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Audio Advice Buys The Audio Lab, Opens New Wilmington NC Showroom

— July 20, 2024 00:00

Audio Advice Buys The Audio Lab, Opens New Wilmington NC Showroom

Audio Advice has acquired The Audio Lab, a Wilmington, NC store that served audiophiles for over 30 years. Audio Advice is now positioned to better serve customers up and and down the east coast.

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DLP Projection Tech Goes Mobile

— March 26, 2007 09:30

DLP Projection Tech Goes Mobile

Texas Instruments during the 2007 CTIA Wireless convention will be demonstrating, to select media, a prototype of a DLP pico-projector small enough to fit on your finger tips. The latest DLP

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HDMI 1.3 Coming Soon to More Devices

— March 25, 2007 22:54

HDMI 1.3 Coming Soon to More Devices

The biggest hold-up for HDMI 1.3 has been the availability of the transmitter and receiver chips. Silicon Image Inc. has released and deployed four new pieces of silicon, including two receiver chips

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2007 EHX Show Report

— March 23, 2007 10:33

2007 EHX Show Report

Every year Audioholics sends representatives to report on the EHX Expo. In this report, we covered some of the new product releases announced at CES and wrote some editorial on the demos we stopped

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US CD Sales Plummet 20 Percent

— March 22, 2007 14:53

US CD Sales Plummet 20 Percent

Apparently the record industry is seeing yet another sizable chunk of its monopolostic empire drifting into the digital realm. According to a news report today on Breitbart.com, US sales of CDs

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Niveus Media Ships First Vista HTPC with Digital Cable Support

— March 21, 2007 22:10

Niveus Media Ships First Vista HTPC with Digital Cable Support

Niveus Media is now shipping the company’s high-performance, Digital Cable Compatible, 2007 media centers – the Summit Series’ Rainier and Denali Editions, and the Pro Series’ n9 and n7 which are

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Niles Ships StageFront Home Theater Solutions

— March 19, 2007 11:31

Niles Ships StageFront Home Theater Solutions

Niles Audio announced the shipment of StageFront Home Theater Solutions, a new line of loudspeakers designed specifically for home theater applications, to Niles factory-authorized dealers worldwide.

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TIVO Launches Remote Scheduling with Verizon Wireless

— March 14, 2007 21:38

TIVO Launches Remote Scheduling with Verizon Wireless

TiVo and Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of TiVo Mobile scheduling, a downloadable application available only through Verizon Wireless. TiVo Mobile scheduling allows subscribers to

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M‑ROCK Announces EXTREME Camera Bag Line

— March 12, 2007 10:56

M-ROCK Announces EXTREME Camera Bag Line

M-ROCK announces the M-ROCK EXTREME line of camera bags. The EXTREME line includes 22 unique items including mini point n’ shoot digital camera bags, medium digital camera and digital camcorder bags,

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Impact Acoustics New HDMI‑DVI Wall Plates

— March 07, 2007 15:02

Impact Acoustics New HDMI-DVI Wall Plates

Impact Acoustics introduces its new line of HDMI and DVI Digital Series Pass-Through Wall Plates. These unique wall plate solutions are designed to allow for uncompromised transfer of delicate

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Emotiva Announces Aggressive 40% Discount Program for Current Owners

— February 21, 2007 16:11

Emotiva Announces Aggressive 40% Discount Program for Current Owners

Emotiva Audio Corporation, one of the most aggressively-priced, high quality Internet direct-to-consumer electronics companies, is offering a discount trade up program for original owners of ALL

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Denon Announces New Line of Headphones

— February 07, 2007 11:13

Denon Announces New Line of Headphones

Denon Electronics today announced the introduction of a new line of five advanced stereo headphones, including two state-of-the-art “over the ear” models, the AH-D5000 (SRP: $699), AH-D2000 (SRP:

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Boston Acoustics Outdoor “Rock” Speakers

— January 18, 2007 19:00

Boston Acoustics Outdoor “Rock” Speakers

An expansion of the company’s Voyager line of outdoor wall-mounted speakers, the new Rock Speaker Series models are each designed to resemble natural rock formations and provide advanced audio

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Denon AVR‑2307CI

— January 16, 2007 19:00

Denon AVR-2307CI

The high-performance 7-channel Denon AVR-2307CI receiver includes many of the same features that distinguish Denon’s higher-priced units. Among its advanced technologies are HDMI digital video source

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Denon DVM‑2845CI Universal Changer

— January 16, 2007 19:00

Denon DVM-2845CI Universal Changer

The DVM-2845CI Universal 5-Disc DVD Changer will be available in March 2007 (SRP: $499). Featuring Faroudja processing with upscaling to 1080p via HDMI output, RS-232 for integrated system control,

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Sanyo Demos Wireless HD Projector at 2007 CES

— January 03, 2007 14:24

Sanyo Demos Wireless HD Projector at 2007 CES

In the booth, attendees and exhibitors will witness a SANYO HD projector displaying HD content it receives wirelessly via WHDI link from an HD-DVD player. This AMIMON and SANYO demonstration will

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Silicon Optix HQV Processing in HD‑XA2

— January 02, 2007 19:00

Silicon Optix HQV Processing in HD-XA2

Silicon Optix, the leader in programmable video processors, announced today that its Reon-VX HQV video processor will be featured in Toshiba’s new top-of-the-line HD DVD player, the HD-XA2.

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Sanus Systems introduces two Ceiling Mounts for flat‑panel TVs

— December 26, 2006 18:00

Sanus Systems introduces two Ceiling Mounts for flat-panel TVs

Sanus Systems announces the addition of two ceiling mounts for small-to-medium flat-panel TVs to its VisionMount™ line of A/V mounts. These new mounts are ideal for corner locations and when wall

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Sony BMG Pays $4.25 mil Settlement

— December 21, 2006 19:00

Sony BMG Pays $4.25 mil Settlement

Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay $4.25 million as part of a settlement with 39 states (including Washington DC) to resolve investigations into problems caused by music CDs loaded with hidden

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cinemateq Offers Screwable HDMI Cables and Adapters

— December 17, 2006 19:00

cinemateq Offers Screwable HDMI Cables and Adapters

cinemateq offers since of today with the new cable program the ideal connections for all high resolution HDTV signal transmissions of video and audio data. The crucial advantage of cinemateq HDMI

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Impact Acoustics Announces New VGA270™ HD15 UXGA Monitor Cables

— December 14, 2006 19:00

Impact Acoustics Announces New VGA270™ HD15 UXGA Monitor Cables

Impact Acoustics, an innovative leader in computer connectivity products, proudly announces its new line of VGA270™ HD15 UXGA Monitor Cables. Featuring patent-pending connectors that rotate 270°,

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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Announced

— December 13, 2006 18:00

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Announced

Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, the next installment in the popular squad-based action franchise, is

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CERWIN‑VEGA! Unveils CVHD Speaker System

— December 04, 2006 18:00

CERWIN-VEGA! Unveils CVHD Speaker System

Cerwin-Vega! has unveiled the newest addition to its home audio/video product line with the introduction of the CVHD Series home entertainment 5.1 and 2.1 home speaker systems. The performance of the

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Sony BMG Pays $4.25 mil Settlement

— December 04, 2006 12:27

Sony BMG Pays $4.25 mil Settlement

Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay $4.25 million as part of a settlement with 39 states (including Washington DC) to resolve investigations into problems…

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VidaBox to offer all‑in‑one systems with CableCARD, Blu‑ray, and HD DVD

— December 04, 2006 12:27

VidaBox to offer all-in-one systems with CableCARD, Blu-ray, and HD DVD

VidaBox announced that it will be offering a new CableCARD option to its line of media center products. With dual internal digital cable receivers, VidaBox CableCARD systems will not only feature

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Velodyne Unveils Extended Product Warranties

— December 04, 2006 12:27

Velodyne Unveils Extended Product Warranties

Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. recently extended its warranty for drivers, amplifiers and related electronics. The warranty on drivers was extended from two years to five, the warranty on all amplifiers

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PSB Ships New Compact Subwoofers

— December 04, 2006 12:27

PSB Ships New Compact Subwoofers

PSB Speakers announces the addition of the PSB HD8 and PSB HD10 Powered Subwoofers — the outcome of an 18-month endeavor to provide the performance of its award–winning subwoofers in a more broadly

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JVC Breakthrough Home Theater Projector DLA‑RS1

— November 28, 2006 19:00

JVC Breakthrough Home Theater Projector DLA-RS1

JVC Professional expands its D-ILA home theater projector line-up with the introduction of the high definition DLA-RS1 projector, featuring its newly developed 0.7-inch full HD D-ILA device that

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Epson to Deliver First HDMI 1.3 Home Theater Projector

— November 27, 2006 19:00

Epson to Deliver First HDMI 1.3 Home Theater Projector

Silicon Image, Inc. the leader in semiconductors for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, today announced that it has supplied the HDMI receiver chip for the