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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?
Marillion Releases Live DVD & Download Single
Marillion are known for the relationship that they maintain with their fans through their website ( www.marillion.com ). Continuing this love affair with the internet, a live version of 'The …
Marillion Tours North America June 2005
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 …
LG Electronics Launches DivX DVD Players
LG Electronics Inc., a leading manufacturer of consumer electronics, announced today the introduction of DivX Certification to its 2005 line of DVD devices for sale in Canadian retail outlets. …
Philips Ensation Enters Wireless Audio Streaming Market
Royal Philips Electronics today announced the Ensation™ wireless audio link that will simplify wireless audio networking in the home. The new wireless chip technology makes it easy for digital audio …
APC H‑Series Power Conditioners
American Power Conversion (APC) today announced an expansion of its Audio/Video (AV) line with the introduction of APC A/V H10 and H15 Power Conditioners designed for performance home entertainment …
LG Taps Genesis FLI8532 'Cortez' for New LCD TVs
Genesis Microchip Inc. today announced that LG Electronics, one of the world's leading consumer electronics companies, has designed Genesis Microchip's highly integrated FLI8532 (Cortez) flat-panel …
Hitachi Unveils New UltraVision Flat Panel Television Models
The Home Electronics Division of Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., www.hitachi.us/tv , today launched its 2005 flat panel television line with seven product lines that combine …
PRETEC USB Flash Drive Fashion Accessories
Pretec Electronics Corp., the inventor of i-Disk Tiny, the smallest USB flash Drive in the world since 2003, is demonstrating USB Flash Drive Fashion Accessories based on patented CU-Flash …
Marantz Ships Flagship SR9600 Receiver
Marantz America, Inc. begins shipping its flagship Model SR9600 THX Ultra 2-certified A/V receiver (SRP: $4,199) with unprecedented launch support and grassroots promotional activities. In a key …
APC Ships New S‑Series HT Power Conditioners with Battery Backup
American Power Conversion (APC) today announced availability of their new S-line of power conditioning battery backup models designed exclusively for the high performance home audio/video (A/V) and …
Universal Display Makes 200 dpi Transparent OLED
Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ:PANL), the Company that's lighting the way in developing and commercializing OLED displays, today announced the development of the world's first high-resolution, …
Samsung Prepping for Bigger LCD Size Standards
Samsung Electronics, the leader in thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) technology, today called for a standardization of LCD glass sizes in a speech by its LCD Business president, …
ARCHOS AV 700 Mobile DVR
ARCHOS Introduces the AV 700 Mobile Digital Video Recorder Featuring 100 Gigabytes Under a 7-Inch Wide Screen; DVR Capabilities …
Belkin TuneStage for iPod
Belkin Corporation announces TuneStage(TM) for iPod(R), a device that allows you to play the songs from your iPod through your home theater wirelessly via Bluetooth(TM) technology. With a …
Samsung Develops First 40‑inch OLED Panel
Samsung Electronics, the leader in TFT-LCD technology, today announced that it has successfully developed the world's first single-sheet, 40-inch active matrix (AM) OLED ( organic light-emitting …
DTS Connect to Put Surround on PC Motherboards
DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) today launched its newest PC initiative, DTS Connect, designed to enhance the entertainment value of the PC platform. DTS has formed strategic partnerships with …
Freescale to Demonstrate Ultra‑Wideband HD at 20 meters
Freescale Semiconductor will demonstrate the industry's longest-range commercial Direct Sequence Ultra-Wideband (DS-UWB) communications solution in a wireless projector and media blaster at Wireless …
NPD Group Report Shows Correlation on CD‑DVD‑Game Sales
The multitude of entertainment options in the marketplace means increased competition for the consumer's entertainment dollar, according to The NPD Group's recent study, the Cross-Entertainment …
Russound Unveils SMS3‑250 Digital Media Server
Building on the widespread success of its SMS3 Smart Media Server, Russound unveiled the SMS3-250, giving homeowners more storage capacity with a 250 gigabyte (GB) hard drive as well as options for …
Wireless Projector Introduced by Toshiba
Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. today introduced the TDP-SW25U wireless DLP projector, a high-performance, portable presentation tool for …
Tributaries Releases TX 500 Power Controllers
Tributaries , a company formed in 1991 and committed to designing power and interconnect products based on scientific principles and not snake oil, has recently announced the availability of its new …
FCC Broadcast Flag Struck Down by Federal Appeals Court
In a landmark case, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit today struck down the " Broadcast Flag ," an FCC rule that would have crippled digital television receivers beginning on July …
Denon Link 3rd Edition Released ‑ SACD Compatible
Denon Electronics today announced that its new DENON LINK* 3rd Edition digital interface has been officially approved for transmission of Super Audio CD (SACD) signals by Sony and Philips, developers …
Xbox 360 Specs Pics & Details Announced
Wednesday, May 12, 2005 marked the day the details of the Xbox 360 were announced in a carefully promoted MTV 1/2 hour special hosted by Elijah Wood - possibly the world's most popular hobbit-gamer. …
CEA Encourages a Hard Analog Cut‑off Date
The following letter was sent from Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), to Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) regarding the state of the digital television (DTV) …
Digital Audio Projection the Next Trend?
The introduction of the Yamaha YSP-1 digital audio projector made quite a splash this year, winning G4TECHTV's Best of Show, CES 2005. This new consumer device is the harbinger of a new opportunity …
BG Ships New Radia Applications Loudspeakers
Bohlender-Graebener announced they are now shipping two innovative on-wall models that feature the company's patented planar ribbon technology. The Radia R-18i and R-17i are both high performance …
Toshiba Announces New HD DVD ROM Discs
Paramount Home Entertainment, one of several major Hollywood studios actively involved in the cultivation of HD DVD, today welcomed the announcement by Toshiba Corporation of two new types of new HD …