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For more than a decade, tech and media companies have wrestled with how to deliver digitized movies directly over the Internet to consumers: how do you get the copy-protected files from the computer to the big screen in the living room? The early answers didn't inspire many couch potatoes to get off the sofa.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 4:07 pm US/Central SAN FRANCISCO Next time you're enjoying the big, bright picture from your HDTV, remember that it is indeed like a giant light -- and it consumes energy like one.

King's "home away from home" is complete with AV servers, touchpanels, security, lighting and shade control, surround sound, distributed A/V, iPod docks Westcojack There is now an app to directly control! a Vantage Controls Infusion System.

Samsung announces the debut of its entertainment-centric monitors, the 933HD+ and 2333HD .

For some, factory-built car stereo is just not enough to fulfill their pleasure of music entertainment on the road; therefore some adhere to upgrade the piece with extra amplifier.

Klipsch has added wireless technology to its ProMedia 2.1 computer speakers. The original ProMedia 2.1 system was introduced in 2000; the ProMedia 2.1 Wireless looks and sounds like the THX-certified original, only the Klipsch logos are silver instead of copper.

Taking your music with you used to be as easy as popping the cassette out of your home tape player and into your car, boombox, or Walkman.

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Today's receivers are so jam-packed with features they can be a hassle to set up and use.

Viacom Inc. reported third-quarter profit gains as cost controls helped offset a slight revenue decline amid mixed trends in the film and TV networks units.

November 2, 2009 - MIPS Technologies, Inc. , a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores, today introduced a new core family providing the highest levels of system performance for extremely cost-sensitive embedded applications such as 32-bit microcontrollers , home entertainment, personal entertainment and home ...

Can Sony fight off slump? Sony remained in the red for a fourth straight quarter on the back of PS3 price cuts and sluggish mobile sales.

The Cortex-A9 MPCore processor provides ST with the scalable high performance required to enable the high-bandwidth broadband and broadcast content being streamed into homes, while significantly improving power efficiency when compared to alternative solutions.

The Grado PS-1000, Sennheiser HD 800, and Ultrasone Edition 8 full-size headphones all sound amazing.

Does the world need a family-oriented, five-door crossover with a "tarmac" setting? We're about to find out with the 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander GT .

That new HDTV looked so sharp in the brightly lit store. But now that it's home in your darkened living room, it might need some tweaking.

Apple on Thursday introduced its new Apple TV 3.0 software, which features a redesigned main menu that makes navigating content simpler and faster, the company says.

Linear Technology announces the LTC554x family of four new high dynamic range downconverting mixers covering the 700MHz to 4GHz wireless infrastructure frequency range.

A9 MPCore processor, in addition to the MaliA -400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box and digital TV system-on-chip ICs.

High Definition TV is set to be the big home entertainment "must have" this Christmas , as costs come down LONDON, ENGLAND, October 28, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- and a raft of winter's most talked about programmes receive the HD treatment, according to Charlie Ponsonby, CEO of digital TV comparison service Simplifydigital.