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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?
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, …
Samsung YP‑T5V MP3 Player ‑ World's Smallest?
The votes are in, and America's top-selling embedded flash-based digital audio player is Samsung's YP-T5V, which ranked first in the latest NDP/Intellect report. With just one look, it's easy to …
Velodyne Joins Crestron’s Integrated Partner Program
Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. the world's leading manufacturer of powered subwoofers for home-theater and consumer audio, today announced its membership in the Crestron Integrated Partner Program and the …
PI Vision Introduces Video Wall Support for UVMS™
Model UVMS™ D3 Decoder and Display Driver is suitable for controlling banks of video displays. System is modular, with each D3 driving up to 4 display units. D3 exploits built-in switching …
Atlantic Technology System 920 Speakers
Atlantic Technology today announced the introduction of the System 920 home theater speaker system that establishes a new performance benchmark for compact subwoofer-satellite designs while …
Mitsubishi HC900U Home Cinema Projector
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Products Division, the industry leader in home entertainment technology and innovation, today announced its new retail distribution outlets for …
The Art of Sound ‑ 117th Annual AES Convention
Our good friends at DTS sponsored my Audioholics trip to the AES convention this year. In conjunction with four other leading pro audio companies, DTS had put together a program called " …
DTS Establishes DTS Canada ULC
DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) has completed the acquisition of QDesign Corporation, a Canadian audio delivery technology company, which is now formally DTS Canada ULC. Based in Vancouver BC and …
FIA Introduces On3 Pro Mobile Portable Media Player
Today, First Intelligent Array (FIA, Inc.), announced the FIA On3 Pro Digital Media Player and Library. The FIA On3 Pro is an evolutionary breakthrough in car audio and video entertainment, and …
Cirrus Logic DACs Provide New Space‑Saving 6‑8 Channel Performance
Extending its expansive portfolio of high-performance analog and mixed-signal audio converter ICs, audio IC leader Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq:CRUS) unveiled two new 24-bit, 192 kHz, multi-channel …
La Mia 500 ‑ Fiat 500 with MP3 Downloads and Text Messaging
There are a lot of ways to customize a car. Dave Slocombe and Natasha Sopieva have decided to do it by giving a vintage Fiat 500 a multimedia super high tech soul. To start with, this loveable …
Peter Gabriels Play: The Videos DVD Features DTS 96/24
DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) announced that it recently supplied the new DTS Pro Series Surround Encoder to Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios, for its first commercial application, "Play: The …
Playstation Portable Enters Japanese Market
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI), announced today that it would release its new handheld video game system, PSPTM (PlayStation®Portable) (PSP-1000), on December 12, 2004, at a recommended …
Oakley Thump MP3 Player Sunglasses!
Introducing OAKLEY THUMP™, the world's first digital audio eyewear. The revolutionary design seamlessly integrates a music player and earphones right into the frame. That means no more wires. Just …
DTS Unveils DTS‑HD Brand for HD Media Formats
DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) unveiled today DTS-HD, as the new trademarked brand name for its lossless technology. Previously known under working name DTS++, the DTS-HD mark will denote media, …
Jamo Receivers and DVD Player Preview
2003 saw Jamo's first move into electronics with the successful debut of the multi-award winning DVR 50 DVD receiver. Today we're proud to announce the next phase of our electronics roll-out, with …
LG Introduces Worlds First EPG‑equipped DCR TV to US
LG Electronics has unveiled digital cable-ready (DCR) TVs in the U.S. market, spurring its inroads into the North American market which represents 40% of the world's digital TV demand. LG …
Kodak Announces Digital System for Full‑Length Features
Eastman Kodak Company announced a series of advancements in its Digital Cinema operations that will generate increased revenue for exhibitors and enhance the movie-going experience for consumers, …
NEC Releases First $100 Internal Dual Layer 16x Universal DVD/RW
Today, NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a premier provider of integrated solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America, introduced the NEC ND-3500A, a double layer internal DVD rewritable …
Digital TV for Cell Phones & Handsets from Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments (TI) is developing the wireless industry's first digital TV on a chip, which captures broadcast signals and allows cell phone users to watch live broadcasts.
Vidikron Model 60 3‑Chip D‑ILA Projector Shipping
Vidikron, designer and manufacturer of high definition home theater video display technology, is now shipping its new D-ILA™ (Direct Drive Image Light Amplifier) Model 60 . The Model 60 offers …
Energy Speaker Systems Announces New act sub
Energy Speaker Systems is proud to introduce the act sub. The Energy act sub is an 80 Watt RMS, 300 Watt Dynamic powered subwoofer that compliments the extremely successful S8.3, S10.3 and S12.3 …