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Netgear has relased their EVA9150 Digital Entertainer Elite. The device will allow users to play digital media files from their computer on their home entertainment center. The Digital Entertainer Elite uses either an Ethernet or wireless connection to sync up with your computer.
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Legislators in Minnesota are considering taxing digital downloads in their state. This new proposal has been labeled the “iTunes Tax”, and it would require that all downloadable content, whether it is a single song, a video or a ring tone, would have a sales tax added on which the state would collect.
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When the country fell into a severe recession in the second half of 2008, prices dropped nearly across the board in response to consumers becoming reluctant to spend money on anything beyond basic necessities. But according to a new study conducted by research firm Centris, the cable/satellite TV industry was one of the rare ones [...]

In the last several years the film industry was rocked by the fad of graphic novel films. As video games become more and more popular as well as graphic novels, films are being used to adapt the original media. In 2005, “Sin City” was a smash hit, but not for everyone.
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More and more home theater devices are being introduced that offer “connected features,” but many of them require an Ethernet connection, which isn’t a common feature in most living rooms. One workaround gaining some traction is using powerline networking—plugging an adapter into an electrical outlet on one end and connecting to an Ethernet port on [...]

Adams Media Research released a report looking at trends in the Blu-Ray industry. The first quarter of 2009 saw a doubling of Blu-Ray sales compared to the first quarter of 2008, with over 9 million discs selling between January and March.
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The Universal Port from Onkyo, a one-cable connection for accessories built into its TXSR507 and TX-SR607 A/V receivers, is going to be experiencing a whole host of new applications. An iPod/iPhone dock and an HD radio tuner are two of the newest accessories to be made available for the U-Port.
Read more… (http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-news/av-receiver-news/onkyo-introduces-ipod-dock-hd-radio.html)
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Chesky, the company synonymous with audiophile-grade recordings, has gone one step further and improved on its previously released 96-kHz/24-bit recordings – by giving users the ability to download 192-kHz/24-bit audio master disc recordings of select tracks.
Read more… (http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-news/music-software-news/chesky-offers-192-khz-24-bit-audio-tracks.html)
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DirecTV subscribers who have DirecTV Plus HD DVRs will be able to access the 30 new HD movies that the company has released on its pay-per-view service. Those without the DVR can access these films through a broadband connection.
Read more… (http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-news/cable-satellite-receiver-dvr-pvr-news/directv-trying-out-1080p-ppv-titles.html)
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Samsung has added several new home theater AV projectors to its lineup, the A400, A800 and A900. All of these projectors are able to create a wide-screen image that draws out color from their expanded palettes, and their brightness is increased by 50 percent over their predecessors.
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