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Steve Smith’s CTA Hall of Fame Speech
Steve Smith, editor at large of TWICE, was inducted into the CT Hall of Fame in New York in November.
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Intel’s 500 Drone Light Show
Intel used 500 of its Shooting Star drones to create a mind-blowing light show.
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4K TV Adoption Outpacing HDTV Transition
Though the adoption of 4K video by programmers and service providers hasn’t occurred as quickly as some vendors were expecting, U.S. consumer adoption of...
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Home Entertainment Spending Up 4% In Q3
Apparently consumers are spending more time — and money — at home. According to DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, consumer spending on Blu-ray Discs,...
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Apple TV Gets An App, Not A New Device, And It Raises Many Questions
The current version of Apple TV was introduced just over a year ago, but given the lightning pace of progress in streaming devices, it...
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LG Follows Apple Announcements With Two UltraFine MacBook-Centric Displays
LG Electronics introduced two new displays designed specifically to integrate seamlessly with the most recent MacBook as well as the MacBook Pro models announced...
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MLB Quietly Pioneers The U.S. ATSC 3.0 TV Era With World Series Broadcast
A local TV station in Cleveland is ushering in the era of next-generation TV broadcasting with the first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of The...
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Universal Music Group Kicks Off VR App For Live Concerts With Avenged Sevenfold
The music industry is beginning to embrace virtual reality. Universal Music Group (UMG) is launching a new mobile VR app called VRTGO that will...
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1 in 5 Americans Would Rather Binge Watch TV Than Have Sex
TCL has revealed the results of its recent national poll regarding cord cutting, the smart television experience and viewing habits. More than one in...
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Dish Stretches Pay-TV Boundaries With YouTube App On Hopper 3
The line between traditional TV and online content continues to blur as Dish announced the addition of a YouTube app on its Hopper 3...
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A First Look At The Nintendo Switch
Nintendo released a sneak peek at its much-anticipated, upcoming handheld gaming system: the extremely versatile Nintendo Switch.
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LeEco Goes Disruptive On All Fronts: Products, Ecosystem, Distribution
When TWICE reported the sale of Vizio to Chinese electronics and content services giant LeEco earlier this year, it’s probable that few in the...
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75% Of Millennials Have At Least One Streaming-Video Device At Home: TiVo
Millennials watch more content than any other generation — more than six hours a day — and nearly 75 percent have at least one...
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LG Boosts Payment Options On Its Smart TVs
Offers 140 payment options in 200 countries via webOS app LG Electronics is boosting the capabilities of it smart TVs to make online content...
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XGIMI Bringing Sub-$900 HD Projector To U.S. Market
China-based XGIMI is looking to disrupt the home-theater market with a sub-$900 mini projector that can provide an HD viewing surface up to 300...
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Hisense Unveils Its Largest TV Screen Sizes Ever
Goal For A Bigger Presence In The U.S. Market Reflected In 70-To 100-Inch Offerings Hisense is going big with its new TV line. The...
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Set-Top Box Proposal Pulled From FCC Meeting
It appears Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Tom Wheeler could not secure the three votes needed for his set-top revamp proposal, at least not...
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Xiaomi’s 4K-Capable Mi Box Reaches U.S.
China-based CE giant Xiaomi has launched the Mi Box, its 4K-capable Android TV device in the U.S. for $69, a move that applies some...
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Hitachi Now Shipping 4K Roku TVs
Hitachi America said its first three 4K/Ultra HD TVs powered by Roku’s streaming platform are arriving in stores this month. The partnership was first...
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Hisense Takes On Samsung, Vizio In Shopping Mall Screen Test
Are tier-one TVs worth the higher price tag when it comes to picture quality? Hisense, and 100 consumers, say no. The Chinese manufacturer put...
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Xiaomi Starts Selling $69 4K Mi Box
China-based CE giant Xiaomi has launched the Mi Box, its 4K-capable Android TV device in the U.S. for $69, a move that applies some...
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Amazon Adds Alexa And More Oomph To Fire TV Stick
Amazon has packed a host of improvements into its latest generation Fire TV Stick, which debuted today for only a dollar more than its...
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Analysis: Roku’s Refreshed Streaming Devices Line
When the Netflix Player by Roku was first introduced back in 2008 it may have been hard to foresee that would lead not just...
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Tessera To Acquire DTS For $850 Million
Tessera Technologies, a manufacturer of imaging and semiconductor packaging and bonding technologies, will acquire DTS in a cash deal valued around $850 million. DTS’s...
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4K Era Has Arrived In The Mainstream: CTA’s Joseph
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is bullish about 4K Ultra HD and emerging new video technologies. Communications director Jeff Joseph dropped some statistics...
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Grace Goes On ‘Ellen’
Grace VanderWaal, the winner of “America’s Got Talent” and daughter to LG marketing VP Dave VanderWaal, went on “Ellen” to talk about winning, ukuleles...
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Amazon Sellers Who Give Away Products For Review May Be Gaming The System
One research group crunched the numbers and found reviewers who received a product for free were more likely to give it a positive rating....
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360 Video: Virtual Reality’s Path To The Mainstream
Video has proven to be an early driver of Samsung’s Oculus-powered Gear VR. Immersive and interactive games tend to get top billing at this...
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CEDIA 2016: JVC’s DLA-RS4500 4K D-ILA Projector Features Laser Light Source
JVC unveiled at CEDIA a new flagship home-theater projector driven by a laser light source and delivering wide color gamut and high dynamic range...
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Sony Unveils Ultra HD Blu-ray Player For Custom Installers
During its annual press briefing at CEDIA, Sony Electronics unveiled a new reference standard 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player that will be shipping next...
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Amazon Expands Fire TV Voice Controls
Amazon’s Alexa-infused streaming media players are getting even smarter. The retailer’s voice command-capable Fire TV set-top box and Fire TV Stick are presently receiving...
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Jimmy Kimmel Questions iPhone 7’s Newness, And Consumers’ Gullibility
See what happens when Kimmel’s team presents passersby with the “new iPhone 7” — which is really just their old iPhones spruced up.
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A Camera That Can Read Closed Books
This terahertz camera, developed by MIT researchers, could be used in a number of environments, including museums and pharmaceuticals.
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CEDIA 2016: TiVo Debuts 4K Bolt+ DVR
TiVo announced a new higher-end model, the TiVo Bolt+, which not only expands the current Bolt model line, but also fills the void left...
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New Rules: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Pushes App Alternative To Cable Boxes
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler is going forward with a proposal that will force pay-TV providers to give customers access to all...
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The New iPhone Is Just Worse
Just be grateful they left you any ports at all (warning: profanity).
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Intel To Acquire Movidius To Strengthen RealSense Computer Vision
Intel said it will acquire Movidius, a manufacturer of ultra-low-power visual intelligence, as it prepares for a “Cambrian explosion of compute.” Readying for...
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Mark Cuban Talks IoT At CTIA
Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire tech maven Mark Cuban shares his take on the Internet of Things with AT&T mobility chief Glenn Lurie at this...
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No Soundbar Needed: Haier TVs Will Now Deliver Clearer Dialogue With DBX-TV
DBX-TV’s Total Technology sound-enhancement suite will now be included in several Haier TVs, DBX-TV announced. Total Technology is designed to provide “deep, captivating audio”...
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How Pirch Employs The Surface Pro 4
Luxury majap retailer Pirch demonstrates how Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 convertible laptop enhances the customer experience at its SoHo New York store.