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Low-cost HDTV maker Vizio has formally introduced eight new HDTVs in its XVT line, and announced content and application partners who are on board to provide content and apps for its VIA (Via Internet Apps) feature on Via Connected HDTVS. First up, Vizio's new XVT line aims at the high end, challenging makers like Samsung and Sony on their own turf, rather than continuing to wage the battle for the entry level HDTV market. The new… Read More

Envision is launching their new L19W461 19-inch monitor and the L15X661 15-inch monitor today. Both of these TVs are being marketed as perfect additions to your kitchen, dorm room, bedroom or office. Each TV will feature integrated ATSC (HDTV) tuners and HDMI inputs in addition to other connections. The L19W461 19-inch TV features a wide-screen 16:10 format and boasts a 1440×900 picture resolution and 800:1 contrast ratio, in addition… Read More

Among Samsung's numerous announcements at the CES Expo this week was one which may turn many coach-potato's heads—and high-def displays&mdash. Samsung has announced a new automatic wall mounting system for its new line of plasma displays which enables users to control the viewing angle of their televisions via button on their remote control. The mount enables users to change the tilt of the display from 15 to 20… Read More

Citing "transformation" as its theme for this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sony Electronics took the wraps off its first Internet-based video system, with content partners like AOL and Yahoo already lined up to provide Internet-based video. Scheduled to ship by mid-year, Sony anticipates the majority of its nw televisions will be compatible with the Internet-based video service, which will attach as a… Read More

The company also unveiled a $6,000 receiver that will be the industry's highest priced receiver and the first A/V receiver with 10 amplifier channels and total 16-channel output. The industry's highest price receivers range up to about $4,500 from such companies as Onkyo, Sony and Yamaha. A handful of other receivers feature 12-channels to 16-channels of amplification, but those models are designed exclusively for… Read More