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Spotify Premium Is Lossless Listening At Last, But with Caveats?

After years of delays, Spotify is finally rolling out lossless audio quality to subscribers of its Premium plan. Lossless audio is offered via FLAC, but it maxes out at 24-bit/44.1kHz. Any caveats?
Circuit City Liquidates Remaining Stores

Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's second-biggest consumer electronics retailer, said Friday it had run out of options and will be forced to liquidate its 567 U.S. stores. The closures could send …
Roku Debuts Amazon Video On Demand

Roku has now made it official. In a few weeks they will update their "Netflix Player" box to handle Amazon Video On Demand. Today, owners of their Netflix Player box (which we can only assume will be …
Wii Have a New All‑Time Best Selling Video Game!

Heavy hitters abound on the short list of Best Selling video games of all time. Familiar Nintendo names like Super Mario Brothers and Tetris abound on the top ten list of best selling video games. As …
Yamaha Digital Sound Projectors Add HDMI

Yamaha today unveiled its new YSP-4000, YSP-3000 and the YSP-900 Digital Sound Projectors, each of which provides true multi-channel surround sound from a single component that can easily be …
Fuji EnviroMAX Environmentally Safe Batteries

While much of the world is drifting towards Lithium-Ion or Lithium POlymer batteries, there are still plenty of devices that function off traditional alkaline technology. Most consumers never even …
MPEG Surround Unleashed

We're always interested in technology that will allow us to enjoy better sound at lower bandwidths. Operating on top of any core audio codec such as AAC, HE-AAC and MPEG-1 Layer II, MPEG Surround …
Alesis SURGEs into Cymbals

Alesis announced that its series of SURGE Cymbals for digital drum kits is now shipping. Crafted from lathed brass cymbal alloy and acoustically dampened with a clear vinyl layer, SURGE Cymbals …
Energizer Zinc Air Batteries Makes Smaller Electronics Possible

Battery maker Energizer showed off their new battery that will power the next-generation of smaller and thinner personal electronics devices. Called Zinc Air Prismatic, the new type of battery will …
Macworld '09: iTunes Goes DRM‑Free (Mostly)

Apple’s final Macworld Expo has passed with so much history in the making. Not only was this the last ever Macworld keynote, it was the first since 1997 that wasn’t given by CEO Steve Jobs who is out …
Win a Pair of TSBL Bookshelf Speakers in our Forum!

Pinching pennies? Spent all your money on Christmas presents with none left for you? Maybe you just can't have enough speakers. Whatever it is, The Speaker Company has the answer to your dilemma. …
Flash and Intel: Coming Soon to HDTV!

Seamless web-TV content is the goal in a new collaboration between Intel and Adobe. The companies have announced they’re hard at work bringing Flash decoding to your Internet enabled HDTV. Just when …
LG Puts Netflix on New LCD and Plasma TVs

LG Electronics today extended its partnership with Netflix, as the two companies announced the first broadband-enabled HDTVs with Netflix streaming software embedded directly in the TV, requiring no …
Nintendo Wii to Launch Video Service

Dentsu Inc, one of Japan's largest ad agencies, said this week that it would team up with Nintendo to launch a video distribution service on their Wii console. Specifics are sketchy at best, but the …
Roku Netflix Player Now Does HD

Roku today announced that it has released support for streaming high definition (HD) content from its Netflix Player. Through the use of advanced compression technology, Roku can deliver instant …
SlingPlayer Comes to BlackBerry Smartphones

Sling Media (now owned by EchoStar Corporation), today announced SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry smartphones will be available for download as part of a public beta beginning Dec. 30, 2008. This is …
VUDU to Bring Web Content and HD Television

Remember VUDU? It’s in-home movie rental option that offers high-end HD downloaded movies for the best quality in audio/video of any of the streaming solutions. Now VUDU is adding web-content and …
Best Buy's Free Blu‑ray Player Promo

Shop at Best Buy - their prices are... IN-SA-A-A-A-A-ANE!! Fans of the late great Crazy Eddie may think something is afoot as Best Buy unleashes free Blu-ray players on the public... sort of. Best …
Unbelievable Deals from The Speaker Company

The Speaker Company, the new budget-focused division of D&M Holdings, truly understands the business of great sound – and has the expert resources and industry connections that allow it to offer …
EMP & RBH Speakers Found To Offer Excellent Value

The Audioholics reviewed the RBH TK-5CT towers, and TK-5C bookshelf speakers, as well as EMP's's EF50T system. The common theme? High marks on value and performance. Click to read all the details.
Coldplay vs. Joe Satriani

By now everyone has heard that Coldplay is being taken to task by Joe Satriani. The British lite-rock sensation has apparently been snipping pieces of other people’s work. According to some music …
LG and Sharp Plead Guilty to Antitrust Violations

We reported back in November about LG and Sharp being issued an anti-trust fine by the U.S. Department of Justice. And not just any fine - the largest ever imposed by the agency. Well next week LG …
Axiom Audio Offers Free Gift Certificates

Axiom Audio today announced the perfect way to make this Christmas the merriest one of all for the audio lover on your list: a free $100 gift certificate, good for any product ordered from the Axiom …
Say Hello to the $99 Wal‑Mart iPhone

According to an article in the New York Post that is causing quite the stir, an uber-cheap version of Apple's iPhone is slated to be sold at Wal-Mart for just $99 later this month. Wal-Mart is …
Blue Jeans Cable to Donate Sales Profits for Monster Mini Golf Lawsuit

Monster Mini Golf, a small franchise business owned by Christina Vitagliano of Providence, Rhode Island, has been sued in United States District Court by Monster Cable of Brisbane, California. Blue …
Dark Knight Blu‑ray Guest Stars YOU!

Warner’s upcoming Dark Knight Blu-ray disc will feature several firsts in BD-Live interactive features. The disc’s content will reportedly let you create and distribute your own picture-in-picture …
Pioneer Shows‑off 400GB Blu‑ray

Pioneer put on quite a show at the IT Month fair in Taipei, Taiwan yesterday. They call it the super multi-layer Blu-ray disc. So far it's a read-only optical disc but it reaches into a total …
Netflix Partners with Samsung

First it was startup Roku, next LG and Microsoft, and now Samsung. The electronics giant is the latest in those interested in giving consumers access to Netflix's library of over 12,000 movies. Just …
3‑D NFL in Testing

3-D technology has finally matured to the point where it can be broadcast, reports the Wall Street Journal. While the event is closed to the public (so call all your friends who might know a guy that …