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Petersen Publishing Agrees to Acquire Stereophile, Inc.
 |  May 17, 1998  |  0 comments

On May&#160;18,&#160;James D. Dunning, Jr., Chairman and CEO of the Petersen Companies, Inc., announced an agreement to acquire <I>Stereophile Magazine</I> and <I>Stereophile Guide to Home Theater</I>---two of this country's leading high-end audio and home-theater publications---as well as HI-FI '98, The Home theater & Specialty Audio Show.

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Petite Pico Projector
SV Staff  |  Jun 23, 2008  |  0 comments
You're at a business lunch and you realize you need to show your clients a picture of your marketing plan for their hot new widget. You have a picture of your ad idea stored on your phone, or it's stashed on your iPod. So there you are, huddled...
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Petitioners Beg for HD DVD's Life
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 25, 2008  |  0 comments
In a surprising show of support for HD DVD, 20,000 people have signed an online petition begging for the underdog high-def disc format's life.
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PhaseTech Introduces Variable-Length Soundbar
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 29, 2024  |  2 comments
PhaseTech, the American speaker specialist known for developing and patenting one of the world’s most widely used tweeter designs in 1967 — the soft-dome tweeter — has introduced an adjustable, three-channel soundbar that can be matched to the width and color of any TV for a seamless look.
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Phazon Readies Wireless Earbuds for Athletes
SV Staff  |  Sep 23, 2016  |  1 comments
You’ve probably never heard of Phazon but the Montreal-based startup is getting ready to launch its first product—an Indiegogo-funded one-size-fits-all wireless earbud aimed at athletes and people with active lifestyles.
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Phil Ramone: 1934-2013
HT Staff  |  Mar 31, 2013  |  0 comments
In memory of legendary music producer and engineer Phil Ramone, who passed away on Saturday, March 30, we present Steve Guttenberg's 2006 interview with Ramone.
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Phil Rizzuto: Heaven Couldn't Wait
SV Staff  |  Aug 15, 2007  |  0 comments
Here's a tip of the Yankee cap - or whatever hat you're wearing, baseball fan - to Phil Rizzuto, the Bronx Bombers' shortstopping/broadcasting Scooter, who died Monday night at the age of 89. If you're looking for the sports story here . . ....
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Philips 34" Widescreen Monitor Does 480P, 1080I
HT Staff  |  Feb 26, 2001  |  0 comments
There is sufficient doubt about digital television transmission standards that few manufacturers are putting tuners inside their monitors. Not even Philips will do that. The Dutch electronics giant will, however, take its latest video display as far into the future as possible while still making it compatible with the past.
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Philips 55PL9773
HT Staff  |  Sep 30, 2003  |  0 comments
Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) is the latest twist on venerable LCD technology, and the latest twist in rear projection televisions. Claimed by some home theater fans to be easier on the eyes for long-term viewing than plasma display panels, LCoS offers flicker-free high resolution images without a visible pixel grid.
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Philips and Microsoft in Agreement on
 |  Sep 10, 2000  |  0 comments

Thanks to an agreement announced September 8 by <A HREF="http://www.philips.com/">Philips Electronics NV</A> and software giant <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Corporation</A>, "Enhanced TV" is coming your way. "Philips will license Microsoft TV software and collaborate with Microsoft on the development of a range of set-top boxes based on the Microsoft TV software and Philips Nexperia&ndash;based hardware platform," said the joint press release.

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Philips and Sensory Team to Improve Voice Control
SV Staff  |  Dec 11, 2015  |  0 comments
Recognizing that voice control will play an increasingly larger role in audio/video and smart home technology as we move into the future, Sensory, a Silicon Valley technology company specializing in voice technologies, has announced a collaboration with Philips to create a “best-in-class” suite of speech recognition technologies.
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Philips Announces Dolby Vision Update for 4K Blu-ray Players
SV Staff  |  Mar 28, 2018  |  0 comments
P&F USA, the exclusive licensee for Philips TVs and video products in North America, has announced the availability of a long-awaited Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) update for two of its 4K UHD Blu-ray players.
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Philips Announces DVD-Video Recording Technology for Consumer Use
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 17, 1999  |  0 comments

Buried in all the hoopla and exciting digital television news at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month was the answer to many DVD fans' prayers: <A HREF="http://www.philipsusa.com">Philips Electronics</A> announced that it has developed a technology for real-time recording of DVD-Video discs. According to Philips, the recorded discs can be played back on existing DVD-Video players, offering up to four hours of record/playback time at various levels of quality.

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Philips Announces Low-Priced Roku HDTVs
SV Staff  |  Dec 01, 2017  |  1 comments
P&F USA, the exclusive licensee for Philips televisions and video products in North America, has announced a new series of budget 1080p TVs built around Roku’s OS 8 operating system, which features an upgraded electronic program guide.
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Philips Backs SmartRight
Barry Willis  |  Dec 22, 2002  |  0 comments

Philips Electronics has thrown its weight behind "SmartRight," a digital content copy-protection technology developed by Thomson Multimedia, according to mid-December reports from Paris and Geneva. Originally called XCA, SmartRight is a smart-card&ndash;based technique that could allay Hollywood's fears about offering hit movies over the Internet or via high-definition broadcasts.

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