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H-P?s MaxAir Designed for Hide-A-Hose System

Submitted by CE Pro on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 16:15
H-P Products has introduced the MaxAir power unit, designed for its Hide-A-Hose retractable hose central vacuum system.

Extron Lowers Prices on CrossPoint 450 Series Switchers

Submitted by CE Pro on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 15:38
Extron has lowered the prices of its CrossPoint 450 Plus Series in sizes up to 16x16 at the former price level of the CrossPoint 300 Series. 

Kaleidescape Adds Support for Blu-ray Playback, Maybe Ripping

Submitted by CE Pro on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 12:26
Media server manufacturer Kaleidescape will release a new player that adds support for Blu-ray playback in 2009, and ?is optimistic that it will be possible to import Blu-ray Discs at that time.?

Offline TV Viewing Down, Online TV Viewing Up

Submitted by ZatzNotFunny on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 11:26

BroadcastEngineering:

The Nielsen ratings organization found that U.S. viewership for the opening of the 2008 TV season was down 21 percent compared with the same time last year.

The Hollywood Reporter:

The survey said 80 million Americans watched a TV show online last year. This number accounts for 43% of the online population, up from 25% who said they watched a TV show on the Web last year.

Vudu Pulls The Trigger On HD

Submitted by ZatzNotFunny on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 10:44

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Last week, Vudu (now available for $295) rolled out system software 1.2 in conjunction with HD movie rentals. For the instant playback touted by Vudu, you’ll need about 4Mbps download throughput. Unfortunately, the bedroom segment of my LAN is experiencing some sort of bottleneck. According to a Vudu engineer who pulled my logs, my session was capping out at 2.6Mbps - resulting in frequent buffering pauses during The Italian Job. (For comparison, my laptop reports about 17Mbps wirelessly to router via Speedtest.net.)

Vista XM Gadget

Submitted by ZatzNotFunny on Tue, 02/05/2008 - 15:02

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I may not always love my Vista PC, but Microsoft got it right with the sidebar. And I just learned about an XM gadget over on Addicted to Digital Media. I’ve only played with the XM Online Radio widget a few minutes, but I can already tell you it’s a keeper - It’s simple and works well. In addition to the core functionality, it also links to related YouTube videos, lyrics, etc though I’m perfectly content listening to my favorite stations (above).

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