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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Silicon Image, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIMG – News), a leader in semiconductors and intellectual property for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, today announced two new quad-port 170MHz 36-bit analog color input processors, the SiI9251 and SiI9261, for digital television [...]

Sony’s Playstation 3 offers cutting edge video game graphics, online play, hi-def Blu-ray and now videos, weather and news. Sony Computer Entertainment announced the introduction of Sony’s new Life with Playstation service which provides current news and weather updates for PS3 users. Sony will also be releasing their new download service for music, movies [...]

Sony wants to be top dog in the LCD TV market and they’ve stated that they’re ready to make a push to make that happen. Sony is aiming at doubling their revenues in Russia, Brazil, India and China to over $18.5 billion as part of a three-year strategy. Sony, known for their video game [...]

So you spent the money on a brand new Playstation 3 with its online play, HD quality graphics, and Blu-ray player. You also dropped some serious coin on a brand new state-of-the-art LCD or plasma screen TV. So why are you using those old cables? Get the most out of your gaming and movie [...]

A research team with the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials at Tohoku University in Japan claim to have developed a DVD that can hold up to 42GB of data. At about 9 times as much data as a standard DVD and a little less than double of what a Blu-ray disc can [...]

Technology Company ATEN just put out a press release describing their latest innovation, an HDMI video splitter which would allow one HD signal to be split among multiple displays throughout a large area.
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Audiophiles rejoice! ASUS is gearing up to allow you generate HD audio out of your PC now. That means using you home theater system while playing DOOM 3, instead of using your less than adequate Logitech duds.

Liberty Wire & Cable, worldwide supplier of a broad range of wire and cable products for the audio/video trade, including custom installers and systems integrators, introduces a revolutionary new HDMI over COAX Transmitter/Receiver System at INFOCOMM International 2008, the annual convention of the International Communications Industries Association, beginning here today.

The sender/receiver system enables current video systems using 5BNC cabling to upgrade both the audio/video source and the display or projector to the expanded HDMI v1.3 format, leaving original conduit cables intact. Hi-def video in resolutions to 1080p with multi-channel audio is transmitted up to 100 meters in distance with zero signal delays or dropouts.

Think you screen is the biggest on the block? Think again. Meet UC San Diego’s HIPerSpace, the world’s largest high definition display.