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		<title>Yamaha UK creates new AV Division, appoints industry veteran Ian Galloway</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2011/03/06/yamaha-uk-creates-new-av-division-appoints-industry-veteran-ian-galloway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yamaha Music UK has opened the doors of a dedicated Audio Visual Division and has appointed industry veteran (and my good chum) Ian Galloway as Divisional Director. Galloway (pictured above, left) played a pivotal role in the 1981 UK re-launch of Yamaha Hi-Fi, and helped form Yamaha Electronics UK in 1986. He went on to lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panasonic fine-tunes Blu-ray codec for movies on SD card</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting snippet emerged while I was having lunch with Masayuki Kozuka, who heads up R&#38;D for Panasonic’s Media and Content Alliance office. He confided that PHL (aka Panasonic Hollywood Laboratories), the power house behind the development of the Blu-ray 3D specification was currently working on an optimized version of the MPEG4 AVC High Profile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legendary US AV chain Ken Cranes calls it quits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevemay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legendary US AV chain Ken Cranes goes down &#8211; Technology Forum &#124; TechRadar UK. I was sad to hear about the demise of Ken Cranes AV stores in the US. The name will be very familiar to long in the tooth AV enthusiasts. Canes was a popular source of laser discs for UK and European [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samsung and Panasonic rush to launch first BD Live player</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/24/samsung-and-panasonic-rush-to-launch-first-bd-live-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samsung is to challenge old rival Panasonic in the race to launch the first dedicated BD Live Blu-ray player. The two companies first went head-to-head in the global rush to release a dedicated player, and now they&#8217;re competing again to introduce players compatible with both Bonus View (Profile 1.1) and BD Live (profile 2). Panasonic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How big will your Blu-ray library be in 2011</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/24/how-big-will-your-blu-ray-library-be-in-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not very, if a new report from Bernstein Research is to be believed. The company says that Blu-ray will achieve 25 per cent penetration in US homes in just three years, predictably fueled by a drop in the cost of individual Blu-ray discs and a reduction in dedicated player prices. Yet while Bernstein calculates that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV dominates yearly gear spend, number of gadgets down</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/24/tv-dominates-yearly-gear-spend-number-of-gadgets-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to data released by the Consumer Electronics Association, the average American has spent just over 1,400 dollars on consumer electronics over the past 12 months. Its annual Household CE Ownership and Market Potential Study reveals that the money has mainly been spent on flatscreen TVs. The average number of CE products owned per American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philips sells set-top business to Pace, but still tuned into digital TV future</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/23/philips-sells-set-top-business-to-pace-but-still-tuned-into-digital-tv-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philips may have divested itself of its set-top business, selling its STB and Connected Solutions divisions to Pace Micro Technology, but it&#8217;s still got a vested interest in the sector. As part of the deal, Philips has acquired 64.5 million Pace shares, giving it a 21.6 per cent stake in the company. The deal makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samsung Group Chairman quits under pressure</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/22/samsung-group-chairman-quits-under-pressure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enough is apparently enough. Having been indicted for tax evasion, the Chairman of the Samsung Group, Lee Kun-hee, is to step down. He confirmed that he will quit during a televised news conference, saying: &#8220;I will step down from the Samsung chairmanship today. I am saddened as there is still much to do, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panasonic confirms Blu-ray alliance with Samsung</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/21/panasonic-confirms-blu-ray-alliance-with-samsung/</link>
		<comments>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/21/panasonic-confirms-blu-ray-alliance-with-samsung/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panasonic has formed a strategic alliance with Samsung to develop Blu-ray hardware. Speaking at a Pre-IFA press event, brand Corporate Communications Chief Peter Weber confirmed the tie-up and promised a big push behind the high-resolution format for 2008. The company is expected to bring its first profile 2.0 Blu-ray model to market in a matter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony develops superthin OLED panel</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/21/sony-develops-superthin-oled-panel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony has refined its ground-breaking XEL-1 OLED TV, reducing the panel thinness to just 0.3mm, down from 1.4mm. The prototype edition, shown at Japan’s Display 2008 trade expo, is based on an entirely new substrate and glass. It retains the original resolution of  960 x 540 pixels. Commercial production is expected to begin later this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samsung Chairman indicted in tax evasion scandal</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/18/samsung-chairman-indicted-in-tax-evasion-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/18/samsung-chairman-indicted-in-tax-evasion-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chairman of Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, could be jailed for five years after being indicted by South Korean Special Investigators on charges of tax evasion and breach of trust. The revelation came at the conclusion of a very public 99-day probe into corruption charges. The shamed Chairman was found guilty of hiding 4.5 trillion won [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JVC makes Japanese TV history for all the wrong reasons</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/17/jvc-makes-japanese-tv-history-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is looking increasingly likely that JVC will become the first Japanese TV maker to withdraw from its local market, citing fierce pricing competition for the retreat. Many of the company&#8217;s financial woes stem from its money-losing TV operation. JVC&#8217;s latest prediction is that it will lose 47.8 billion yen this fiscal year. The company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No HD future for remastered Star Trek</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/17/no-hd-future-for-remastered-star-trek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Star Trek fans who have been waiting for the newly remastered Original Series to migrate from HD DVD to Blu-ray will be disappointed by Paramount&#8217;s announcement that reissues will continue on DVD only. The HD DVD camp made quite a ballyhoo after the first season of Trek:TOS debuted on its hi-def format, following an impressive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LG hits paydirt with new Scarlett LCD TV range</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/16/lg-hits-paydirt-with-new-scarlett-lcd-tv-range/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flatscreens and mobile phones have helped South Korea&#8217;s LG Electronics to turn last year&#8217;s financial loss into a first quarter net profit. The company has declared earnings of 422 billion won for Q1, with sales up 14.8 percent. LG&#8217;s Digital Display Company in particular is shining. Sales jumped 32.1 per cent to 3.637 trillion won, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super slim LCD TV delay hurts JVC, display rethink on the cards</title>
		<link>http://avzombie.com/blog/2008/04/16/super-slim-lcd-tv-delay-hurts-jvc-display-rethink-on-the-cards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JVC has revised down already gloomy sales projections, &#8220;due to intensified competition as well as delays in the launch of some new products in the area of LCD televisions.&#8221; The Japanese CE icon is banking on a new breed of ultra-slim LCD TVs to reinvigorate the brand, but these have yet to come to market. [...]]]></description>
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