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Starting September 1st 2008, Cinemax will become the first 24-hour HD premium channel. HBO says it’ll broadcast everything from movies, Cinemax documentaries to on-air promos and short programming in …

Preview: The brand new Marantz SR4003 Receiver is here! This receiver offers a whole host of new features such as M.R.A.C. Auto Calibration, 2nd Zone Audio Out, and 3 assignable component inputs.

Naturally occuring eye structures, such as the human eye, are based on simple systems with a single lens that projects onto the curved surface of the retina. These systems produce wide angle fields …

Best Buy seems to be promoting a new Blu-ray player for Samsung. Perhaps the retailer has some special insights into Samsung’s product line. Without the usual advance warning from the manufacturer a …

I don't know about you but I've been fence-sitting as to whether I'd grab Rock Band 2 this September when it releases, or hold out for the next iteration of Guitar Hero (IV). But when Harmonix and …

The once humble LED was elevated to symbol of Chinese economic might as a roll-out giant screen at the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing. Similar LED display technology has been put to use by rock …

At its birth, SRS entered a world that was poised for a digital entertainment revolution. To commemorate the company’s 15 years of audio innovation and leadership, SRS Labs is giving away a prize a …

Yahoo revived an old topic again on Wednesday, renewing talk that it is working directly with Intel Corp to create Internet channels that run alongside TV shows. Dubbing this the "Widget Channel," …

Mitsubishi picked AMIMON to fill the tech gap for its new LCD TV with an integrated HD wireless link (the technology used is called WHDI). AMIMON is a semiconductor technology company specializing in …

Sencore has unveiled details on their video training class that will take place during our Disney SOTU Trade Show Event this October. This course is intended for home theater professionals and …

Anyone involved in the film production industry has heard of RED - the company that revolutionized the digital camera industry with an advanced 4K camera that costs only a fraction of others on the …

Toshiba just won’t let HD disc player technology go. Six months after being blown out of the HD-format war with Sony's Blu-ray, Toshiba has a new high definition trick up its sleeve… XDE – a new …

You may experience delays receiving your movie-picks in your next Netflix fix. The DVD-rental subscription service declared it has suffered a serious system outage since last Thursday. The troubles …

We’ve all been there…Guests arrive and want to see what that gargantuan HDTV in corner can really do. Only this time they’re with girlfriends, wives or maybe they’re a more cultured crowd for whom …

According to a report on Reuters, Sony is planning to begin selling OLED (organic light-emitting diode) televisions in Europe beginning in 2009. Europe is currently the world's largest flat TV market …

Set aside those oversized wayfarer-style goggles, Epson has developed a (QVGA) "high-resolution" (not really), autostereoscopic 3D liquid-crystal display. That’s just fancy way of saying 3D HDTV …

Royal Philips Electronics, apparently sick of the hyper-competitive nature of TV sales which results in ultra-low profit margins, will no longer manufacture televisions for sale in the United States …

As a Warner release, the Matrix series first took the red-pill appearing on HD DVD only. But the highly rated sci-fi trilogy will finally get the full treatment as it ingests the Blu-pill this …

According to Extron, Crestron, one of the leading names in AV automation and control, has sent a very "Monster-ish" letter to them over their GlobalViewer Enterprise (GVE) interface claiming it looks …

This week NEC Electronics made an announcement that it had developed the world's first single-chip LSI (Large Scale Integration) to integrate the main functions of Blu-ray Disc players. The new LSI …

As the Olympics unfold, for better or worse, China’s government seem to get more attention than the athletes. The IOC agreed to let the Chinese government block Internet access even for journalists …

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The battle for 1080p dominance of physical media verses video on demand (VOD) is joined. Satellite television provider DISH Network announced that it would begin beaming 1080p goodness from space in …

The plan was quashed last year by a Manhattan judge but Cablevision’s innovative plans for a remote DVR system is back after a successful appeal. The NY cable TV provider has been granted legal …

No matter where you live, you're probably getting excited about the looming 2008 Olympic games scheduled to start on August 8th. This year we're going to have unparalleled access to the games with …

This September a new Blu-ray player will hit the market from LG that makes cunning use of the Ethernet port. The BD300 will be capable of streaming Netflix movies. Blu-ray Profile 2.0 certainly has …

A smaller, more affordable version of the Jamo R 909, the new R 907 tower speaker is also designed for the true audiophile—but designed to work brilliantly where space is at a premium. Like the R …

Snell Acoustics today announced that legendary audio designer Joseph D’Appolito, Ph.D, whose name is synonymous with the paired-vertical array widely accepted as the ideal arrangement of dynamic …