Launches Line of AV Products

GPX, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of technology-driven and trend-setting consumer electronics products, announces the 2006 launch of its Crayola-branded products that will awake your

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LG Rolls Out New LCDs‑Plasmas with DVR

— February 06, 2006 19:00

LG Rolls Out New LCDs-Plasmas with DVR

Today at the Hilton hotel in Seoul LG showcased a complete line of flat panel LCD and plasma HDTV's that feature built in DVR . Regarding his company's forward thinking designs Executive Vice

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Mitsubishi Gets Universal Electronics Remote Controls

— February 06, 2006 19:00

Mitsubishi Gets Universal Electronics Remote Controls

Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) (NASDAQ:UEIC) announced that Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America (MDEA) has selected UEI to supply universal remote control devices for MDEA television products.

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Dolby Lake Processor Announced for Live Sound Speaker Configuration

— February 05, 2006 19:00

Dolby Lake Processor Announced for Live Sound Speaker Configuration

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) announced today the Dolby(R) Lake(R) Processor, the first product combining Dolby Laboratories' and Lake Technology's audio expertise. The Dolby Lake Processor is a

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Kung Fu HD Featured on Voom HD in Feb‑May

— February 02, 2006 19:00

Kung Fu HD Featured on Voom HD in Feb-May

In a bold step forward to delivering stunning home theater to the masses, Kreisen, who manufactures quality affordable high definition television displays, today announced the availability of

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Tripp Lite Intros New AV UPS Systems

— February 02, 2006 19:00

Tripp Lite Intros New AV UPS Systems

Tripp Lite is proud to introduce its new line of Rackmount Pure Sine Wave and Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) UPS Systems for the Audio/Video market. Tripp Lite's award- winning UPS technology is