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Today 3LCD made an announcement that BenQ is releasing its new line of home theater projectors as 3LCD models. Now I understand that announcements like this may be a tad one-sided. They almost always …

If you’ve got a lot more paraphernalia sitting around your home theater system lately, you might just be part of the growing trend in video games you have to play. The Guitar Hero franchise has given …

Using a system miniature accelerometers, gyroscopes, and ultrasonic emitters coupled with microphones, researchers at MIT, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory (MERL), and the Swiss Federal …

Screen Research, maker of acoustically transparent projection screen systems, announced today the company’s official expansion into the North American market. Screen Research USA will be located in …

Missed out on Black Friday? Maybe you just didn't want to fight the crowds for the substandard gear at the big box stores. Well, no worries, Emotiva Audio is back with a ton of sales for the holiday …

Impact Acoustics is proud to announce the new Audio CrossPlay audio distribution device. This pocket-sized 2x2 Audio Matrix Switch provides a user with the ability to simultaneously connect, share …

That's right. IBM is seeking to turn the industry on its ear in an attempt to levy additional ways of bringing marketing and advertisements into the living (or better stated, theater) room. Not …

In what has only to be described as an, "Oh my GAWD! I've GOT to get me one of THOSE!" moments, we stumbled across of video of the new Sarcos' powered exoskeleton. Of course, it probably costs …

Prices on the hottest consumer electronics are shrinking faster than Tony Soprano’s second helping of pasta fazul. WOA! Economics experts are saying electronics are in - women’s handbags, jewelry and …

Rival console game system Thanksgiving updates: One is a real update, the other a real turkey. Sony PlayStation3 has just received its firmware revision 2.01, and Xbox360 is rumored to receive a …

In what is no stunner to anyone at Audioholics, Consumer Reports reviewed nine HD optical disc players and guess what they concluded? There are no significant performance differences. The top Blu-ray …

Welcome to South Korea, home of Kimchi, Bul Go Gi, and 250,000 Internet addicts as reported by The New York Times. Since Korea has nearly border to border Internet access apparently kids need to …

Today, Pioneer begins beta testing on its version of a next gen TV subscription service dubbed SyncTV. This is no streaming TV web-applet with limited bandwidth, low resolution and suspect audio …

Axiom Audio today unveiled the Audiobyte, their first luxury hi-fi computer speaker system. Comprised of two high end, ultra-compact speakers plus a dedicated stereo amplifier and optional subwoofer, …

Beowulf, the splashy production starring Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich opens today in theaters across America. But this isn’t an ordinary movie. It’s the biggest 3D presentation …

Just in time for the holiday season, Audioholics is giving away a Yamaha RX-V861 AV Receiver in our "We Review it, You Win it!" series. What do you need to do to get your hands on this sweet piece of …

In last week’s episode, PBS pop-science magazine show Wired Science covered the issue of analog vs digital sound – predictably, the piece was highly compressed and lacked dynamic range.

Excess knows no bounds. We here at Audioholics are a practical lot. After having recently lambasted ridiculously overpriced speaker cables whose attributes read like many warnings on the list of Top …

Since its launch on November 15th 2002, Xbox Live has generated a user base of about eight million gamers - it's widely considered the top feature of Microsoft’s Xbox game consoles. For the fifth …

Last Friday’s pre-Black Friday sales wars kicked off what should be an interesting holiday season for the little format war that is going on. The opening salvo was fired not by either format backer, …

If you are getting the itchy finger to pull the trigger on a new speaker system from Axiom, they've just made the decision making a bit easier. For a limited time only, upgrade your Axiom …

Over the last week or so, reports that Wal-Mart was stocking the Toshiba HD-A2 just below the sub $200 mark tricked in, spurred by blurry photos of said stock in various A/V forums. More recently, …

Electronics retailer Circuit City is testing new concept stores dubbed "The City," with a new look and interactive layout in an attempt to give customers a new shopping experience. The stores include …

Planar Systems today announced the first flat-panel LCD display designed specifically for outdoor living, under its Runco custom home theater brand. The debut of the new Runco Climate Portfolio and …

In the market for a new profile 1.1 Blu-ray disc player to make sure that the player has all the latest features such as picture in picture commentary? Sony doesn’t have it covered. Beware of any …

Next generation game console sales figures for September are in from the NPD Group. While we don't know what the long term effects will be, it looks very good for Xbox - at least this week. The Xbox …

As the government mandated all-digital broadcast TV deadline approaches (February 17, 2009), Best Buy decided to discontinue selling analogue TVs as of October 1st. This move comes on the heels of an …

Onkyo has introduced the HT-SP908 home theater in a box system, featuring everything a consumer needs to turn the latest high definition video display into a full-fledged home theater experience. …