While the attention of the consumer electronics world last week was mostly focused on news in the console gaming world from E3, the presence of a large contingent of CE press in Los Angeles gave Sony the opportunity to hold a briefing on the other parts of its consumer and professional product port

It has been less than two months since Dolby Laboratories announced that it acquired the naming rights to what was formerly been known as the “Kodak Theater” at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles, and in that short period of time the theater’s sound system has been updated from one

  by Michael Heiss The Society for Information Display’s (SID) Display Week is unlike most trade shows, because it is a fantastic place to see and hear what is coming down the display pipeline from the people and companies that develop the root technologies. Put simply, the display trends spotted and debated at t

by Michael Heiss Since the Electronic Entertainment Expo — known more popularly as E3 — wrapped up in Los Angeles, the press has had plenty of time to chew over the top level announcements. Given that, you’d think that there would be nothing left to talk about. Yet for those of us who have to deal with installatio

by Michael Heiss Hearing this morning of the passing of Dr. Sidney Harman, I was struck by the fact that this was news some of us thought would never come. Youthful in action and thought, it seemed as though he would outlive us all. Sadly, that is not to be.   Dr. Sidney Harman

There are many reasons that people attend the annual CEDIA EXPO event, but one of the main additions to to the convention in the past two years has been the return of panel-driven sessions where industry experts speak freely with a moderator and respond to questions from attendees about specific subjects that simply d

Ask someone in the consumer electronics industry what they think the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, trade show is and you’re likely to get a variety of answers. From some, the response will be the generic, “It’s the CES or CEDIA EXPO for the gaming crowd.” From others, the answer will be, “It’s the show

At the high end of the market it is simple enough to configure a home theater PC and integrate it into a system, but move a bit down the ladder and it often takes more creativity to bring digitally delivered content to your client’s audio-video system. Does the installation require that content to be shown without ca