Region coding of DVDs and Playstation games is creating quite a controversy downunder as consumer and government forces take on industry region coding practices. For more info, check out the above report from Video Business.
Times are tough for Dutch-based Royal Philips Eletronics as their consumer electronics division suffers a deep decline in the 4th quarter. For more specifics, check out the above report by TWICE.
After much delay, Sirius finally joins XM as one of two nationwide satellite radio services. Find out more about today's launch in the above report by TWICE.
XM satellite radio taps into the satellite TV customer base to promote its service. For a short statement on this, check out the above report from TWICE.
JBL, B&W, Mission, Legacy, Morel, and other manufacturers layout their new loudspeaker products for the coming year. For all the details, check out the above report from TWICE.
A new company debuts with plans to make an impact on high-end solutions for the increasing home theater market. For more details, check out the above report from Widescreen Review.
Vialta, maker of the ViDVD multi-function DVD player, will invest into Artisan Entertaiment. The arrangement secures Vialta a library of programming for its upcoming ViMagazine concept. Owners of Vialta's DVD players will receive a monthly magazine on DVD with up to 14 hours of films and other additional programming. For more details, check out the above report from Video Business.
Despite FOX's desertion of HDTV, CBS continues its committment to High Definintion by broadcasting the Feb 10th Ohio State-Michigan State Basketball game in full 1080i HD 16x9 format. More events are also scheduled. For more details, check out CBS Sportsline.
Beginning today, key events of the 2002 Winter Olympics are being broadcast in full 1080i HDTV. Check out the entire broadcast schedule from HDNet.
For those of you who insist on trying to copy commercially pre-recorded DVDs and VHS movies will be disappointed that anti-copy encoding won't end anytime soon. From DVD Insider.
For those attending the Winter Olynmpics in Salt Lake City, you may find as many Plasma and HDTVs as atheletes as Zenith plans to place its HDTV products in key spots. For more specifics, check out the above report by TWICE.
Acoustic Research, KLH, Kloss Video, and Cambridge Sound Works are all brands founded by audio pioneer Henry Kloss. At the age of 72, the inventor of the acoustic suspension speaker and the first to market a projection TV for consumers, has passed away. For a full report, check out the above report from TWICE.
The decision by FOX not to broadcast the Superbowl in HDTV is creating quite a stir amongst both viewers and industry professionals. Will FOX's decision to back away from HDTV start a trend by other networks away from the high-quality format? For the latest news on this issue, check out the above report from TECH TV.
It seems that DLP (Digital Light Processing) is becoming a more viable option for home theater fans as a new generation of low cost, high resolution, compact video projectors are reaching the market. For more details, check out the above report from Stereophile Guide To Home Theater.
Philips continues to take on the record industry on the issue of CD copy protection. By tampering with the CD encoding process, Philips claims that the record makers are tampering with CD standards establish by both Philips and Sony in 1980. For more info on this, check out the above report by Wired.
For those of you that want to take surround sound on the road, Dolby and Volvo announce the incorporation of Dolby Pro Logic II in the new Volvo XC90 SUV. For more details, check out the above report from Dolby Labs.
Video projection for the common man is finally a reality as the PLUS Piano DLP projector rakes in a host of innovation awards, and its $2,999 price doesn't hurt either. For more details, check out the above report from Widescreen Review.
While recordable DVD formats battle it out, PVR advocates SonicBlue, TIVO, and Ultimate TV, which market video recorders that use hard disk technology, try to claim stake to their own consumer territory. For the latest developments in the hard disk video recorder war, check out the above report from Video Business.
