Home Electronics Industry News: February 2000
NOTE: This page is an archive for previously posted news stories from February 2000 - Since most of the links are now inactive, they have been removed. However, the headlines and summaries are still posted to historically document the news headlines from the dates listed.
02/29/00
Final Dates For CES 2001 Announced
The dates for next year's CES in Las Vegas have been revised.
02/26/00
SONY Lines Up Support For Memory Stick
Sony, in one of their better marketing moves, lines up nineteen companies to support their Memory Stick technology.
Digital Cable Agreement Criticized By Broadcasters
In the wake of the agreement between DTV manufacturers and the Cable industry to bring consistency for DTV access to cable, the Broadcasting Industry has some concerns.
02/25/00
Ricoh Unveils New Digital Camera Lineup
Ricoh, a leader in the Digital Camera market, unveils its latest entries, including a 3-Megapixel model.
02/24/00
DTV/Cable Breakthrough
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the National Cable Television Association have reached a tentative agreement that will allow Digital Cable delivery systems to interface with easily with Digital Television sets. What a concept!
02/23/00
Nikon D1 Review
Check this interesting review of the Nikon D1 Professional Digital Camera. Posted by Steve's Digicams.
02/22/00
Panasonic Introduces New Plasma Screen
Panasonic presents its latest Plasma Screen, with improved brightness, contrast, and PC interface.
02/20/00
Tops Calling It Quits
After Struggling for last several years, Tops Appliances shuts the door on its retail operations.
02/19/00
VHS-Only Irks Phantom Fans
What! Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace to only be released on VHS and not DVD? George, what are you thinking!
Hitachi Introduces Dolby Headphone Technology
Dolby Labs and Hitachi team up with a new product that allows the benefits of Dolby 5.1 decoding using ordinary headphones.
02/18/00
Hifi.com Unveils Sister Site Targeted To Female Shoppers
In an effort to incrrease electronics sales amongest women, Hifi.com
etablishes Herhifi.com.
02/17/00
Megabyte/Thomson Form PVR Company
Watch out TIVO and ReplayTV, Thomson is coming to market with its own version of the PVR.
JVC 2000 Preview
JVC unveils new products for the 2000 model year.
02/16/00
Klipsch Unveils New Subwoofers
Klipsch, one of the leaders in Loudspeaker Technology, introduces its new line of compact Subwoofers.
Video Sales Start Off
Strong In January
Video Sales surge in January, especially DVD Players, Camcorders,and Projection Televisions.
02/15/00
200 Channels Hit The High Road
CruiseTV Offers Satellite TV For Your Car. Now you can watch Satellite TV feeds while driving cross-country.
JVC Introduces High Performance DVD Player
JVC announces its new high-end DVD player, with superior audio performance.
02/14/00
Runco Introduces New DLP Projector
In the quest to develop flat screen technology that exceeds both LCD and Plasma alternatives, RUNCO introduces its latest line of Digital Light Processing Projectors.
New TERK Website Helps Take The Guesswork Out Of Choosing The Right TV Antenna
Finding the right TV Antenna can be frustrating. TERK has created new, helpful website to aid consumers in this process.
02/11/00
Electronic.net's Future In Question
Is the future of Electronic retailing on the net in doubt, or is
Electronic.net just a victim of an online industry shake-out?
02/10/00
Eye Module Converts Palm Computers Into Digital Cameras
In the continuing onslaught of Digital Imaging Devices into the Consumer Market, Eye Module announces its Digital Camera Attachment for Handsrping and Palm Pilot Handheld Computers.
02/09/00
Winners Picked In Digital Camera Shootout
Check out the best of the current Digital Camera crop as picked by the pros at this year's PMA (Photo Marketing Association) Convention in Las Vegas.
MP3.com Sues RIAA
First, it was the RIAA sueing MP3.com for copyright infringement, now MP3.com is fighting back with a suit against the RIAA for unfair business practices.
02/08/00
HDTV Via Cable
Cablevision and Time Warner begin to deliver HDTV via standard Cable.
FCC Rejects Sinclair DTV Petition
FCC rules against the Sinclair Broadcast Group's petition to change the DTV Broadcast Standard.
02/07/00
Kenwood Introduces Full Line Of All-Digital Home Theater-In-A-Box Systems
With Home Theater gaining in popularity, Kenwood introduces its latest line-up of affordable Home Theater-In-A-Box Systems.
02/06/00
Powerful, New Features Unveiled for ReplayTV Service
ReplayTV continues to refine its Personal Video Recorder concept.
02/04/00
New Mavica And Cybershot Models Dominate Sony's PMA Exhibit
Sony unveils the latest generation of Mavica and Cybershot Digital Cameras, as well as a Floppy Disk Adapter for the Sony Memory Stick.
02/03/00
Canon Introduces Next Generation Optura
Canon's popular Optura MiniDV camcorder takes on a new form: the Optura PI.
Satellite Wars!
EchoStar (Dish Network) sues DirecTV.
02/02/00
Casio, Vodaphone To Develop Wireless Handheld Device
More than just a Cell Phone, Casio and Vodaphone plan to bring a new wireless cell phone/internet product to the market.
02/01/00
Fuji Super CCD Digital Camera Breaks 4 Megapixel Barrier
The Pixel Race isn't over yet! Fuji ups the ante with 4 Megapixels!
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