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Ken Richardson  |  Apr 03, 2008

These days, Apple likes to hold court at a different consumer electronics shebang - the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. "And where Apple goes," says any peripheral maker looking for some action, "iFollow!"

John Sciacca  |  Oct 05, 2007

The 21st century is giving us numerous ways to listen to and control our music. Not only can we now distribute tunes around our homes with the touch of a button, but the wonder of metadata feedback actually lets us know what's playing as well.

Peter Pachal  |  Oct 05, 2005
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Michael Antonoff  |  May 03, 2005

Conventional TV broadcasting, whether over the air or by cable or satellite, sends out multiple channels all at once, and it's up to the viewer to tune in a particular one at a set time to watch or record a show. Akimbo is promising the next step: speedy interactive delivery of video directly from the Internet to a hard drive connected to your TV.

 |  Jan 05, 2005

Everyone appreciates surround sound as a part of a home theater, but many people don't enjoy being surrounded by speakers.

John Sciacca  |  Apr 21, 2003
Illustration by Turnstyle Imaging Years ago, if you wanted a new piece of gear, you'd go down to your local stereo shop, describe what you were looking for, audition a couple of pieces, make your selection, and then pay the sticker price.
John Sciacca  |  Sep 19, 2011

Prices for flat-panel TVs have been reduced to a level where they’ve literally become throwaway commodities. Just yesterday, a customer informed me that he was going to put a TV outside on his deck and “leave it there until it breaks, then buy another one.”

Ian G. Masters  |  Sep 02, 2002
"Only connect," the novelist E. M. Forster famously urged. But many people suffer from connectophobia - a paralyzing fear that can strike when you take your new Dolby Digital receiver out of the box and first lay eyes on its back panel.
 |  Apr 06, 2006
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Rich Warren  |  Jan 04, 2006

Panasonic executives present Comcast CEO Brian Roberts with first OCAP-compliant digital cable box.

SV Staff  |  Nov 11, 2008

Nothing brings family and friends together like the big, lifelike picture and sound of Panasonic's new line of VIERA HDTVs with standard SD memory card sl

Michael Antonoff  |  Jun 25, 2002
You might suppose Minerva & the Bell Ringers was a 1960s girl group, but it's actually a mechanical clock located outdoors in New York City's Herald Square. On the hour, pivoting statues strike a bell up to 12 times, temporarily dislodging a pigeon or two. A still camera is inadequate for capturing the sound and motion. If I were a tourist, I might reach for a camcorder.
Rich Warren  |  Jan 11, 2005

After traipsing dozens of miles through aisles as crowded as a big city subway train in rush hour, I have seen thousands of light-emitting diodes, if not hundreds of thousands. I have seen every video display technology and their variations known to civilization. I have heard nearly every reproducible sound audible to the human ear.

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