Yamaha Revamps Wireless Multiroom System By Joseph Palenchar - 06/19/2009 Buena Park, Calif. — Yamaha significantly revamped its MusicCAST wireless multiroom-audio system and made it more affordable with the shipment of the MusicCAST2, which embraces new music sources such as PCs, iPods and network-attached storage (NAS) devices.
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Sony Brings Movie Database To BD-Live By Greg Tarr - 06/19/2009 San Francisco — Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) introduced Thursday a real-time movie database called MovieIQ, which will be accessible through the BD-Live feature on new Blu-ray Disc players.
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Top CEOs Converge At CEA Summit By Steve Smith - 06/18/2009
Dana Point, Calif. – Three top executives from LG, Panasonic and Sony mostly agreed on issues facing the CE industry during a panel this morning at the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) annual CEO Summit, held here this week.
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Poll: Tepid Interest Seen In HD Disc Players By Greg Tarr - 06/18/2009
Rochester, N.Y. — A new Harris Interactive Poll has found U.S. enthusiasm for high-definition movie players has been only “lukewarm” so far.
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Harman Consumer Readies Launches By Joseph Palenchar - 06/18/2009
New York — The Harman Consumer Group is shipping several new audio products, HCG’s Chris Dragon told TWICE.
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Logitech Debuts Vid Calling Software By Lisa Johnston - 06/17/2009
Fremont, Calif. — Logitech introduced today what it is calling an easier solution to video calling.
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Epson Unveils Entry 3LCD Projector Trio By Greg Tarr - 06/17/2009
Orlando, Fla. — Epson used Infocomm to introduce three entry-level PowerLite 3LCD multimedia projectors targeted at the education market.
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ViewSonic Unveils DLP Projector Trio By Greg Tarr - 06/15/2009
Orlando, Fla. — ViewSonic introduced three DLP projectors with enhanced 3-D display capabilities on Monday at InfoComm 2009.
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Mitsubishi Bows XD600U DLP Projector By Greg Tarr - 06/15/2009
Irvine, Calif. — Mitsubishi’s presentation products division said Monday it will ship in the third quarter a portable projector that weigh less than 8 pounds and offers more than 4,000 lumens of brightness output.
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InFocus Unveils 5300, 5500 Projector Lines By Greg Tarr - 06/15/2009 Wilsonville, Ore. — InFocus introduced six DLP projectors on Monday in the company’s IN5300 and IN5500 series that target the custom-installation market.
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LG Netcast TVs Use Broadcom SoC 06/15/2009
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — LG Electronics flat-panel TVs with Netcast Entertainment Access that are shipping now use Broadcom’s integrated BCM3549 digital TV (DTV) system-on-a-chip (SoC), the companies revealed Monday.
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DTV Transition Went Smoothly, Say Reports By Greg Tarr - 06/15/2009
New York — According to most sources, the end of analog broadcasting went relatively smoothly over the weekend.
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Leaders Celebrate DTV-Day By Greg Tarr - 06/12/2009
Arlington, Va. — Broadcasting and CE industry leaders celebrated the passing of a major digital television milestone Friday, when all full-power analog TV broadcasts are to cease in favor of an all-digital system.
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Managed Copy Due Next Year By Jennifer Netherby -- Video Business - 06/12/2009
New York - Beginning next year, studios and other content holders will be required to give consumers the ability to make one copy of any Blu-ray Disc they buy.
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LG Ships First Netflix-Ready HDTV Sets By Greg Tarr - 06/11/2009
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — LG Electronics said Thursday it has started shipping a pair of flat-panel TVs that are among the first with built-in capability to stream movies from the Netflix online service.
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Report: LED LCD Panel Shipments Up 780% By Greg Tarr - 06/11/2009
Austin, Texas — Worldwide shipments of LED backlights for LCD panels measuring 10 inches and larger reached 10.6 million units in Q1 2009, up 63 percent from the previous quarter, according to DisplaySearch.
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Sharp Launches MLB Portal By Greg Tarr - 06/10/2009
Mahwah, N.J. — Sharp said Wednesday it is teaming up again with Major League Baseball on the launch of the Sharp MLB online portal powered by MLB.com.
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CEA Sees A Second-Half Turnaround 06/10/2009
New York — The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is hoping for a turnaround in CE industry sales, but it still sees challenges ahead.
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Monster Announces Partnerships With THX, RedMere, CEI By Lisa Johnston - 06/10/2009 New York — HDMI 1.4 was at the forefront of Monster’s press conference at the Consumer Electronics Association Line Shows press conference, held here this morning.More
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