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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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HP Backs Blu‑ray Disc with 2005 PC Lineup

— November 18, 2004 19:00

HP Backs Blu-ray Disc with 2005 PC Lineup

HP today announced plans to include Blu-ray Disc drives across many of its product lines, including select consumer desktop and notebook PCs, personal workstations and digital entertainment centers.

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Syntax 32 and 37‑inch LCD TVs and 50‑inch LCOS TV Added to Lineup

— November 18, 2004 18:00

Syntax 32 and 37-inch LCD TVs and 50-inch LCOS TV Added to Lineup

Syntax Groups Corporation, manufacturer of the high-quality, low-priced Olevia™ family of widescreen HDTV-ready LCD TVs, today announced at the iSuppli FID2004 conference, its newest Super-IPS-based

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Carry a Tune Singing Coach Software

— November 17, 2004 19:00

Carry a Tune Singing Coach Software

Called Singing Coach(TM) and Singing Coach Unlimited(TM), these products combine patent-pending technology with entertaining, animated on-screen vocal coaching to teach people at all levels to sing,

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Macrovision CDS Technology Praised by Macrovision

— November 17, 2004 19:00

Macrovision CDS Technology Praised by Macrovision

Macrovision Corporation, the global market leader in content protection and digital rights management ("DRM") technologies, announced today that its CDS(TM) technology, the most widely adopted music

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X2 MEGA View Digital Video Multimedia Player

— November 17, 2004 18:00

X2 MEGA View Digital Video Multimedia Player

X2 Corporation, a global manufacturer and direct marketer of digital convergence products, announced the debut of its first portable digital multimedia player, the 20GB MEGA View. Unlike the first

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Cambridge SoundWorks Offers Retail MP3 Ripping Service

— November 16, 2004 19:00

Cambridge SoundWorks Offers Retail MP3 Ripping Service

For the growing number of MP3 users looking to convert their CD collections to an MP3 player, there's good news. Cambridge SoundWorks® announced today that customers can now walk into any Cambridge

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Logitech VideoCall for Broadband

— November 16, 2004 19:00

Logitech VideoCall for Broadband

Logitech, the world's leading manufacturer of webcams, today announced the commercial availability of Logitech(R) VideoCall for broadband, a way for friends and family around the world to communicate

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New Medium Enterprises, Inc. unveils 20 GB Red Laser High Definition VMD!

— November 15, 2004 19:00

New Medium Enterprises, Inc.  unveils 20 GB Red Laser High Definition VMD!

New Medium Enterprises Inc., OTC Bulletin Board Symbol (NMEN) announced today the public unveiling of the highly anticipated pre-industrial VMD (Versatile MulitLayer Disc), the next generation HD

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SageTV Releases Version 2.1 PVR Software

— November 15, 2004 19:00

SageTV Releases Version 2.1 PVR Software

Frey Technologies, LLC., a developer of personal video recorder (PVR) and home media center technology for the PC, has announces their version 2.1 of its SageTV personal video recorder software. It

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Brillian Debuts 65 inch 720p LCoS HDTV at EHX

— November 14, 2004 19:00

Brillian Debuts 65 inch 720p LCoS HDTV at EHX

Brillian Corporation, a pioneering developer of HDTVs based on the industry's first Gen II liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) microdisplay technology, will showcase its BR6501m/i, 65-inch,

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Samsung YP‑T5V MP3 Player ‑ World's Smallest?

— November 14, 2004 19:00

Samsung YP-T5V MP3 Player - World's Smallest?

The votes are in, and America's top-selling embedded flash-based digital audio player is Samsung's YP-T5V, which ranked first in the latest NDP/Intellect report. With just one look, it's easy to

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Velodyne Joins Crestron’s Integrated Partner Program

— November 14, 2004 19:00

Velodyne Joins Crestron’s Integrated Partner Program

Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. the world's leading manufacturer of powered subwoofers for home-theater and consumer audio, today announced its membership in the Crestron Integrated Partner Program and the

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PI Vision Introduces Video Wall Support for UVMS™

— November 10, 2004 18:00

PI Vision Introduces Video Wall Support for UVMS™

Model UVMS™ D3 Decoder and Display Driver is suitable for controlling banks of video displays. System is modular, with each D3 driving up to 4 display units. D3 exploits built-in switching

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Atlantic Technology System 920 Speakers

— November 08, 2004 19:00

Atlantic Technology System 920 Speakers

Atlantic Technology today announced the introduction of the System 920 home theater speaker system that establishes a new performance benchmark for compact subwoofer-satellite designs while

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Mitsubishi HC900U Home Cinema Projector

— November 08, 2004 19:00

Mitsubishi HC900U Home Cinema Projector

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Products Division, the industry leader in home entertainment technology and innovation, today announced its new retail distribution outlets for

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The Art of Sound ‑ 117th Annual AES Convention

— November 03, 2004 18:00

The Art of Sound - 117th Annual AES Convention

Our good friends at DTS sponsored my Audioholics trip to the AES convention this year. In conjunction with four other leading pro audio companies, DTS had put together a program called "

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DTS Establishes DTS Canada ULC

— November 01, 2004 19:00

DTS Establishes DTS Canada ULC

DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) has completed the acquisition of QDesign Corporation, a Canadian audio delivery technology company, which is now formally DTS Canada ULC. Based in Vancouver BC and

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FIA Introduces On3 Pro Mobile Portable Media Player

— November 01, 2004 19:00

FIA Introduces On3 Pro Mobile Portable Media Player

Today, First Intelligent Array (FIA, Inc.), announced the FIA On3 Pro Digital Media Player and Library. The FIA On3 Pro is an evolutionary breakthrough in car audio and video entertainment, and

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Cirrus Logic DACs Provide New Space‑Saving 6‑8 Channel Performance

— October 28, 2004 20:00

Cirrus Logic DACs Provide New Space-Saving 6-8 Channel Performance

Extending its expansive portfolio of high-performance analog and mixed-signal audio converter ICs, audio IC leader Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq:CRUS) unveiled two new 24-bit, 192 kHz, multi-channel

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La Mia 500 ‑ Fiat 500 with MP3 Downloads and Text Messaging

— October 28, 2004 20:00

La Mia 500 - Fiat 500 with MP3 Downloads and Text Messaging

There are a lot of ways to customize a car. Dave Slocombe and Natasha Sopieva have decided to do it by giving a vintage Fiat 500 a multimedia super high tech soul. To start with, this loveable

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Peter Gabriels Play: The Videos DVD Features DTS 96/24

— October 27, 2004 20:00

Peter Gabriels Play: The Videos DVD Features DTS 96/24

DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) announced that it recently supplied the new DTS Pro Series Surround Encoder to Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios, for its first commercial application, "Play: The

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Playstation Portable Enters Japanese Market

— October 27, 2004 19:00

Playstation Portable Enters Japanese Market

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI), announced today that it would release its new handheld video game system, PSPTM (PlayStation®Portable) (PSP-1000), on December 12, 2004, at a recommended

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Oakley Thump MP3 Player Sunglasses!

— October 27, 2004 19:00

Oakley Thump MP3 Player Sunglasses!

Introducing OAKLEY THUMP™, the world's first digital audio eyewear. The revolutionary design seamlessly integrates a music player and earphones right into the frame. That means no more wires. Just

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DTS Unveils DTS‑HD Brand for HD Media Formats

— October 26, 2004 20:00

DTS Unveils DTS-HD Brand for HD Media Formats

DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) unveiled today DTS-HD, as the new trademarked brand name for its lossless technology. Previously known under working name DTS++, the DTS-HD mark will denote media,

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Jamo Receivers and DVD Player Preview

— October 25, 2004 20:00

Jamo Receivers and DVD Player Preview

2003 saw Jamo's first move into electronics with the successful debut of the multi-award winning DVR 50 DVD receiver. Today we're proud to announce the next phase of our electronics roll-out, with

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LG Introduces Worlds First EPG‑equipped DCR TV to US

— October 25, 2004 20:00

LG Introduces Worlds First EPG-equipped DCR TV to US

LG Electronics has unveiled digital cable-ready (DCR) TVs in the U.S. market, spurring its inroads into the North American market which represents 40% of the world's digital TV demand. LG

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Kodak Announces Digital System for Full‑Length Features

— October 24, 2004 20:00

Kodak Announces Digital System for Full-Length Features

Eastman Kodak Company announced a series of advancements in its Digital Cinema operations that will generate increased revenue for exhibitors and enhance the movie-going experience for consumers,

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NEC Releases First $100 Internal Dual Layer 16x Universal DVD/RW

— October 24, 2004 20:00

NEC Releases First $100 Internal Dual Layer 16x Universal DVD/RW

Today, NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a premier provider of integrated solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America, introduced the NEC ND-3500A, a double layer internal DVD rewritable