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Current Headlines - 9/5/08
Dealers Applaud Sony’s New Home Systems
Specialty retailers welcomed Sony’s new NHS rack systems, saying the scaled-down solutions will help them push more installations to a broader customer base.
“Those types of offerings are very important...
Monster Unveils High-End Accessories
Looking to provide custom installers and retailers with a broader range of high-end and greener accessories, Monster yesterday unveiled a new line of home networking and power products.
Head Monster Noel...
HES’s Ristow Lauds PRO Group Alliance: ‘It’s All About Size’
Touting the role of Brand Source’s Home Enterainment Source Expert Warehouse in helping the group to buck the industry’s downward business spiral, vice president for consumer electronics Jim Ristow told...
Two New Slideshows on Dealerscope.com
A pair of slideshows from CEDIA Expo, featuring the CEDIA President’s Dinner and Home Entertainment Source’s event, have been posted to Dealerscope.com.
SIM2 Partnership Promises New HD Format
Attendees of SIM2’s CEDIA 2008 press conference were expecting to hear all about new projectors. Instead, after a discussion of the David Lynch endorsement—announced the previous day—the company dropped...
Niveus Doubles Server Capabilities, Offers Simplified Media Centers
Niveus Media CEO Tim Cutting said at CEDIA Expo that the numerous new market entries from his company would provide integrators double the power, processing capability, number-of-zones reach and media...
Walmart Installing “Smart Network”
Walmart announced Wednesday that it will soon roll out a new in-store information network aimed at delivering information to customers via in-store televisions. The Walmart Smart Network, which the company...
Microsoft Cuts 360 Prices in U.S.
Microsoft has announced that it will cut prices of the Xbox 360 gaming console on Friday, with the least expensive version going for $200, less than the Nintendo Wii.
According to the Associated Press,...
Best Buy Commits Reward Zone E-mail Gaffe
Best Buy apologized this week after mistakenly issuing an e-mail to all of its Reward Zone members that they had been accepted from membership in the chain’s new elite “Premier Black” program. According...
Microsoft/Seinfeld Commercial Debuts
The much-publicized, $300 million ad campaign being launched by Microsoft debuted Thursday, with a 90-second spot featuring comedian Jerry Seinfeld and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. The commercial aired...
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