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CES 2013
Philips Soundbar Has Detachable Surround Speakers
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 11, 2013
The Fidelio HTL9100 soundbar Philips introduced at CES is the first we’ve seen with detachable wireless speakers. Remove the compact enclosures from either end of the wing-like soundbar and the system automatically shifts from virtual surround to discrete 5.1 surround. The speakers’ on-board amplifiers are battery powered and said to run up to 10 hours when fully charged. Other highlights include Bluetooth connectivity for streaming music from smartphones and tablets, two HDMI inputs, and a sensor/equalizer that detects whether the soundbar is mounted on the wall or sitting on a shelf and adjusts the sound accordingly. The HTL9100 comes with a wireless subwoofer and will be available in May with a suggested retail price of $800.
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Panasonic and Samsung TVs Now Have a Home Screen
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 11, 2013
New TVs will have home screens like media players for viewers to choose what app or source they want to watch.
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CES 2013: Samsung Smart TV and HVEC Codec
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 11, 2013
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CES 2013: Monster Smart HDMI Cable
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 11, 2013
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CES 2013: Monster Power Control
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 11, 2013
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CES 2013: Flingo Samba Second Screen App
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 11, 2013
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Plex or Pork?
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 11, 2013
Plex is a media server and suite of apps for your computer, mobile devices, a variety of connected devices that helps you access and control your local and online media from just about anywhere and easily share it with friends and family. There are specific versions of Plex apps for Roku boxes, LG TVs, Samsung TVs, and Google TV. If it really is the “bacon of media apps”, though, digital-media-savvy vegetarians are going to be left out.
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ICES 2013
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 10, 2013  |  First Published: Jan 11, 2013
Sometimes journalists need a little jump start before an evening filled with new product pitches and demonstrations from eager company execs and PR folks. One of the more creative ways of providing chilled beverages involved a giant block of ice with a carefully carved, very clever martini slalom. Sometimes low-tech is cool, too. (And refreshing!)
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Panasonic Can Do OLED Too
Tom Norton  |  Jan 10, 2013
Panasonic and Sony have teamed up to produce OLED panels using a (presumably more productive and thus likely more economical) printing technique. If successful, the company's will share panels though go their own way on electronics. Should be interesting to watch. This 4K, 56-inch Panasonic OLED did look fabulous. Of the OLEDs on display at the show, only Sony's and Panasonic's were 4K.
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Panasonic Moves Upmarket
Tom Norton  |  Jan 10, 2013
We've all been wondering when Panasonic would make use of some of the Pioneer Kuro knowledge that Pioneer engineers brought with them when they went to work at Panasonic some three years ago whewn Pioneer left the TV business (Panasonic also reportedly licensed some Kuro technology). We won't know for certain until we get our hands on one of the new Panasonic ZT series sets when they come out in the spring (in 60- and 65-inch sizes. But in a dark room demonstration, the blacks looked considerably deeper than the blacks from last year's well-received VT series sets. There will be new sets in all of Panasonic's plasma lines, of course (and LCD sets as well), but its the ZT that has us champing at the bit. Prices are as yet unknown, but hopefully they won't be outrageously higher that the VT series (perhaps $1000 or so more?).
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