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Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 21, 2008  | 
This week's long round of goodbyes continues with Paramount's announcement that it will resume releasing in Blu-ray after a brief hiatus of HD DVD exclusivity.
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2009  | 
If you have a Blu-ray player and want to pick up Dance Flick for your movie collection on September 8, you're all set. If you have a DVD player, you're not so lucky. If you prefer to watch better movies, it doesn't really matter. Paramount has...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 20, 2007  | 
Until now the conventional wisdom has been that the victor in the format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD would be Blu-ray, if there were a victor at all. Well, now all bets are off. Two major studios have announced that they're dumping Sony's Blu-ray format for Toshiba's HD DVD. It looks as though both formats are likely to be around for the foreseeable future.
HT Staff  |  Mar 06, 2001  | 
Parasound doesn't make a huge distinction between "Home Theater" and "Custom Installation." In most cases, if you have one, you have the other.
SV Staff  |  Dec 20, 2018  | 
Parasound has expanded its NewClassic series of two-channel power amplifiers with an analog preamplifier/DAC (digital to analog converter) that embodies a “new generation of affordable high-performance products.”
SV Staff  |  Aug 26, 2008  | 
Audiophiles know how good Parasound equipment is, but their equipment tended to cater to the stereo crowd. It's about time they acknowledge that serious listeners like to listen to surround sound, be it movies or multi-channel music. Parasound...
SV Staff  |  Aug 26, 2016  | 
In advance of CEDIA, which opens in Dallas on September 15, Parasound has announced the ZoneMaster 4 DAX, which it says is the first four-zone DAC with built-in crossovers.
SV Staff  |  Apr 17, 2019  | 
Parasound has announced plans to deliver its most-affordable integrated amplifier/digital-to-analog converter (DAC) early this summer.
SV Staff  |  Aug 30, 2017  | 
Parasound will unveil a revamped version of its popular five-channel A 52 amplifier next week in San Diego at CEDIA 2017.
HT Staff  |  Jan 26, 2003  | 
At the end of January, San Francisco-based Parasound will begin shipping its highly anticipated Halo C1 audio/video controller. The Halo C1 and its sibling, the Halo C 2, are said to allow audiophiles to control their acoustic environment in ways never before possible with consumer products. The two new models are THX Ultra2-certified, multichannel A/V controllers with sophisticated DSP engines, and are claimed to deliver "previously unattainable levels of performance and control, while remaining exceptionally easy to set up and operate."
HT Staff  |  Sep 20, 2000  | 
Home theater fans almost universally agree that multichannel sound is great, but not all agree on how best to achieve it. Most find that incorporating five large box speakers---plus subwoofer and all the necessary cabling---into a typical home is difficult at best, and a point of contention that can strain even the most solid domestic relationships.
HT Staff  |  Aug 31, 2000  | 
San Francisco-based Parasound, long noted for making great-sounding products at affordable prices, has announced updates for two of its most highly regarded home theater products, the AVC-2500 preamp/processor and the HCA-2205A power amp.
SV Staff  |  Jan 03, 2009  | 
Parrot loves Bluetooth, so they teamed up with Phillippe Starck to create a pair of NXT-powered speakers to play nice with your WiFi and iPod-like devices. The oddly-named Zikmu speakers claim 100 W of output from two NXT panels sitting atop some...
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 25, 2007  | 
Blu-ray has reached another milestone. The infant format has attracted its first patent lawsuit, reports GameSpot.
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 31, 2007  | 
Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, cable operators and television networks may have to pay out huge amounts of money to a private company if they want to go on delivering digital television in the government-approved DTV standard.

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