Peter Pachal

New Product: Sonance C4630SE Home Audio System

By Peter Pachal
Posted April 4, 2007

ROOM WITH A CLUE The downside of having an entertainment room is that it demotes your other rooms' status. But not if you set up a multiroom system, and Sonance's C4630SE can spread the joy to six other areas in your house.

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New Product: Atlantic Technology System 8200e THX Speakers

By Peter Pachal
Posted April 4, 2007

GLOSS AND SHINE If you're half as serious about sound as you are pictures, the THX Ultra2-certified System 8200e should be on your shortlist. AT has updated its acclaimed 8200, adding sexy gloss-back sides to the new front LR towers at a lower price!

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Holiday Gift-a-Palooza '07: Hot 100

By Peter Pachal
Posted December 4, 2007

What kind of a tech nerd are you buying for? Someone who likes his audio haute? The lady with multi-pockets for multimedia devices? The dude who likes his dinosaurs remote-controlled? We combed the far reaches of circuit board-dom to find 100 presents for all types. Click on the type of gift-givee below.

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New Products: July '08

By Peter Pachal
Posted June 21, 2008

JVC Dual iPod docking station One of this month's new products - click here for pictures and details.

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The Spider’s Web

By Peter Pachal
Posted May 16, 2002

Given that Spider-Man has been spinning his webs in comic books for almost 40 years, it's about time the wall-crawler made the leap to the big screen. Besides starring in his own flick this spring, Spidey has his sticky fingers into - appropriately enough - the World Wide Web.

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NHT, Simple Devices Under Rockford Umbrella

CES "Press Day" Coverage

By Peter Pachal
Posted January 9, 2003

Rockford Corporation, which owns such brands as Rockford Fosgate, Lightning Audio, and MB Quart, used CES 2003 to showcase its newest member, NHT, and promote home-network products made by Rockford's new partner, SimpleDevices. Formerly owned by Recoton, speaker maker NHT used its CES limelight to promote its modular Evolution line and that line's latest addition, the on-wall L5 speaker.

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Satellite Radio Services Vie for Conquest of Space

CES "Press Day" Preview

By Peter Pachal
Posted January 9, 2003

Declaring "it's about the music," Sirius satellite radio today unveiled its plans for 2003, which include dedicated home tuners and nine new music channels, while its competitor, XM Satellite Radio, touted its 360,000-strong subscriber base as evidence of its vitality.

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CES Day One Views

From Alanis to Zenith, a photo montage.

By Peter Pachal
Posted January 10, 2003

Samsung was one of several companies that featured Blu-ray DVD technology, which is designed to store HDTV programming on disc. Don't hold your breath for products. Sony showed a prototype Blu-ray DVD recorder.

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CES 2003 Scrapbook

By Peter Pachal
Posted January 12, 2003

Dallas Cowboy running back Emmitt Smith relaxes with a little video golf at the Motorola booth.

Meridian shows off some of the available DVD-Audio titles at its booth.

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CES 2003: The Unauthorized List

By Peter Pachal
Posted January 12, 2003

Virtually every company, brand, and industry coalition that attends the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas takes the opportunity to lay claim to the most "remarkable," "groundbreaking," or-three cheers for everyone's favorite-"innovative" developments at CES. Of course, they can't all be right.

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