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| Sony Launching New Z Series High-End Flat Panels
At CEDIA Sony will showcase its new Z Series flat-panel TV models, featuring long-awaited Backlight Master Drive technology. As foretold with prototype displays at CES back in January, the new models not only reestablish Sony's high-end display "cred," but they do that by bridging the divide between OLED and LCD technology in a way that offers what may well be the best of both worlds.
Shelly Palmer to Deliver CEDIA 2016 Opening Keynote
Shelly Palmer, trusted strategic advisor to the C-Suite of leading technology firms, regular technology commentator for CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, and Fox Business News, and one of LinkedIn's Top 10 Voices of Technology, will present the CEDIA 2016 Opening Keynote. In his keynote, Palmer will explore how the most effective home technology professionals are managing change and how all CEDIA 2016 attendees can position their businesses to successfully compete in a connected world. |
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| Amazon Voice Control Director to Deliver CEDIA Keynote
Amazon director of Alexa Smart Home, Charlie Kindel, will present a Friday Morning Keynote at CEDIA 2016. Kindel's keynote will focus on voice control experiences in the home and the natural user interface ecosystem.
Fusion Research Ships Duet Music Server
Fusion Research is now shipping its new Ovation Music Server, the Duet. This rack mountable, two-source unit is designed to be integrator friendly and features several improvements with the use of Fusion's new Summit operating system, and retails for $799. |
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| Atlona Ships HDMI-HDBaseT Distribution Amplifiers, HDBaseT Receiver
Atlona is now shipping three new products with applications in both residential and commercial markets, the AT-UHD-CAT-4 and AT-UHD-CAT-4ED HDMI-to-HDBaseT distribution amplifiers and AT-HDVS-150-RX HDBaseT receiver with built-in scaling.
Severtson Screens Ships 4K Thin Bezel Fixed Frame Projection Screen
Severtson Screens is launching its latest 4K thin/zero bezel fixed frame projection screen solutions during CEDIA 2016. The series is now shipping. Severtson's 4K thin/zero bezel fixed frame projection screen solution offers simple assembly and Severtson Screens' signature U.S.-made projection surfaces, which can be found in movie theaters around the world. |
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| Key Digital Introduces Video Wall Series
Key Digital's Video Wall Series KD-VW4x4Pro, is a complete one-box solution for video walls and digital signage. The KD-VW4x4Pro features eight different video wall modes including many horizontal and vertical layouts, in addition to 2-by-2. These modes include four horizontal options and three vertical options.
DISH to Offer Expanded Olympics Broadcasts, Including 4K
DISH Network in agreement with NBCUniversal announced multiple features that will help viewers get the most out of NBCUniversal's multi-platform coverage of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including the upcoming availability of a new, dedicated linear channel broadcast on DISH in 4K. DISH video subscribers will also have access to NBCUniversal's unprecedented 6,755 hours of Olympic programming, including coverage of all competition sessions, on-demand. |
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| WyreStorm Launches NetworkHD Touch App
Available free from the App Store, Touch is designed to put control of an entire NetworkHD system at a user's fingertips with live video preview of all sources and displays, and drag-and-drop selection of content onto each display for easy switching of any number of sources to any number of displays or video walls.
CEDIA Dropping the Term 'Integrator'
Vincent Bruno, CEO of CEDIA, delivered the keynote address at the PowerHouse Alliance's fourth annual national sales meeting last month, where he called for an end to the industry term "integrator." Will it stick? |
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