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Sony Tops LCD TV Shipments in North America, Research Shows

Sony led all manufacturers in shipments of LCD TVs to North America in Q4 ?07, according to new research from DisplaySearch.

Planar?s PD7060 Projector Shines as Mid-Tier Solution

Planar?s PD7060 provides integrators with a competitively priced 720p product.

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

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

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

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

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.