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Dish Embraces Amazon Alexa, Fire TV
Dish has teamed up with Amazon to improve its DVR functionality. Available today, Dish customers with a Hopper or Wally and an Amazon Echo,...
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Monster Digital Teams With Petra To Bring Virtual Reality To The Masses
Monster Digital’s products are about to become available to a much wider audience thanks to a recent deal with Petra Industries. Monster Digital, an...
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SNL Brings The Amazon Echo Silver To Seniors
We especially like the “Uh Huh” feature.
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TongFang Ceases Producing Seiki TVs; Will Start Shipping Element Amazon Fire TV June 14
Element Electronics has begun taking pre-orders on Amazon for its line of 4K Ultra HD Amazon Fire TVs. The LED TVs, first announced during...
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Vizio Enables HDR10 Streaming On SmartCast TVs
Vizio has released a firmware update to enable its SmartCast E-series TVs to stream 4K HDR10 content. Ultra HD content providers including Netflix, Vudu...
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Sub-Zero/Wolf Name Finalists In Kitchen Design Contest
Watch as a panel of esteemed architects and designers announce the 25 finalists in Sub-Zero and Wolf’s annual Kitchen Design Contest, chosen from more...
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TCL Bringing Dolby Vision Ultra HD TVs To U.S. For 1st Time
Chinese TV-maker TCL aims to grab a sizable portion of the North American market in the next three years, starting with an expanded lineup...
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Sony’s Bravia OLED Launch At Video & Audio Center
Sony marked the retail debut of its first Bravia OLED TV at a premiere event on April 27 at Video & Audio Center (VAC)...
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Highlights From The Jobs Report At CTA’s New American Jobs Summit
How future jobs will be a collaborative effort between humans and machines.
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Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop
Microsoft has launched a laptop version of the high-powered tablet.
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Sony Launches Bravia OLED TVs At Retail
Sony officially launched its OLED Bravia A1E TV at retail at a premiere event yesterday at Video & Audio Center (VAC) in Woodland Hills,...
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JBL Breaks Guinness World Record
JBL captured a Guinness World Records title this week when it successfully played 1,000 Flip 4 Bluetooth speakers simultaneously from a single media source.
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Vizio Adds To SmartCast Line With XLED TVs, Soundbars, Wireless Speaker
Vizio unveiled a complete A/V assortment for the home including new M-series HDR TVs, soundbars and wireless speakers. The new 2017 Vizio SmartCast M-series...
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NAB 2017: Industry is Ultra Bullish About Ultra HD
Mass consumer adoption of 4K Ultra HD is still out on the horizon, but the various facets that make up the broadcast and video...
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Suffers In SquareTrade Torture Test
Samsung’s “inifinity design” wrap-around display may help make the Galaxy S8 an object of beauty, but extended service provider SquareTrade saw it as a liability...
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Sony Will Offer Its 1st OLED Bravia TV At Video & Audio Center
Sony will bring its groundbreaking OLED A1E Bravia TV with Acoustic Surface technology to retail next week with a kick-off event at Los Angeles-based...
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Samsung, Amazon Video Team To Deliver Updated Open Standard HDR10+
Samsung and Amazon are teaming to deliver a higher standard of high-dynamic-range (HDR) performance to the video market. The Samsung-backed HDR10+ technology (based on...
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60% Of Internet U.S. Homes Have A Connected TV Device: NPD
The number of U.S. homes with an installed connected TV device reached 60 percent of all Internet homes, according to The NPD Group, up...
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Facebook Takes Deeper Dive Into Augmented Reality
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sees the phone as the bridge product to the widespread adoption of augmented reality (AR), and the company is basing...
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Hisense To Settle NASCAR Dispute With Video Game Tournament at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Hisense is furthering its sports sponsorship efforts with a gaming showdown by two NASCAR drivers at the Hisense 4K TV 300 at the Charlotte...
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Nationwide Marketing Group Earns 2017 Energy Star Partner Of The Year Award
Nationwide Marketing Group has been named a 2017 Energy Star Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award winner. This award honors the group’s...
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LeEco-Vizio Merger Officially Off; Collaboration Announcement Made
LeEco Global Group and Vizio announced today that the merger agreement to acquire Vizio will be called off “due to regulatory headwinds.” “We continue...
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Stephen Colbert: The Scrapping Of Internet Privacy: Something We Can All Hate Together
“I burned my computer this morning.”
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Walmart’s Vudu Service Converts DVDs/Blu-rays To Digital Via Smartphone App
Vudu, the video-streaming service owned by Walmart, now provides DVD and Blu-ray disc owners access to digital versions of their titles via their smartphones....
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Sony, LG & Samsung Win Netflix’s 2017 Recommended TV Designation
Netflix announced its Recommended TVs for 2017, a program that highlights TV manufacturers who have taken pains to ensure seamless integration with the video-streaming...
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Sony Sets Prices, Pre-Sales For XBR-A1E Bravia OLED TVs
Sony Electronics announced availability and pricing details for its first flagship 4K OLED TV line. Pre-sales begin today for the company’s XBR-A1E Bravia OLED...
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New Mobile HDR Logo Could Drive Lux Phone Market
UHD Alliance certification for portables devices could spur sales The UHD Alliance has unveiled its specification and logo for portable devices first previewed at...
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Introducing: Apple Healthcare
Don’t choose between an iPhone and heathcare — you can have both.
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LG Makes Majap Music At The Oculus
LG used its InstaView refrigerators and other major appliances to conduct a musical performance in the Oculus at the Westfield World Trade Center in...
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Evine 1st To Sell Polaroid’s Chromecast TVs
Empire Electronics announced its new Polaroid-licensed 4K Ultra HD Chromecast-enabled smart TVs are currently available through Evine. Evine, the home shopping retailer formerly known as...
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Vizio Starts Shipping SmartCast E-Series TVs With HDR10
Vizio said some of its newest SmartCast E-series TVs, with screen sizes ranging from 32 to 80 inches, have begun shipping. Eight out of...
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TiVo: Best Picture Snafu Was The Best Thing To Happen To The Oscars
TiVo today unveiled its post-show report from Sunday’s newsworthy Academy Awards broadcast, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Acccording to TiVo, many viewers came rushing back...
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Vuzix To Build Smart Glasses For Toshiba
Vuzix, a manufacturer of augmented-reality smart glasses, announced it will build smart glasses for Toshiba Client Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation....
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CarrierCor Thermostats Are Boon For Homeowners – Sponsored By Carrier
Catie Sheppick, Carrier, demos how smart home innovations to the new Cor 5C and 7C thermostats provide homeowners with the next level of energy...
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LG Stakes Claim To Super Premium TV Market
LG Electronics is about ready to release its 2017 Super UHD lineup of LED TVs to the U.S. and Korean markets. The 2017 Super...
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Nirvana Plays RadioShack
Long before they smelled like teen spirit, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic filmed a low-tech live performance in an Aberdeen, Wash., RadioShack while still...
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KODAK PIXPRO Orbit360 4K Camera Offers Full Immersive Experience – Sponsored By JK Imaging
Paul Meyhoefer, JK Imaging, showcases innovations like dual, spherical lenses and the ability to live stream that allow for a more interactive customer experience.
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Dish To Offer ‘Planet Earth II’ Doc Series In 4K
Dish is launching a dedicated channel to broadcast the highly anticipated BBC nature documentary series, “Planet Earth II,” in 4K Ultra HD, beginning this...
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UHD Projectors Aimed At Custom-Install Market
Sony’s VPL-VZ1000ES native-4K UST projector, due in April at a suggested $24,999, and the current $50,000 VPL-GTZ1 model are also targeted to installers. Both...
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Late To The Party, Sony’s Ultra HD Players Emphasize Advanced Specs
Sony’s first 4K Blu-ray player hitting the market will be the $299-suggested UBP-X800, in stores in March and followed by the specialist/installer-dedicated UBP-X1000, as...
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Sony Broadening Its Ultra HD TV Base, Readies 4K Blu-ray Players
1st Blu-ray deck available in March for $299 Nine more 4K LCD TVs unveiled by Sony will join a trio of new 4K LCD...
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Sony Readies 4K Blu-ray, UST Laser Projector
In addition to unveiling nine more 4K LCD TVs, Sony also released more details about its first 4K Blu-ray player and a native-4K ultra-short-throw...