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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?
Universal Remote Control Offering $30 Rebate
Universal Remote Control, Inc., the leader in remote control design and manufacturing for home and professional entertainment systems, is helping consumers to "take control" of their home …
Velodyne DD‑10 Sub Wins Prestigious EISA Award
Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. announced that the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) has named the Digital Drive ® DD-10 as the European Subwoofer of the Year 2004-2005. The subwoofer was …
Cambridge SoundWorks Ships PlayDockXM Speaker System for Delphi XM Radio
Cambridge SoundWorks, a leading audio manufacturer and retailer, today announced shipment of its PlayDock(TM)XM Speaker System. Designed exclusively to support Delphi XM Roady(TM) and Roady 2 …
Chief Manufacturing, Inc. Announces Merger with Sanus Systems
Chief Manufacturing Inc., an industry leader in technology mounting solutions for the professional and home theater audiovisual market, and Sanus Systems, a leader in retail audio/video furniture, …
Cirrus Logic Launches Feature‑Packed, Cost‑Effective Home Theater Recorder Chipset
Cirrus Logic Inc. released its CRD92688-RX reference design, a feature-packed, cost-effective digital home theater recorder chipset platform that leverages Cirrus Logic's leadership position in …
New HDMI & DVI Switchers from Gefen
Gefen's new HDMI Switchers provide control of two or more audio/video components, including DVD players, satellite set top systems and now video gaming consoles. Using a single HD display is made …
Sonance Introduces Cinema Select In‑Wall Speakers
Focusing on high performance home theater surround sound systems for moderately-sized rooms, Sonance unveiled its new Cinema Select line of THX Select certified in-wall home theater loudspeakers. The …
Windows Media Center Edition 2005 & the MS Strategy
The good old days of home electronics weren't so good for the Analog family. Those were the days when each room of their home and each of their electronic devices was an independent island in a vast …
Humax Announces TiVo‑Powered DRT‑800 DVR and DVD Recorder
Humax USA, the "Easy-Digital" company, in its partnership with TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO - News), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVR), today redefine the DVD …
Pinnacle Loudspeakers Unveils SUBcompact 6: The World's Smallest Powered Subwoofer!
Pinnacle introduces a new solution for space saving subwoofers: the SUBcompact6. Like its brothers (the SubSonic, the Baby Boomer, the Digital Sub 600, Baby Boomer Plus and SuperSonic), this is an …
Atlantic Technology Debuts FS‑3200 Speakers
Atlantic Technology has introduced two new loudspeaker models that are sonically and visually optimized for use with the latest generation of flat screen video displays. The Model FS-3200LR and …
Logitech Harmony 680 HTPC Remote Control
Logitech today unveiled the first Harmony remote specifically designed to control a PC running on Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (Media Center PC) - and any devices that may be connected …
LSI Logic DiMeNsion 1st Single‑Chip DVD Recorder to Receive DivX HT Certification
LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI), a leader in innovative digital media processing technologies for the Digital Home, today announced that the second-generation LSI Logic DiMeNsion(TM) DVD recorder …
Terk Introduces Compact Outdoor HDTV Antenna
TERK Technologies Corp., a leader in antenna technology for TV, satellite, radio and mobile communications applications, announced the introduction of its HDTVo, a highly compact amplified outdoor …
Antex Electronics Introduces MultiZone XM Satellite Receiver
Expanding their line of TriplePlay satellite radio receivers designed for multi-room and multi-zone distributed audio systems, Antex Electronics, a leading developer and supplier of OEM …
SRS Labs' Added to MSI MEGA Home Theater PCs
SRS Labs, Inc., a leading provider of innovative audio, voice and semiconductor technology solutions, today announced that Micro-Star International (MSI), a global leader in personal computer …
D2Audio MXR and MXM Digital Amplifiers
D2Audio today announced two new amplifier products targeting mainstream audio systems: the MXM for multi-room distributed audio systems and the MXR for audio video receivers and home theaters. These …
Canon Introduces Realis SX50 LCOS Projector
After years of research and development, Canon today introduced a product intended not only to impact the presentation and multimedia industry but also to add new light to advances in projection …
DTS 96/24 and DTS‑ES Software Encoders
October 6, 2004 - DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) (NASDAQ: DTSI) announces the availability of two new DTS pro audio software encoders: the Pro Series 6.1 Surround Encoder, which is the …
Candlestick Park Renamed by Monster Cable
Some fans think 44-year-old Candlestick Park is already a dinosaur. Now the San Francisco 49ers' home stadium has the name to match. The team announced Tuesday a 4-year agreement with Monster Cable …
MultEQ's Immersive Sound: Sweet Spots All Around
A new upgrade for home theater enthusiasts provides as many as eight listeners with the same surroundsound experience. The new system is one of the first to apply "fuzzy logic" to audio, assigning …
Logitech Z‑5500 Speakers ‑ Wake the Neighbors!
Logitech, a leading manufacturer of multimedia PC speakers, today announced two new speaker systems designed to shake the rafters -- of the house across the street. The Logitech Z-5500 Digital and …
Energy Speaker Systems Announces New EAS In‑Wall Speakers
EAS Architectural Series Energy Speaker Systems is proud to introduce the new EAS Architectural series of in-wall and in-ceiling loudspeakers. The EAS Series has been designed with the custom …
DTS Mandatory Format for Blu‑ray Disc and HD‑DVD
DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) (NASDAQ: DTSI) today announced that its DTS Coherent Acoustics coding system has been selected as mandatory audio technology for both the Blu-ray Disc (BD) and …
FCC Pushes High Speed TV over Internet
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell on Wednesday said technology and telecommunications companies are racing to develop ways to pipe television shows into consumers' homes …
ReplayTV Announces Service Discount
ReplayTV®, the inventor and creator of personal television recorders, today announced a new discounted pricing structure for customers with multiple ReplayTV units. ReplayTV will now offer the …
XM Radio Launches Online Music Service
XM Satellite Radio, the nation's largest provider of satellite radio with more than 2.1 million subscribers, today announced the introduction of XM Radio Online, a premium Internet music service to …
FOX Sports Ushers in HD Era
FOX Sports sprang to life on Sept. 4, 1994 , when the NFL on FOX premiered with doubleheader coverage of six games. Almost 10 years to the day later, Sept. 12, 2004 , FOX Sports HD was born, …