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Parent Company PML of Paradigm, MartinLogan Buys GoldenEar From Audioquest
PML Sound International, parent of Paradigm, Anthem, and MartinLogan, acquired GoldenEar from The Quest Group. Will engineering-focused leadership unlock GoldenEar's full potential post-AudioQuest?
DVDO Ships the iScan HDplus Video Scaler
Building on the momentum from the award-winning iScan ™ HD, the iScan HD+ adds scaling of high definition sources (720p, 1080i), and HDCP support over DVI. It utilizes Anchor Bay Technology's …
New Sony NW‑HD3 Hard Disc Network WALKMAN features MP3 & ATRAC3plus
SLAPPA Distribution LLC, today announced the launch of its new diverse line of laptop storage cases and bags. The line, as described by SLAPPA's website ( www.slappa.com ) currently features four …
MP3 Goes SURROUND!
Thomson (Euronext Paris:18453) (NYSE:TMS) today announced that mp3, the world's most popular audio compression format, goes multi-channel. Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, inventors …
Digital Projection Introduces Dual Lamp dVision sx and HD Projectors
Digital Projection International (DPI), an Emmy Award-winning manufacturer of high-performance projection systems, announced the launch of two new dual-lamp, dual-color wheel, single-chip DLP™ …
LG.Philips LCD Announces P7 LCD Fabrication Plant
LG.Philips LCD today announced investment in its seventh generation TFT-LCD fabrication plant, 'P7', which will be the first TFT-LCD fabrication plant in Korea's Paju Display Cluster. The Board …
RPG Room Optimizer & Sizer Software Packages
A new approach to automated optimized listener/loudspeaker placement Room Optimizer™ is a Windows program to help determine the optimum locations for listener and loudspeakers in a rectangular room.
Toshiba Gets into Network Media Game
Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. and provider of industry-leading portable computers, projectors and other mobile-related services and …
Major Studios Announce HD‑DVD Titles
Toshiba Corporation disclosed today that the company has received separate commitments of support from Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema, and Warner Bros. Studios, respectively …
Verbatim Unveils High‑Performance Pro Line of Store n Go USB Drives
Verbatim Corporation has announced an all-new Store 'n' GoÔ Pro line of USB flash drives. Offering higher performance, higher capacities and more advanced security features than other popular USB …
Analog Devices Intros New SHARC Processors
Continuing the rich audio tradition of its SHARC(R) Processor family, Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, today …
Artcoustic Debuts Diablo Tech +1 Subwoofer
Mission Viejo, CA - Artcoustic, the Danish high performance on-wall loudspeaker company has introduced the Diablo Tech+1 Subwoofer - the smallest and only powered floor standing subwoofer in the …
Cambridge Professor Debuts New WEDGE LCD
A Cambridge UK academic has come up with a completely new flat TV concept relying on total internal reflection in a wedge shaped piece of clear plastic. It is fed by the same LCD video projectors …
Sharp Introduces XV‑Z2000 DLP Home Theater Projector
Utilizing the DLP™ HD2+ chip from Texas Instruments and with a resolution of 1280 x 720, the XV-Z2000 boasts a 2500:1 contrast ratio and a brightness rating of 1200 ANSI lumens, delivering one of the …
CableLabs Approves VCPS Recording Technology for Digital Cable‑Ready Products
CableLabs announced today that it has approved a recording technology jointly developed by Philips and Hewlett-Packard that enables consumers to enjoy home recordings of certain high-value cable …
Newsflash: Violence in Video Games Still Rampant Problem
The National Institute on Media and the Family, the nation's leading resource on the effects of video games on children, released its Ninth Annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card today in …
LG Electronics Produces Worlds Largest Plasma Display Panel
South Korea's LG Electronics said it had embarked on production of the world's largest plasma display panel (PDP) flat television screen. LG said the 71-inch PDP television would sell to domestic …
Terk Ships New HDTVs Urban Antenna
TERK Technologies Corp., a leader in antenna technology for TV, satellite, radio and mobile communications applications, is now shipping its new HDTVs, a slim profile, high-performance outdoor HDTV …
Epoq Announces Three New Large Format LCD TVs
These 3 new Epoq models, brought to you by the creators of the Luce and Helios brands of flat panel TVs (the world's first integrated plasma TVs since 1999!) utilize the latest generation ASV high …
HP Backs Blu‑ray Disc with 2005 PC Lineup
HP today announced plans to include Blu-ray Disc drives across many of its product lines, including select consumer desktop and notebook PCs, personal workstations and digital entertainment centers.
Syntax 32 and 37‑inch LCD TVs and 50‑inch LCOS TV Added to Lineup
Syntax Groups Corporation, manufacturer of the high-quality, low-priced Olevia™ family of widescreen HDTV-ready LCD TVs, today announced at the iSuppli FID2004 conference, its newest Super-IPS-based …
Carry a Tune Singing Coach Software
Called Singing Coach(TM) and Singing Coach Unlimited(TM), these products combine patent-pending technology with entertaining, animated on-screen vocal coaching to teach people at all levels to sing, …
Macrovision CDS Technology Praised by Macrovision
Macrovision Corporation, the global market leader in content protection and digital rights management ("DRM") technologies, announced today that its CDS(TM) technology, the most widely adopted music …
X2 MEGA View Digital Video Multimedia Player
X2 Corporation, a global manufacturer and direct marketer of digital convergence products, announced the debut of its first portable digital multimedia player, the 20GB MEGA View. Unlike the first …
Cambridge SoundWorks Offers Retail MP3 Ripping Service
For the growing number of MP3 users looking to convert their CD collections to an MP3 player, there's good news. Cambridge SoundWorks® announced today that customers can now walk into any Cambridge …
Logitech VideoCall for Broadband
Logitech, the world's leading manufacturer of webcams, today announced the commercial availability of Logitech(R) VideoCall for broadband, a way for friends and family around the world to communicate …
New Medium Enterprises, Inc. unveils 20 GB Red Laser High Definition VMD!
New Medium Enterprises Inc., OTC Bulletin Board Symbol (NMEN) announced today the public unveiling of the highly anticipated pre-industrial VMD (Versatile MulitLayer Disc), the next generation HD …
SageTV Releases Version 2.1 PVR Software
Frey Technologies, LLC., a developer of personal video recorder (PVR) and home media center technology for the PC, has announces their version 2.1 of its SageTV personal video recorder software. It …
Brillian Debuts 65 inch 720p LCoS HDTV at EHX
Brillian Corporation, a pioneering developer of HDTVs based on the industry's first Gen II liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) microdisplay technology, will showcase its BR6501m/i, 65-inch, …