Sharp Bows New LCD, Rear-Projection TVs
INDIANAPOLIS — Sharp used the recent CEDIA Expo to unveil two widescreen HDTV rear-projection monitors in the 61W- and 55W-inch screen sizes. The rear-projection...
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INDIANAPOLIS — Sharp used the recent CEDIA Expo to unveil two widescreen HDTV rear-projection monitors in the 61W- and 55W-inch screen sizes. The rear-projection...
TiVo and Replay Networks continued to line up strategic investors, some of which are also expected to offer programming tie-ins with the two platforms....
Although consumer sales of HDTV-ready monitors have done relatively well since the first products rolled out last summer, sales of the set-top decoders these...
Note: All models receive all 18 ATSC Table 3 DTV Formats. * Also receives DirecTV standard and HD satellite services. c TWICE 1999
Within the next two to three years, direct-to-home satellite subscribers could have access to all of their area’s local digital TV broadcasts via their...
DirecTv is working with the National Association of Broadcasters to offer federal lawmakers drafting a new satellite bill possible solutions to various issues, including...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — DirecTV and sister company Hughes Network Systems will partner to distribute a broadband, two-way DirecPC satellite Internet-access service later this...
INDIANAPOLIS — Terk Technologies used the CEDIA Expo 2000 to show custom electronics installers three antennas designed for HDTV reception and a pair of...
INDIANAPOLIS — Princeton used the recent CEDIA Expo to unveil its new HTX series of 4:3 direct-view HDTV monitors. The line includes the AR3.6HTX...
INDIANAPOLIS — Sony used the CEDIA Expo 2000 to unveil a pair of rear-projection widescreen HDTV monitors for sale this November in the high-end...
New digital television products are once again expected to take center stage at CES, as manufacturers look to capitalize on growing consumer demand for...
Expanding its previously announced sponsorship of CBS Network’s plan to convert certain prime-time programming to HDTV format, Mitsubishi said it will also provide similar...
P>ARLINGTON, VA. — In an effort to simplify the process of buying a digital television (DTV), the Consumer Electronics Association’s Video Division Board issued...
Mitsubishi is preparing to help purchasers of its first-generation HDTV-capable sets remain compatible with next-generation digital TV set-top decoders by offering a special adapter...
Philadelphia — Be he Republican or Democrat, the country’s next president will be aware of the performance benefits of high-definition television. Panasonic saw to...
EchoStar, OpenTV and Wink reached an agreement to enable OpenTV’s interactive software to deliver Wink’s Enhanced Broadcasting services to EchoStar’s Dish Network subscribers. This...
DirecTv has reached multi-year retransmission agreements with NBC and ABC to carry each network’s owned and operated affiliate stations in its local-to-local TV channel...
High-definition upgradable television displays in various configurations highlighted the video portion of the 10th annual CEDIA Expo, where manufacturers tipped their hands to first-...
The leading supplier of glass lenses for projection TV sets predicted PTV sales climbing 18.2% this year to 1.55 million units, spurred by the...
DirecTv said it would offer select movies in Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound on the STARZ! premium movie channel, starting June 29. Encore Media...
Thomson Consumer Electronics announced it has adopted SRS Labs’ TruSurround two-channel virtual surround sound technology as the audio-enhancement system for GE, RCA and ProScan...
Giving another shot in the arm to the successful DVD format is a string of blockbuster film releases in the format, timed for this...
Armed with a new logo and a restructured brand strategy, Sensory Science is expanding its presence with a program for virtually every level of...
Replay Networks, developer of a hard-disc video re-corder, announced that a new Replay TV model capable of up to 20 hours of video storage...
The Infocomm professional video display products show in Orlando this month proved to be the venue for plasma display announcements, as NEC announced a...
Canon announced it has added to its prosumer line a new digital camcorder that is the first mini-DV model to include a 20x optical...
Sony introduced its next-generation Glasstron A/V eyewear, which is said to be lighter, more stylish and less expensive than previous versions. Model PLM-A35 will...
Rural DirecTv systems provider Pegasus Communications has agreed to acquire Golden Sky Holdings for approximately $1 billion in stock, debt and liabilities. Golden Sky...
The planned $3.2 billion acquisition of most of the assets of Daewoo Electronics by Walid Alomar & Associates, a California investment group, may have...
Toshiba, Pepsi Launch Fall DVD Player Rebate Promotion WAYNE, N.J. — Toshiba America is running a joint fall DVD-video promotion with Pepsi-Cola featuring the...
The two remaining direct-broadcast-satellite system operators garnered 701,000 net new subscribers for the April-June period, up 48% from tallies in the same 1998 quarter,...
The burgeoning personal video recorder market may soon be getting a little more crowded after imaging software developer MGI announced a new PC-based platform...
The management of this year’s Hi-Fi ’99, The Home Theater & Specialty Audio Show, will change the name of next year’s event to Home...
Everyone knows there are no domestically owned TV manufacturers left in the U.S., and that contract manufacturers never talk about their business. And everyone...
Gearing up to meet market de-mand for large-size picture tubes (31″-&-over), both Thomson Consumer Electronics and Matsushita America are expanding their North American production...
Australia-based Internet service provider Eisa.com will start shipping in June a $99 combination DVD movie player and Internet set-top device called the Neo iDVD....
This year’s National Association Of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas contrasted sharply from the previous two editions in its lack of a clear message...