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With summer just around the corner, Disney Consumer Products is expanding its popular line of electronics for kids, with new portable DVD/CD players ideal for summer fun and family outings. Available …

The new 600 Pro HardBody case broadens the SLAPPA CD storage line by introducing the largest capacity CD storage case of its kind to date. The 600 Pro's ultra-portable design, featuring sturdy …

VOOM customers, despairing over the loss of their HD service, which goes dark at the end of this month, have been thrown a lifeline by DIRECTV. DIRECTV is offering a $200 mail-in rebate on its HD …

Texas Instruments recently announced that its 1920 x 1080 high-definition (HD) resolution DLP TV technology has been fully qualified and is in production shipment to customers. DLP TVs are expected …

HandHeld Entertainment today announced plans to launch a large-scale digital download system populated with content from independent filmmakers from around the world. The system's content will …

Dolby Laboratories and iBiquity Digital Corporation have approved Dolby® Pro Logic® II as an audio format for the iBiquity HD Radio™ system. Dolby Pro Logic II technology provides a high-quality, …

Wolfson Microelectronics plc believes that growth in new and existing classes of high volume digital consumer electronics, requiring high fidelity audio, will drive demand for mixed-signal …

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced the publication of an updated Home Theater Color Coding standard, designed to simplify consumers' installation of home theater systems. The …

Sonic Solutions today introduced Sonic Blu-ray Creator(TM), the world's first commercial authoring system to enable high-end production facilities and major motion picture studios to create titles …

Elite Home Theater Seating offers a new innovative option to home theater designers and builders. With its interactive but user friendly website, today's home theater aficionados can customize …

DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in flat panel display (FPD) market research and consulting, has developed a new report which reveals current and future panel costs, material prices, depreciation, …

JupiterResearch, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), today reported that U.S. shipments of MP3 players will grow 35% to 18.2 million in 2005 and maintain a compound annual growth …

Meedio announced today that its developer community has submitted 200 plugins, themes, and extensions to the Meedio Add-In Directory (MAID). To celebrate, the company is discounting its Meedio …

MTV: Music Television and Microsoft Corp. today announced a global marketing alliance to unveil the next-generation Xbox(R) video game system on MTV channels in the United States, Asia Pacific and …

ViewSonic(R) Corp., a worldwide leader in visual display products, today introduced two large-screen, flat-panel displays designed for digital signage, videoconferencing and other commercial …

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc., today unveiled the consumer electronics industry's most advanced HDTV receiver/controller, the HD-6000. The HD-6000, which will be available at selected …

Denon Electronics today announced that it has added XM Satellite Radio functionality to its recently introduced AVR-4806 multi-zone audio/video receiver. With the addition of an optional XM antenna, …

Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, today unveiled its new line of VIERA series digital high-definition flat panel TVs. The line includes three …

Syntax Groups Corporation, one of the fastest-growing manufacturers of LCD TVs in North America, today announced the new 42-inch Olevia widescreen HD built-in LCD TV, its first model to include …

Yamaha Electronics Corporation today introduced the RX-V4600, a new A/V digital home theater receiver with HDMI, Dual i.LINK, HD Radio technology, and YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic …

AgileTV Presents Promptu Voice Activated-Controlled Television AgileTV is aiming to change the way people watch TV, with…

Building upon its award-winning Explorer 8300 digital video recorder (DVR) platform, Scientific-Atlanta today announced its new MCP-100 Media Center DVR with a built-in DVD burner. This …

RBH Sound's MC Theater Series has turned it up a notch introducing interchangeable speaker systems for home theater and audio enthusiasts, without the bank-breaking investment. Featuring high-quality …

Hitachi, Ltd. today reached an official agreement with Fujitsu Limited concerning Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited (FHP), a joint venture of the two companies, in accordance with a basic …

Pace Micro Technology, a leading digital set-top box provider specializing in the development of emerging technologies across all television platforms, today announced the launch of its Tahoe High …

Gefen today announced the release of its DVI Booster, a small unit that corrects video signal degradation that occurs over stretches of DVI copper cables used to extend a display away from its high …

Consumer media habits are changing as people watch video-on-demand services through their cable or satellite provider (10 percent in the past month), access news online (11 percent in the past …

KWorld Computer Co. Ltd., manufacturer of a full line of multi-media processing equipment for the PC marketplace, announces the DVB-S Satellite Receiver System, a single PCI card conversion system …