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SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2018  | 
Paul Hales, AV industry veteran and founder of Pro Audio Technology (a.k.a. PRO), today announced the launch of a speaker company specializing in bringing “large-scale sound to residential and commercial installations where aesthetics and compact size are paramount.”
SV Staff  |  Apr 29, 2008  | 
Paramount Studios made it official today. It is going Blu. Because HD DVD has about as much future as a snowball in hell, Paramount has dropped its exclusive support of the HD DVD format, and will start releasing flicks in the Blu-ray format. That...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 28, 2011  | 
Warner is trying a new approach to movie sales. It's simple and logical: Just download the movie as an app.

There's only one problem. Apple may kill the idea.

HT Staff  |  Nov 24, 2002  | 
Theta Digital has launched several intriguing new products guaranteed to whet the appetites of music and movie lovers everywhere. Among them are the Carmen II DVD/CD transport, the Generation VIII two-channel DAC, and the multichannel Dreadnaught II power amp.
HT Staff  |  Aug 08, 2000  | 
If you're in the market for a disc spinner compatible with all current DVD and CD formats, Theta Digital has just what you're looking for. The Agoura Hills, CA- digital pioneer has announced its new "Carmen" transport, said to be state-of-the-art in third-generation DVD technology.
HT Staff  |  Jul 21, 2000  | 
Many home theater fans believe Theta Digital Corporation is primarily an audio company, but Theta also makes excellent digital video gear. Case in point: the company's new Carmen DVD transport.
Darryl Wilkinson  |  May 23, 2006  | 
Amidst all the hullabaloo about HD DVD and Blu-ray and HDMI and DRM and, well, all the other high-def disc stuff the world is buzzing about, Sony thought they'd squeeze a few more bucks out of the "old" DVD format by releasing a couple of portable DVD players that "offer cutting edge versatility and are designed to fit into any hectic, on-the-move lifestyle."
SV Staff  |  Jul 07, 2010  | 
Speaker company Thiel Audio is starting to sell its products on Amazon.com, a pretty big departure from the usual retail and custom installer channels the company used in the past. Thiel announced that 9 speakers would be available on the site,...
Chris Keeler  |  Dec 25, 2002  | 
Flat-screen TVs are hot and getting hotter.
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 15, 2007  | 

Sharp launched a handsome new line of thin, lightweight LCD flat panel AQUOS HDTVs at a press event held Tuesday August 14th, 2007 at New York's The Weather Room at Top of the Rock. Sharp's Bob Scaglione introduced the new, four model 1080p space-saving D64U line, telling members of the press that the space-saving, stylish looking new sets, which feature bezels that are 25% thinner and weigh 20% less than previous models, are also the thinnest Aquos models Sharp has ever produced, measuring just 3 3/4" deep.

Scott Wilkinson  |  Dec 22, 2009  | 

Last May, LG announced the world's thinnest LCD TV panels at that time, with 42- and 47-inch sizes measuring only 5.9mm thick. Now, only seven months later, the company has broken its own record by cutting that figure in half with a 42-inch panel only 2.6mm thick, bringing it squarely into OLED territory.

SV Staff  |  Sep 15, 2015  | 
Are you old enough to remember portable record players? Maybe you owned one as a kid and played 45s on it. Now you can share vinyl nostalgia with your children and grandchildren.

Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 03, 2008  | 
"This message will self-destruct in five seconds," goes the old Mission Impossible slogan. But are you interested in buying a DVD that self-destructs in 48 hours?
SV Staff  |  Jun 02, 2008  | 
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to rent a movie and watch it before it self-destructs. Although it's not on the initial list of DVD releases, Staples is offering a unique way to rent DVD movies that's straight out of...
SV Staff  |  May 18, 2009  | 
  We love DIY projects here at S&V so I could barely contain my excitement when I saw that someone had taken the time to fit a full-sized Direct TV dish into a clapped out old Volkswagen Jetta Diesel. I tried to hunt down the owner of...

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