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Real Launches Legal Counterattack
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 14, 2009  |  0 comments
RealNetworks is putting pedal to the metal in its attempt to save its DVD-copying application. Even as the RealDVD trial prepares to conclude next week, RealNetworks has launched a legal counterattack, suing six motion picture studios for antitrust violation.
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DirecTV Sale 'Possible'
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 13, 2009  |  0 comments
Recent machinations in the ownership of DirecTV may culiminate in the satellite operator being sold to one of the major telephone companies, Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei has told the Associated Press.
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Denon First with DSX
 |  May 13, 2009  |  0 comments

Shortly after Audyssey introduced its new <A href="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/news/audyssey_dsx/">DSX technology</A>, Denon became the world's first manufacturer to announce an A/V receiver with DSX capabilities. The AVR-4310CI was unveiled at Denon's new-product showcase held in New York on Monday along with a bevy of other products, including a total of <I>nine</I> AVRs ranging in price from $350 to $2000 for the flagship 4310CI. Release dates range from May to July.

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First DSX Receiver Arrives from Denon
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 12, 2009  |  0 comments
Audyssey's DSX surround listening mode, which adds both width and height channels, is arriving in the form of product this month with the Denon AVR-4310CI.
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Blu-ray Bucks Weak Economy
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 11, 2009  |  0 comments
Despite consumer insecurity over the dodgy economy, Blu-ray players are flying off the shelves.
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The Nation Is Getting DTV-Readier
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 07, 2009  |  0 comments
The U.S. is little more than a month away from the final deadline date for the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting, coming on June 12, 2009. So how are we doing? According to a new poll from the National Association of Broadcasters, we're doing OK, with 82 percent of broadcast-dependent TV households fully prepared for the DTV transition. This is a huge improvement over January.
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Hulu Gets Disney
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 06, 2009  |  0 comments
The video streaming site Hulu got a new high-profile partner last week with the announcement that Disney movies and TV shows would be available. This is a leg up for Hulu, in the thick of an ongoing race with YouTube to sign up new content partners.
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GE Disc Stores Half a Terabyte
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 05, 2009  |  0 comments
General Electric has developed an optical disc format using microholographic technology that stores 500 gigabytes, or about 100 times the capacity of a DVD, and 10 times the capacity of a Blu-ray dual-layer disc.
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Best Buy to Stock Vinyl
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 04, 2009  |  0 comments
The LP has always had friends in high places. Apparently that includes someone at Best Buy, which is considering adding vinyl to all 1020 of its brick-and-mortar stores.
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Audyssey Says Go Wide
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 01, 2009  |  0 comments
My, surround sound, how you've grown. I remember when you were a wee bairn of 5.1 channels. Then Surround EX added up to two back surround speakers, Dolby Pro Logic IIz added two front height channels, and now those wild men at Audyssey are talking about two front width channels, for a potential maximum of 11.1.
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Audyssey DSX
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 01, 2009  |  0 comments

<A href="http://www.audyssey.com/">Audyssey Laboratories</A>, the developer of MultEQ auto-equalization and other technologies now available in a wide range of A/V receivers and pre/pros, has long been a proponent of increasing the number of channels in an audio system. With its newly announced DSX technology, it has now brought that capability to home theaters.

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WHDI Wireless HD Coming
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 30, 2009  |  0 comments
Wireless HD has been a slow train coming. But a new chipset may finally bring it to HDTVs, Blu-ray players, transmitter/receiver kits, and other products.
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RealDVD Trial Heats Up
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 29, 2009  |  0 comments
Do consumers have a right to copy DVDs? That's the central question of a lawsuit pitting the Motion Picture Association of America against RealNetworks, which introduced a DVD copying application called RealDVD last fall, only to see sales suspended a month later. The case came to trial last week in San Francisco and seems to be throwing off new controversies every day.
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China Develops Blu Competitor
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 28, 2009  |  0 comments
Look out, Blu-ray. You've got a new competitor in the Chinese domestic market. And it's based, in part, on your old rival HD DVD.
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Atlantic Is Climbing the Wall
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 27, 2009  |  0 comments
Are height channels the next big thing in surround sound? If so, Atlantic Technology is ready with the first speaker designed expressly for height-enhanced surround.
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