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The Company that has Kept Consumers In-Step to the Music for 50 Years Affirms its Commitment to the Best Sound Experience LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At a special listening and audition event today, Sony Electronics introduced its 2013 Home Audio product lineup, highlighting the STR-DN1040 Audio/Video Receiver and the HT-CT660 Soundbar. Available in June, both products boast of Sony's legendary commitment to quality sound, and are packed with connectivity and...
ATLANTA, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE: AAN), a lease-to-own retailer specializing in the sales and lease ownership of residential furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, announced today that David L. Buck has been named Chief Operating Officer. Ken Butler, age 60, will be retiring as COO after a 39-year career at Aaron's effective May 1. He will also resign from the Aaron's Board of Directors. (Logo:...
RADNOR, Pa., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PVR Partners, L.P. (NYSE: PVR) today announced that it will release financial results for the first quarter of 2013 before market opening on Thursday, April 25, 2013 and hold a conference call to discuss those results on April 25, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call will be publicly available via webcast on a live and replay basis. The text of the press release and links to the webcast will be available at PVR's website,...
LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RENTRAK CORPORATION (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services which are based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week ending April 14, 2013. RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY SALES* RANK TITLE STUDIO WEEKS IN RELEASE...
Superior digital lighting solutions for commercial, retail, industrial and hospitality applications PHILADELPHIA, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Sharp Electronics Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, launched a new portfolio of high quality digital LED lighting products for commercial, industrial, retail and hospitality applications. Sharp's initial offering includes a robust line of recessed LED troffers, LED downlights, and LED lamps. The new line of...
BEIJING, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Aiseesoft has upgraded a lot of Blu-ray related software recently including Blu-ray ripping software and Blu-ray playing software. The update brings performance improvements when playing Blu-ray movies with new BD+ protection, making the effect better. Additionally, there are new profiles added for converting software, which makes Blu-ray movies much more playable on personal portable devices such as HTC One X, HTC Butterfly, Samsung Galaxy S4,...
Deploys next-generation TV platform with region's leading service provider CUPERTINO, Calif., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Entone, Inc., a leading provider of Hybrid TV and Connected Home solutions, announced today that Moldtelecom, the primary telecommunications provider in Moldova, is deploying its Kamai 500 Hybrid Media Player to deliver advanced video services. Moldtelecom provides a full range of next-generation TV, high-speed broadband and telephony services to Moldova, a...
SHENZHEN, China, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Huntkey Enterprise Group, a global professional power supply provider, has introduced its ES 90W Notebook Adapter - Ultra Edition. (Image: http://dealer.huntkey.com/UserFiles/uploadfiles/images/20130420161535132.JPG) Compared to the traditional ES 90W Notebook Adapter, the ultra edition is mainly improved in five aspects: The conversion efficiency is increased to 89%, 2% higher than ES 90W. The stand-by power is lower than 0.2W,...
DUBLIN, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Connected TV Market - Database" [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/q8b55q/connected_tv ] report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) The World Connected TV market database provides national market data and forecasts up to 2017 for OTT video and pay video services on connected TV sets, along with key figures for...
Leading the way are multi-award winning ESCORT Live(TM) real-time ticket protection smartphone app and 'Connect & Protect' combo including the PASSPORT 9500ix(TM) radar detector WEST CHESTER, Ohio, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ESCORT Inc. (ESCORTinc.com), today announced that its multi-award winning ESCORT Live(TM) ticket protection app and 'Connect & Protect' combo including the category leading PASSORT 9500ix(TM) radar detector, are on their way to achieving more than 5...
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The Magnavox Odyssey was the first home video console produced in the world. It was manufactured by Magnavox and released in August 1972. The unit was discontinued in 1975 with a total of 330,000 systems sold. Its successor was the Magnavox Odyssey 2. A working prototype of the console was finished in 1968, known as the brown box. This prototype is displayed at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History located in Washington D.C.. The Odyssey connected to a...
The Kobo Touch is an eReader device produced by Kobo Inc., from China, revealed on May 23, 2011, and released in the U.S. on June 10, 2011. It is the third generation eReader from Kobo, and contained improvements from the previous versions. The Kobo Touch included 15 free previews of select books instead of 100 public domain books that were included on the previous versions. Other improvements were an E Ink pearl screen, faster CPU, and it was smaller and lighter. The display is a six-inch...
The Digital Reader 1000 (DR1000) was produced by iRex Technologies in the Netherlands and released on September 22, 2008. The DR1000 is an e-Book reading device made in three versions: the DR1000 does not have a touchscreen; DR1000S has a touchscreen; and the DR1000SW has a touchscreen with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. Production of this device was discontinued in 2010 when iRex filed for bankruptcy. The unit has a 10.2 inch screen, uses Linux 2.6 operating system, has 128 MB of...
The Nook is a brand of e-reader developed by Barnes & Noble with the original device released in November 2009. It featured both Wi-Fi and AT&T 3G, with a 6 inch display and a smaller touchscreen for data input. Since then there has been multiple versions and upgrades. A Wi-Fi only version released in June 2010 and the Nook color using LCD in November 2010. The second generation Nook was released in June 2011, and in February 2012 an upgrade was released to the Wi-Fi only version....
Image Caption: The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Model. Credit: Espen Irwin Swang/Wikipedia (CC BY 3.0) The Xperia is a smartphone that has been manufactured by Sony since 2008 and accounts for half of the company’s mobile phone sales. The name was originated from the word experience with the first model the Xperia X1 and its motto “I Xperia the best.” The X1 was manufactured to close the gap on other smart devices produced by the competition. It was released in October 2008, and used...
