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A new report from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) shows that consumers are increasingly demanding web-enabled HDTVs. The survey showed that about 14.5 million people want to buy a web-enabled TV – half of all those looking to buy a TV in the next year.
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The domestic Chinese market will soon get to choose between Blu-Ray technology and its newest competitor, CBHD. This new technology is only available within China, and is based off of HD-DVDs. Chinco and TCL will be among the first producers of this technology, with Warner agreeing to make 100 titles available.
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The trial between the Motion Picture Association of America and RealNetworks over the latter’s brief foray into DVD burning technology with RealDVD last fall is being heard this week in San Francisco. RealNetworks contends that its program, which allowed users to rip a copy of a DVD to their hard drives, was meant for [...]

Fox, in association with Marvel, has finally brought the rest of the X-Men collection to Blu-ray. “X-Men: The Last Stand” was one of the first Blu-ray discs to hit the market. The first two discs were mysteriously absent. But now, not only has Fox released all three movies, they have released them [...]

The Digital Entertainment Group’s recent report on the entertainment media market shows that overall, sales of pre-recorded media (Blu-Ray discs, DVDs, digital downloads) has dropped 5% since the first quarter of 2008 to .3 billion. Breaking this number down, the study finds that Blu-Ray sales increased 105%, DVDs dropped 14%, and downloads rose 19% [...]

Epson America will be shipping three new Ensemble HD Home Cinema Systems that will showcase Atlantic Technologies’ audio. These front projectors feature Epson’s 3LCD HD projection capabilities paired with Atlantic’s front, left and right speakers in the cradle mount. Epson has added a do-it-yourself appeal to the new Ensemble pieces, allowing videophiles to [...]

Goldmund, the Swiss audio company, has announced that a three year project is finally about to see the light. The Telos 5000 amplifier will be shipping soon, at the hefty price of 9,000 each. Only 25 units will be made, most of which have already been pre-sold.
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DisplaySearch’s study on the fate of plasma HDTVs paints a bleak picture. Year-over-year, shipments have dropped 22% to less than 2.8 million in the first quarter of 2009, while quarter-to-quarter numbers showed a drop of 28%. The plasma industry saw Pioneer and Vizio bow out earlier this year, discontinuing production in favor of LCD [...]

I’ve been an X-Men fan since I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. Unlike most super heroes, the X-Men weren’t lauded for their powers. Despite superhero teams like The Fantastic Four or the Avengers being accepted by the public, the X-Men were spit upon by society, due to being born as mutants. It was a [...]

Projectors are still a niche in home theater setups, but they provide maximum screen size for your buck if you don’t mind using a projector screen instead of a sexier flat-screen panel. Epson makes it easy to create an instant home theater with its Ensemble HD Cinema System, which includes a 100-inch motorized screen with [...]