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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?
RBH Sound MC Series Loudspeakers
RBH Sound's MC Theater Series has turned it up a notch introducing interchangeable speaker systems for home theater and audio enthusiasts, without the bank-breaking investment. Featuring high-quality …
Hitachi Acquires Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Shares and Patents
Hitachi, Ltd. today reached an official agreement with Fujitsu Limited concerning Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited (FHP), a joint venture of the two companies, in accordance with a basic …
Pace Micro Announces Tahoe High Definition DVR
Pace Micro Technology, a leading digital set-top box provider specializing in the development of emerging technologies across all television platforms, today announced the launch of its Tahoe High …
Digital Video Cable Extender from Gefen
Gefen today announced the release of its DVI Booster, a small unit that corrects video signal degradation that occurs over stretches of DVI copper cables used to extend a display away from its high …
Consumers Changing the Way they Access Media
Consumer media habits are changing as people watch video-on-demand services through their cable or satellite provider (10 percent in the past month), access news online (11 percent in the past …
Turn Your PC into a Satellite TiVo System
KWorld Computer Co. Ltd., manufacturer of a full line of multi-media processing equipment for the PC marketplace, announces the DVB-S Satellite Receiver System, a single PCI card conversion system …
Yamaha Launches 8 New XM‑Ready Receivers
Yamaha Electronics Corporation today introduced four new affordable A/V digital home theater receivers equipped with XM Satellite Radio capability (XM-Ready) that will enhance and diversify the …
Optoma H79 DLP Projector with DarkChip3
Optoma Technology, Inc. announced the availability of its next-generation, high performance digital projector for home theater enthusiasts. With an MSRP of $9,999, Optoma's H79 delivers stunningly …
Sony ES Receivers and DVD Players
Delivering a definitive multi-room home theater experience, Sony Electronics recently announced its updated ES (Elevated Standard) audio/video receiver lineup. The 2005 lineup includes three new …
Atlantic Steel CD Case Collection
Atlantic Inc's portable CD Steel Case collection offers consumers a durable and attractive way to protect CDs, DVDs and CD-ROMs on the go. Available in three models, the cases are made of a hard …
Parasound NewClassic Amps & Processor
Parasound has announced the introduction of five new power amplifiers and a 7.1 channel A/V surround controller as the first of the company's "NewClassic" line of products for professional custom …
Sony Debuts 42‑inch PlasmaPro Display
Sony Electronics today introduced a 42-inch flat panel plasma professional display. The FWD-42PV1 plasma flat panel display has several features that make it well-suited for the demands of today's …
802.11n IC Shipments to Top 90 Million Worldwide by 2007
A new report from consumer technology think-tank, The Diffusion Group, suggests that Ultra Wide-Band (UWB) will face tough obstacles on the way to widespread market penetration. UWB versus 802.11n …
Sony Introduces New DVD Players & 400‑disc Changer with HDMI
The DVP-CX995V 400-disc DVD/Super-Audio CD (SA-CD) changer up-scales video to high definition (1080i/720p) resolution and transmits high quality audio through a High Definition Multimedia Interface …
Olevia LT26HVE 26‑Inch LCD TV New from Syntax Groups
Syntax Groups Corporation, manufacturer of the high-quality, affordable Olevia brand of widescreen HDTV-ready LCD TVs, announced the launch of its newest 26-inch Olevia model (LT26HVE), highlighting …
Sony Intros New "BiNA" HTPS LCD Panels
Representing the latest technology in precise liquid crystal alignment, Sony Corporation announced today the successful development of the world's first HTPS LCD panel for front projector TV sets, …
Vutec Introduces Retracta‑Vu Theater System
Vutec Corporation has just launched Retracta-Vu Theater, a motorized, completely retractable and disappearing home theater that houses a screen, an NEC WT610 projector, audio equipment and …
Boston Acoustics Intros New MicroSystem CD
Boston Acoustics, Inc., a premier manufacturer of high-performance audio solutions for home entertainment, automobiles and personal desktop audio systems, introduces the breakthrough P400 High …
Fujitsu Statement on Sale of Plasma Assets
Fujitsu General America today issued a statement that last month's announcement by its parent company, Fujitsu Limited, regarding the impending sale of assets in Fujitsu-Hitachi Plasma Inc. (FHP), …
Kreisen Delivers Affordable 40‑Inch HDTV LCD
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 …
Energy Announces New Take Series Speakers
Energy Speaker Systems, manufacturer, designer and global distributor of speakers for more than 30 years, is proud to announce the new Reference Connoisseur Series. This striking series fuses the …
Panasonic DVD‑S97 DVD Player with HDMI
Panasonic recently introduced the new DVD-S97 DVD player. It features a 216MHz/11-bit Video D/A converter and is able to fully transmit the a 13.5MHz video signal guaranteeing that it can deliver …
Proview Intros MH‑462SU Super‑Thin Plasma TV
Proview's new 46-inch Model MH-462SU plasma display offers all the features of today's flat-panel TV revolution, for a suggested retail price of just $3,199. That's hundreds or even thousands of …
Dolby Labs IPO Coming This Week
Dolby Laboratories Inc. is readying its initial public offering this week and industry is poised for a big show. Dolby Labs is a San Francisco company whose logo and name are recognized in both the …
Panamax Introduces 8 New Protection Modules
Recognizing the need to protect sensitive electronic systems from electrical surges transmitted through remote lines, Panamax, the industry-leading manufacturer of power conditioning and protection …
Mitsubishi PocketProjector
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Products Division, the industry leader in home entertainment projector technology and innovation, today introduced its PocketProjector, one of …
Velodyne Introduces SMS‑1 DSP System
Extending its leadership position in providing award-winning subwoofer technology, Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. the world's leading manufacturer of powered subwoofers for home-theater and consumer …
DigitalDeck MX1000 Home Network DVR
DigitalDeck has developed and is marketing an end-to-end platform for aggregating and managing entertainment content in the home. The result is the DigitalDeck Entertainment Network (DDEN) - an …