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Plasma TV Mythbusters
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Aug 13, 2005
After releasing a study pounding the misperception that plasma TVs aren't perfect - at least the notion that they're not as good as other non-CRT based TVs - Pioneer announced two new high-def plasmas in addition to a couple of newfangled Pioneer Elite plasma HDTVs.
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Plasma TV: Ghosts in the Machine
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2008
So, you've read all the reviews, scoured all the forums, even asked your know-it-all next door neighbor for his opinion. You agonized for months, debating back and forth between plasma and LCD. You finally got permission from the significant other...
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Plasma's Got Game
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 15, 2008
What a difference a year makes. It wasn't long ago when LCD sales were trumping plasma in flat-panel land. But manufacturers like LG and Panasonic now expect higher plasma sales in 2008, according to Reuters.
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Plastic TV Announced by English Company
 |  Feb 15, 1998

According to a recent Reuters report, London-based Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) has announced a very original product: a plastic video display. In the report, the company said, "CDT and its Japanese partner, Seiko-Epson Corp., have unveiled the world's first plastic TV display and will set aggressive targets for commercializing the technology." According to CDT chief executive Danny Chapchal, "The announcement will demonstrate that our technology is very close to commercialization for computer and video display applications."

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Platin Audio Previews 10-Channel Soundbar System with 4 Wireless Height Channels
Bob Ankosko  |  Sep 14, 2023
Platin Audio previewed a first-of-its-kind 10-channel soundbar system at last week’s CEDIA Expo 2023 that uses WiSA Discrete System (DS) technology to wirelessly connect a subwoofer and four height channels in a Dolby Atmos surround-sound setup.
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Play-Fi Wireless Audio Standard Gains Momentum
SV Staff  |  Jul 24, 2014
DTS today announced that the McIntosh, Sonus Faber, and Wadia brands owned by Fine Sounds Group will introduce products featuring its Play-Fi wireless audio standard later this year.
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Playboy Stripping Down on DVD
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2008
It's a well-known industry "secret" that the adult film industry has been responsible for much of the growth of new formats. First VHS and then DVD, the mainstream industry owes a lot to the adult sector. However, in a strange...
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Playing Catch-up: DTS Announces DTS:X Object-Based Surround to Compete with Atmos
Bob Ankosko  |  Apr 09, 2015
Nine months after Dolby Atmos made its home debut at a New York trade show, DTS today officially introduced DTS:X, an “object-based, multi-dimensional audio technology” for commercial cinema and home theater.
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Playstation 2 Lets Users Bypass DVD Copy-Protection Scheme
Barry Willis  |  Mar 26, 2000

The cat has really gotten out of the bag with Sony's new Playstation 2. In mid-March, we <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/shownews.cgi?672">reported</A> that the machine can play Digital Versatile Discs from all regions, reinforcing one of the film industry's biggest fears: that the new format will circumvent carefully orchestrated release dates. Now it appears that the machine can do more.

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Playstation 4 WITHOUT Blu-ray?
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2008
It seems like many in the industry are killing off Blu-ray in its infancy. This is the second story today alone on the subject. Now, a CNET blogger is going as far as saying that it's his opinion that Sony won't include Blu-ray in the next...
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PlayStation Achieves HD Quorum
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 17, 2010
Sony's PlayStation Network has become the first platform to carry high-def movie content from all six major studios, the company says in a press release.
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PlayStation Gets Netflix Streaming
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 27, 2009
The video streaming news just keeps on coming. Latest word is that Netflix streaming will penetrate Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console.
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PlayStation Network, still on the fritz
Michael Berk  |  Apr 25, 2011

Things are still looking bleak for the PlayStation Network; the gaming network (along with Sony's Qriocity streaming music-and-movie service) has been down

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PlayStation VR, Set for October Launch, Promises Next Level of Immersion
SV Staff  |  Jun 30, 2016
Sony says gamers and developers are ready to embrace the highly anticipated PlayStation VR (PS VR) when it becomes goes on sale in the U.S. on October 13 for $399.
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PlayStation3 Delayed?
 |  Feb 26, 2006

It's incredibly common for Hollywood blockbusters to come in way late and over budget, so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised since Sony owns its own movie studio. An industry analysis by Merrill Lynch predicts that Sony's PlayStation3 could not only be delayed 6-12 months, putting off its US launch until late 2006 or early 2007, but also estimates that the gaming consoles are going to cost Sony nearly $900 per unit to build. These predictions started a firestorm across broad segments of the industry, as such delays would not only hurt Sony in the gaming space, but also would undoubtedly cost Blu-ray Disc some critical momentum in the next-gen disc format war. HD DVD players and discs are currently on schedule to hit retail stores next month.

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