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SIM2 Teams with Francis Ford Coppola
|Earlier this week, the AVguide News Desk received word that the Italian high-end projector manufacturer SIM 2 has worked out an arrangement through which the famous American film director Francis Ford Coppola will participate in ...read more -
HDtracks Expands Catalog with New Hi-Res Indie Rock Offerings
|HDtracks, an audiophile-oriented music download service that specializes in sales of high resolution (that is, CD-quality or better) music files, announced earlier this week that it is expanding its catalog of indie rock offerings through ...read more -
Monster Announces Stylish, Vivienne Tam-Influenced “Butterfly” In-Ear Headphones
|More so than many manufacturers, Monster Cable understands that headphone purchases are driven not only by product technology, performance and price, but also by buyers’ desires to associate with artists and designers whom they admire. ...read more -
Sony Announces 3D Compatible A/V Receiver
|Many readers of The Perfect Vision and AVguide forum participants have asked how home theater electronics—and specifically A/V receiver—are likely to change and evolve as the 3DTV movement gathers momentum. Today, Sony has given us ...read more -
Full-Featured InFocus SP8602 1080p DLP Projector Now Shipping
|The Perfect Vision news desk recently received word that InFocus’ new full-featured, 1080p DLP projector, the SP8602 has begun shipping. We present the full text of the InFocus press announcement, below. __________ InFocus ScreenPlay 8602 ...read more -
Oppo Announces Inexpensive, Full-Function BDP-80 Universal/Blu-ray Player
|At the time of its release in Fall of 2009, Oppo Digital’s award-winning BDP-83 ($499) was, hands down, the world’s most affordable, full-featured universal/Blu-ray player. Now, however, an astonishingly inexpensive new Oppo player—the BDP-80 ($289)—has ...read more -
CES: While Others Do 3DTV, Sharp Focuses On Picture Quality First
|For many leading television manufacturers, CES 2010 marked an occasion for rolling out new 3DTV products. But in stark contrast to its competitors, Sharp Electronics Corporation instead elected to follow the “path less taken” at ...read more -
CES: Naim UnitiQute Wi-Fi Enabled Integrated Amp/Tuner/UPnP Streamer/DAC
|After AVguide attended CEDIA Expo 2009, one of the products that most captured our imaginations was the Naim Audio Uniti—a category-defying component that combined the functions of a high-end CD player, integrated amplifier, tuner, Wi-Fi-enabled ...read more -
DOJ Approves Live Nation - Ticketmaster Merger
|The Department of Justice on Monday approved the merger of artist management and ticket market Ticketmaster Inc. with concert promoter Live Nation Inc. This creates a single company capable of managing the revenues from artists ...read more -
Apple Earnings Skyrocket; iPod Flattens
|Apple Inc. reported its fiscal first quarter financial results yesterday, showing a 50% rise year-over-year in earnings over the previous year and a 32% increase in revenues (after adjustment for a major accounting change). iPod ...read more -
CES: Micromega’s AirStream WM-10 Wireless Digital Music Player
|Traditional audiophiles and home theater enthusiasts alike have been influenced by the buzz surrounding the concept of using computers as audio source components, and it is easy to understand why. When we compare source components, ...read more -
CES: A Trio of Wireless Headphones from Sennheiser
|Ask most any headphone enthusiast to name the single factor that most limits his or her enjoyment of headphones and odds are you’ll get a two-word answer: “the cord.” When wearing headphones, haven’t we all--at ...read more -
CES: Three New Headphones from Skullcandy
|Park City, UT-based Skullcandy, maker of a very wide range of headphone products, may not yet be familiar to old-school audiophiles, but I think the firm deserves broader recognition and for all the right reasons. ...read more -
CES: Skype on HDTV
|Skype, as many of you know, is a software application that was originally created to allow peer-to-peer voice communications between Skype subscribers via the Internet. At this point, there are millions of Skype users worldwide ...read more -
CES: Shure Improves its Top-Tier In-Ear Headphones
|If asked, “what are the best in-ear headphones on today’s market?” a fair number of enthusiasts might have responded by naming one of Shure’s top-tier models: either the SE420 (a two-way design featuring separate, miniature ...read more