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Tech Tidbits March 2018
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 19, 2018  | 
The First 8K channel will be launched by NHK, the Japanese broadcast authority, later this year. How much programming will support it remains to be seen...

Samsung may return to OLED manufacturing, say anonymous sources quoted by a Korean-language news site. But this time it would combine the brightness of Samsung’s quantum dot with the black levels of OLED...

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Tech Trends 2012: Two-Channel Rulers
Brent Butterworth  |  Mar 20, 2012  | 

TRADITIONAL two-channel audio never went away. But there’s no denying that since the early ’90s, stereo has been overshadowed by home theater. Most of the audio industry devoted most of its effort to adding more speakers, more channels of sound, and more complexity to our systems.

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Tech Trends: Rebirth of the American Loudspeaker?
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 01, 2011  | 

My greatest CES disappointment led to my greatest discovery. After a cable manufacturer bailed out on the bacchanalian dinner he’d promised me, I ended up at the New York New York hotel nursing a glass of watery house bourbon while dropping quarters into a video poker machine. I soon noticed that the man next to me was sketching electrical circuits on his napkin.

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Tech Watch
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 30, 2014  | 
Every year the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) asks its brain trust to identify trends shaping the technology landscape. The 2014 report—Five Technology Trends to Watch—offers some intriguing insights…
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Technicolor Buys Stake in Real Image Digital
Jon Iverson  |  Aug 08, 1999  | 

Last week, <A HREF="http://www.technicolor.com/">Technicolor</A> announced that it has acquired a significant interest in Real Image Digital, a developer of digital-cinema technology. As part of the transaction, Technicolor is acquiring 49% of Real Image, with the option of picking up another 11.5% in the future on pre-negotiated terms. Real Image is partnered with the Sarnoff Corporation, which is currently developing technology to compress and encrypt film-quality images for theaters&mdash;a process that Sarnoff claims is many times more complex than video compression for the home-entertainment market.

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Technicolor HDR Coming to Philips TVs in 2019
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2018  | 
Funai Electric, exclusive licensee for Philips televisions and video products in North America, announced at CES 2018 last week that Technicolor HDR will be integrated into Philips TVs in 2019 and demonstrated a prototype TV with the capability.
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Technics to Preview New Reference Class Turntables
SV Staff  |  May 17, 2018  | 
Technics is teaming with Value Electronics to preview the Reference Class SP-10R and SL-1000R turntables it unveiled in January at CES.
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Technics, Panasonic Roll Out Holiday Headphones
SV Staff  |  Nov 19, 2019  | 
Technics has announced that the EAH-F70N headphones it previewed last January at CES 2019 are now shipping.
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Teens Willing to Pay for Downloads
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 27, 2008  | 
Consumers between the ages of 14 and 24 are willing to pay for downloads, says a new survey by British Music Rights. But there are conditions attached to their willingness to pay.
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Teeny, Tiny, Itty-Bitty Home Theater Projector
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Feb 12, 2005  | 
What's 14 ounces, fits in the palm of your hand, and can be used with an optional battery pack?
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Telescopic Pixel Display Saves Light, Power
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 22, 2008  | 
Microsoft and the University of Washington are jointly working on a new video display technology that would more efficiently use the backlight in flat-panel displays, potentially cutting power consumption in these increasingly energy-conscious times.
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Temporary Halt on Mitsubishi LaserVue TVs
SV Staff  |  Feb 12, 2009  | 
Did you have one of the new $7,000 Mitsubishi on your shopping list for the weekend?  Might want to hurry before they sell out. Might be a while before they're re-stocked.Mitsubishi just issued this statement: MDEA has temporarily...
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Ten Million and Reflecting
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jun 11, 2006  | 
Texas Instruments says 10 million DLP units have been shipped in the ten years since the technology's inception in 1996. (Wow-bulation, Batman, that's a lot of flippin' mirrors!)
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Ten Million DTVs by 2003?
 |  Mar 05, 2000  | 

Last week, the <A HREF="http://www.ce.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A> (CEA) reported that in January 2000, for the fourth consecutive month, factory-to-dealer (not through to consumers) sales of digital television (DTV) products surpassed the 20,000-unit mark. The CEA's figures reveal that January's total of 21,008 units brings the total sales since the introduction of DTV in August 1998 to 155,410 units.

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Tenacious Toshiba News
SV Staff  |  May 30, 2008  | 
Wow. Talk about never giving up.  Or not giving up without a fight. Sometimes it's best to give up and walk away with a modicum of respect.  Apparently, Toshiba doesn't think so. We all know that Blu-ray beat out Toshiba-backed HD DVD....
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