After technical delays, SE2 Labs is rolling out its ITC One Integrated Theater Console, the company said Thursday at a New York demonstration. Engineered by custom installers, the all-in-one home theater solution is designed to replace a rack of individual components in a high-end custom installation.
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Evoking memories of Walt Disney and his futuristic outlook, executives from Hewlett-Packard, Lifeware, Microsoft and homebuilder Taylor Morrison gathered Monday at Disneyland to unveil the Innoventions Dream Home on which the companies had collaborated.
Sony will expand distribution of its 11W XEL-1 OLED TV to 100 dealers and 150 stores, from 70, in the next 60 days and launch the first Internet sales of the set, Randy Waynick, Sony home products senior vice president of marketing, told us Thursday at a New York news conference. SonyStyle.com and Crutchfield.com will be the first online dealers to sell the product, Waynick said.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Flat-panel TVs are as hot as the temperatures in this city, which last week hosted the CES-Hometech show, sponsored by CEA. But form factor and aesthetics, not video or audio performance, is winning most consumer converts, we found in a tour of CE stores near the convention center.
LAS VEGAS -- Promoting a concept of “smarter and wider,” Panasonic debuted eight digital cameras at its International Lumix launch event at the Palms hotel here. The event was a preview of the PMA show that opened Thursday in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Emphasizing automatic features, new wide angle lens technology and HD video, the new line will figure prominently in Panasonic’s quest to achieve 15 percent global unit market share by 2009, senior executives said.
LAS VEGAS -- Chipmaker Zoran Corp. came to CES to spread the gospel about its fledgling content service, executives said here this week. Called Switch Network, it’s designed as a multiplatform solution for transmitting content among a wide variety of devices, without the need for a PC.
LAS VEGAS -- Chipmaker Zoran Corp. came to CES to spread the gospel about its fledgling content service, executives said here this week. Called Switch Network, it’s designed as a multiplatform solution for transmitting content among a wide variety of devices, without the need for a PC.
DENVER -- Texas Instruments is developing a new 0.65- inch 1080p-capable DLP microdisplay chip for release in Q3 of 2008, potentially narrowing the retail price gap with LCDs in front projectors, TI executives told us at the CEDIA Expo. TI will have initial versions of the chip ready in-house by Q2 2008, said John Van Scoter, TI senior vice president for DLP products. Since TI is developing the device based on its 0.7-inch platform, the new chip can be dropped into 0.7- compatible products, Van Scoter said.
DENVER -- HD DVD supporters on Wednesday’s press day at the CEDIA Expo said they feel comfortable positioning their format this holiday on low price versus Blu-ray, while Blu- ray backers said they're content with their format’s price premium over HD DVD because it’s winning consumers’ hearts and minds.
ORLANDO -- Home technology installations as a proportion of new home sales fell in 2006, said a report released here last week at the International Builders’ Show (IBS). The data echoed those from a CEA survey also released last week showing growth of custom electronics installations -- structured wiring, monitored security and multiroom audio and other elements -- has flattened in the home builder market.