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Lunette, Elite’s Curved-Frame Projection Screen
|(Editorial note: The AVguide.com news desk recently received word that Cerritos, CA-based Elite Screens is releasing a new curved-frame, 2.35:1 aspect ratio projection screen called the Lunette. Below we present the text of the Elite ...read more -
Screen Innovations Presents Two Families of Motorized Screens
|Editorial Note: Over the past few weeks, the AVguide.com news desk has received word of the coming availability of two new families of motorized projection screens from the Austin, TX-based firm Screen Innovations. The new ...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: 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: First Reaction to 3D TV
|I had several opportunities to check out 3D TV at CES, which I did mainly because the hype was big. I don't regularly review displays, so my intent here is not to comment on the ...read more -
NEWS: LG Display Company Announces World’s Thinnest LCD Panel
|Ever since modern flat panel TVs began appearing on the scene, home theater enthusiasts have wondered just how thin displays might eventually become in the future. LG Display Company, Ltd. of Seoul, Korea today provided ...read more -
NEWS: Screen Innovation Joins with "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
|Earlier this week AVguide.com received a press release from Austin, TX-based Screen Innovations, announcing that the firm had teamed with the popular television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, contributing one of the firm's ultra-high contrast ...read more -
NEWS: Sony Announces Movie Promo for Networked HDTVs, Blu-ray Players
|At the beginning of this week (November 9-13), Sony Electronics announced a special promotion where, according to a company press release, owners of network-enabled Sony BRAVIA HDTVs and Blu-ray players “will be able to enjoy ...read more -
NEWS: Sony’s Four Top Product Announcements From CEDIA
|No CEDIA Expo would be complete without a brace of new product announcements from industry giant Sony Corporation, and this year’s Expo proved no exception. We present, below, the four new Sony products we think ...read more -
NEWS: VIZIO Announces Next-Generation XVT-Series LCD HDTVs
|Irvine, CA-based HDTV manufacturer VIZIO has announced its next-generation range of XVT-series LCD HDTVs. In simple terms, the new models fall in roughly four groups, as sketched below: Slim Line 1080p, 120Hz models with conventional ...read more -
NEWS: VIZIO Announces New Content Partners for Internet-Connected TVs
|Irvine, CA-based HDTV maker VIZIO today announced new content partners who have agreed to participate in the firm’s VIA (VIZIO Internet Apps) program. Among those new partners are eBay, Facebook, Radiotime, Revision 3, Rallypoint Sports, ...read more -
New HDMI 1.4 specifications
|Imagine that you've finally gotten all your gear properly wired and working in your 1080P home theater and have everything upgraded to the latest HDMI 1.3 spec gear...this next bit technological info is going to ...read more -
JVC Debuts Full HD LCD Monitor Targeted Toward Digital SLR Users
|JVC today announced it’s Xiview LT-42WX70 ($2400)—a slim, lightweight, 42”-class, high-performance HD LCD monitor that incorporates numerous design feature designed to help accurately reproduce “the colors, detail and texture of high resolution still photos made ...read more -
CES 2009: Despite LCD “Buzz,” Plasma TVs Could Be Your Best Choice
|Depending on where (or from whom) you seek information, you can easily find A/V pundits who will tell you that “LCD TVs have taken over” or that “plasma TVs are yesterday’s news.” And they’re half ...read more -
Learnings from CES 2009: Eight Trends for LCD HDTVs
|At CES journalists often wind up attending one press conference after another, which can be a useful way to spot dominant, recurrent themes and trends that indicate where the industry as a whole—or a given ...read more