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Denon, Marantz, and Classé Announce A New Era ‘Powered by HEOS’
The wireless music platform HEOS is launching a new brand identity and a refreshed app. Compatible products from partner brands Denon, Marantz, and Classé will now be labeled as “Powered by HEOS.”
Portable MP3 Players to Achieve Critical Mass in 2005
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 Essentials HTPC Software only $20!
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 …
Xbox 360 to be Shown on MTV May 12
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 Introduces 2 New Commercial Flat‑Panels
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 Introduces 1080p DLP HDTVs
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America Inc. introduced five fully integrated HDTVs at its national dealer line show. All five televisions include Plush(TM) imaging to deliver an unmatched perfect …
Denon Adds XM Satellite to AVR‑4806
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 Intros 9 VIERA Flat Panel TVs
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 New Olevia 42‑inch LCD TV
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 …
New Yamaha RX‑V4600 Receiver with HDMI
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 Promptu Voice Activated‑Controlled TV
AgileTV Presents Promptu Voice Activated-Controlled Television AgileTV is aiming to change the way people watch TV, with…
Scientific‑Atlanta MCP‑100 HD DVR with DVD Burner
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 MC Series Loudspeakers
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 Acquires Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Shares and Patents
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 Announces Tahoe High Definition DVR
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 …
Digital Video Cable Extender from Gefen
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 …
Consumers Changing the Way they Access Media
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 …
Turn Your PC into a Satellite TiVo System
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 …
Yamaha Launches 8 New XM‑Ready Receivers
Yamaha Electronics Corporation today introduced four new affordable A/V digital home theater receivers equipped with XM Satellite Radio capability (XM-Ready) that will enhance and diversify the …
Optoma H79 DLP Projector with DarkChip3
Optoma Technology, Inc. announced the availability of its next-generation, high performance digital projector for home theater enthusiasts. With an MSRP of $9,999, Optoma's H79 delivers stunningly …
Sony ES Receivers and DVD Players
Delivering a definitive multi-room home theater experience, Sony Electronics recently announced its updated ES (Elevated Standard) audio/video receiver lineup. The 2005 lineup includes three new …
Atlantic Steel CD Case Collection
Atlantic Inc's portable CD Steel Case collection offers consumers a durable and attractive way to protect CDs, DVDs and CD-ROMs on the go. Available in three models, the cases are made of a hard …
Parasound NewClassic Amps & Processor
Parasound has announced the introduction of five new power amplifiers and a 7.1 channel A/V surround controller as the first of the company's "NewClassic" line of products for professional custom …
Sony Debuts 42‑inch PlasmaPro Display
Sony Electronics today introduced a 42-inch flat panel plasma professional display. The FWD-42PV1 plasma flat panel display has several features that make it well-suited for the demands of today's …
802.11n IC Shipments to Top 90 Million Worldwide by 2007
A new report from consumer technology think-tank, The Diffusion Group, suggests that Ultra Wide-Band (UWB) will face tough obstacles on the way to widespread market penetration. UWB versus 802.11n …
Sony Introduces New DVD Players & 400‑disc Changer with HDMI
The DVP-CX995V 400-disc DVD/Super-Audio CD (SA-CD) changer up-scales video to high definition (1080i/720p) resolution and transmits high quality audio through a High Definition Multimedia Interface …
Olevia LT26HVE 26‑Inch LCD TV New from Syntax Groups
Syntax Groups Corporation, manufacturer of the high-quality, affordable Olevia brand of widescreen HDTV-ready LCD TVs, announced the launch of its newest 26-inch Olevia model (LT26HVE), highlighting …
Sony Intros New "BiNA" HTPS LCD Panels
Representing the latest technology in precise liquid crystal alignment, Sony Corporation announced today the successful development of the world's first HTPS LCD panel for front projector TV sets, …
Vutec Introduces Retracta‑Vu Theater System
Vutec Corporation has just launched Retracta-Vu Theater, a motorized, completely retractable and disappearing home theater that houses a screen, an NEC WT610 projector, audio equipment and …