Press Release: Dolby Atmos-Enabled Elite Speakers and SC Receivers

LONG BEACH, Calif. (June 23, 2014) – Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today brings an incredible multi-dimensional audio experience to consumers with a dedicated line of Dolby Atmos®-enabled Andrew Jones-designed Elite speakers and Elite SC series home theater receivers that will be Dolby Atmos upgradable via a firmware update available by the end of the year. With Dolby Atmos, sound comes alive from all directions, including overhead, to fill the home theater with astonishing clarity, power, detail, and depth.  The new 2014 flagship Elite SC receivers with Dolby Atmos will provide the critical multi-channel processing and necessary power required to fully create the Dolby Atmos effects while a new line of Andrew Jones designed Elite speakers will produce exceptional sound quality that brings the technology to life¹.  

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Whole House Audio with Airport Express

This is the video I promised of my audio zone in my garage using AudioEngine A2s and and Airport Express. I ended up showing a few more zones and a brief description of how it all works together. Enjoy!

Press Release: Channel Master Subscription-FreeOTA DVR

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 16, 2013 – Channel Master today unveiled a new subscription-free consumer DVR that promises to revolutionize how people record and view free over-the-air TV programming. DVR+™, an unrivaled, all-in-one, easy-to-use, broadcast TV DVR, combines multiple features into what may be the ultimate affordable cord-cutting solution to ensure anyone can watch and record free HD-quality broadcast TV, no broadband connection required, and also access streaming video services and enhanced features when a broadband connection is used.

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The Changing Shape of Cinema: The History of Aspect Ratio

This is a fantastic video that explains the history of aspect ratio. Thank you Vimeo user MSG JSG for the tip!

The Changing Shape of Cinema: The History of Aspect Ratio from FilmmakerIQ.com on Vimeo.

Press Release: Nielsen Launches ‘Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings’

New York – Oct. 7, 2013 – Today Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, announced the commercial launch of Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings, the first-ever measure of the total activity and reach of TV-related conversation on Twitter. Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings measure not only “authors”—the number of people tweeting about TV programs—but also the much larger “audience” of people who actually view those Tweets.

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CEDIA Day One

Stuart Sweet of the Solid Signal Blog checks in with Day One of the CEDIA Expo