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CES 2009: Wireless, 240 Hz, LED-backlit, and media-streaming TVs from LG
SV Staff  |  Jan 07, 2009
Rolling out 12 new TV lines is no small feat, even for a big manufacturer like LG. But that’s what happened this morning at CES. Here are a few of the highlights:•LHX Slim Wireless LED Backlight HDTVThis 55-inch model hits all the points on our...
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CES 2009: World's First Internet Car Radio
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2009
You have your favorite Internet radio stations, right? Listen to them whenever you're home, of course. Well, finally, you can listen on the road too - no other devices, no cords, nothing, except the new Blaupunkt radio. Blaupunkt is teaming...
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CES 2010: BA's new TVee 20 soundbar
SV Staff  |  Jan 08, 2010
Boston Acoustics has announced a new soundbar at CES 2010, a follow-up to last year's TVee Model 2. The TVee Model 20 features new drivers, a wireless subwoofer, a "learning" IR receiver, and, most importantly, a lower price tag. The Model 20 will...
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CES 2010: Best new speaker of the show?
SV Staff  |  Jan 11, 2010
Hundreds of new speakers saw their debut at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. No one could possibly hear them all in the four days of the show, especially when you consider that they were scattered among numerous venues. But I heard a lot...
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CES 2010: Four overlooked tech trends from CES
SV Staff  |  Jan 09, 2010
Websites and cable TV channels are packed with news from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. But with thousands of exhibitors spread out through several convention halls and hotels, there are always lots of stories that go overlooked. Here...
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CES 2010: Get ready for GoldenEar Technology
SV Staff  |  Jan 09, 2010
One of the best things about big trade shows like CES is running into old friends. I was glad to get the chance to catch up with Definitive Technology founder Sandy Gross, who recently parted ways with the company that he founded in 1990 (and...
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CES 2010: LG's 3D-ready, THX-certified TV with Skype
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2010
LG's INFINIA LE9500 Series LCD TVs (available in 55- and 47-inch screen sizes) head up a broad line of LCD and plasma models unveiled by the company today at CES. The THX-certified flagship models feature LED backlights with 240-zone local...
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CES 2010: New Sling gear coming to service providers only
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2010
  If you have been waiting for Sling to drop some new products on us, this post will probably be bittersweet for you, since all four of their new products will only be available through cable or satellite providors. Dish Network is the...
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CES 2010: Snell's new $7,500 center channel
SV Staff  |  Jan 08, 2010
Usually, spending almost eight thousand dollars on a center channel speaker would sound ridiculous. Of course, when you spend over twelve thousand each on your left and right channels, it would practically be silly not to spend that much....
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CES 2010: Sony 3D TVs and Blu-ray player
SV Staff  |  Jan 07, 2010
Sony’s CES press conference kicked off in a surprisingly cool manner with a Jimi Hendrix clip, followed by a live (in 3D, that is) performance by Sony music artist Taylor Swift, who was introduced by the company’s apparently smitten head honcho...
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CES 2010: Toshiba Introduces CELL TV
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2010
Toshiba has just unveiled CELL TV, a new image processing engine the company claims is 143 times more powerful than the engines found in previous models. At the heart of the CELL TV is the Cell Broadband Engine, the same processor used by the...
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CES 2010: Vizio updates XVT series, announces a 21:9 HDTV
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2010
The CES news bombs have started dropping and Vizio is on the front lines with some ambitious announcements. Their XVT series is getting three new additions in the form of a 47-inch, a 55-inch and a monsterous 72-inch, each running at 480 Hz and...
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CES 2011
Kim Wilson  |  Jan 03, 2011

It's just about time for CES, the annual consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. While mobile devices are expected to dominate, as manufacturer's vie for recognition in the tablet and smartphone categories, there will still be an abundance of announcements from top AV companies with newer, thinner, HDTVs offering 3D capability, Internet-connected Blu-ray players providing a range of options and services, and AV receivers that connect to your home network. With an increased number of components offering Internet connectivity, wired and wirelessly, the living room space is changing dramatically. So catch all the news and the latest product announcements from the show floor with daily updates from our correspondents at sister publications <a href="http://www.hometheater.com/category/ces-2011/">
Home Theater</a> and <a href="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/category/ces-2011/">UltimateAV</a>.

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CES 2011 Attendance Up
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 18, 2011
While the final tally isn't yet in, the Consumer Electronics Association reports that attendance at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show was up over the previous year.

The estimate for 2011 is 140,000, a healthy increase over 2010 (126,641), and that in turn beat 2009 (113,085). At present the all-time biggest CES was 2008, with 141,150 people.

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CES 2011 Boasts Record Attendance
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 12, 2011
The economic recovery, though spotty, seems to have reached the consumer electronics industry, if the latest numbers from its biggest trade show are any indication. The January 2011 Consumer Electronics Show boasted audited attendance of 149,529 people, a new record.

No wonder the line for box lunches was so long.

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