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Wireless HD Standard Comes Home
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SV Staff • Posted: Jul 24, 2008 • 0 comments
Homeowners, rejoice. Finally, a digital solution standard is in the works to solve your home theater dilemmas. Industry giants are teaming up with AMIMON to create a standard that will bring wireless HD to homes, supposedly by the end of 2008....
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Wireless HD Standard Enters Crowded Field
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Mark Fleischmann • Posted: Jul 28, 2008 • 0 comments
An Israeli chip maker has joined forces with several major TV manufacturers to add yet another wireless high-def home distribution standard to an already crowded field.
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Wireless Home Theater...with an Asterisk
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Darryl Wilkinson • Posted: Apr 16, 2005 • 0 comments
Normally the disclaimer* comes at the end, but why hide uncomfortable news? When it comes to home entertainment equipment and someone starts talking about a piece of gear being "wireless", they don't mean "wireless" - they mean "nearly wireless". Okay, now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's talk about Panasonic's new rear-speaker wireless-ready home theater systems. Oh, by the way, "wireless-ready" means you'll need an optional piece of gear to make the system nearly wireless. (But don't let that put a barbed-wire fence around your lofty goal of having free-range wireless chickens. There ain't no totally wireless lunch from any company in this neck of the woods, pardner, but that don't mean you can't dream...)
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Wireless Standard Has 3D Covered
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Mark Fleischmann • Posted: Jun 09, 2010 • 0 comments
Are 3D and wireless home video distribution both equally important to you? Then you'll be glad to hear that the Wireless Home Digital Interface will support all the 3D formats included in the HDMI 1.4a specifications. The updated spec will be released in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Wireless that Just Works: WiSA Sees Watershed Year for Wireless Audio
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Bob Ankosko • Posted: Apr 23, 2013 • 0 comments
Will 2013 be the year of high-quality wireless audio?

Jim Venable, president of the Wireless Speaker & Audio Association (WiSA), thinks so. The association was formed in 2011 to develop interoperability testing and compliance programs for wireless products with a focus on multichannel surround sound systems.

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Wireless TVs on the Way
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Mark Fleischmann • Posted: Feb 04, 2010 • 0 comments
Wireless TVs may be on the market as soon as the second half of 2010.
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Wireworld's new HDMI cables: $1,000/meter
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SV Staff • Posted: Dec 08, 2009 • 0 comments
Welcome to A/V cable overkill. Cable manufacturer Wireworld has introduced its new Platinum Starlight HDMI Cables, a new top-of-the-line cable that costs $1,000 per meter. Yes, that's a grand per meters, or approximate price of a fully-equipped...
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With a Cell Phone, Any Wall's a Screen
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SV Staff • Posted: Apr 01, 2008 • 0 comments
As if your cell phone didn't already try to perform too many functions at once, a slew of consumer electronics manufacturers want to add in one more feature: A digital projector. That's right, a mini-version of the home-theater grade projectors...
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With HD DVD Gone, Now What?
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SV Staff • Posted: Feb 25, 2008 • 0 comments
Just how big a victory the Blu-ray Disc camp scored when Toshiba pulled the plug on HD DVD remains to be seen. Blu-ray may have won the hearts of Hollywood, which is dedicated to preserving traditional media (note Jon Stewart's jabs at viewing...
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Wolf Cinema & Best Practices Laboratory
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Thomas J. Norton • Posted: Aug 09, 2010 • 0 comments
Last week, Home Theater editor Shane Buettner, UAV editor Scott Wilkinson, and I visited the Hollywood facilities of The Best Practices Laboratory. BPL is an independent technology laboratory located at the historic Raleigh Studios. Established under a different name in 1915 (it became Raleigh in 1980), Raleigh today is primarily dedicated to the production of independent films, commercials, and TV shows. (When we were there they were filming The Closer, Private Practice, and Castle.)
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Women and Children First
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SV Staff • Posted: May 14, 2008 • 0 comments
The Korea Times is reporting that Samsung and LG will stop making Blu-ray/HD DVD combo players. This is another blow to the fast-sinking HD DVD luxury liner. Cutting their losses, and also cutting the throats of early adopters who adopted the wrong...
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Women: We Love Tech, Too
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Bob Ankosko • Posted: Dec 12, 2012 • 0 comments
Women are embracing technology more than ever before, buying tablets, e-readers, smartphones, cameras, PCs, and other electronics for themselves and their families. And when it comes to the traditional audio/video categories, there’s no question that the gentler sex is an equal partner in major buying decisions. If she doesn’t like the big-screen TV hubby is drooling over, chances are it ain’t gonna happen.
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Won an iPhone
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SV Staff • Posted: Apr 17, 2008 • 0 comments
Hey Kids,Remember back last winter when we held that Win-an-iPhone Contest? Well it wasn't just some scam to increase our site traffic (though it did that quite nicely - thanks for coming by). Yes, we actually have a winner! Her name is Janie...
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Wonderful World of Streaming Disney
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SV Staff • Posted: Jun 10, 2008 • 0 comments
Disney's making sure no one misses an opportunity to watch their favorite Disney movies. What happens when you and your little ones miss out on the ABC airing on Saturday nights of Wonderful World of Disney? Instead of tears and tantrums, just go...
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World's Biggest LCD HDTV
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Barry Willis • Posted: Dec 08, 2002 • 0 comments

Flatscreens are getting bigger and better.

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