Category Archives: products for home theater

For device makers, AM2G’s special sauce is in AAL

By mtc | Published: December 21, 2009

Avnera announced AM2G today.  From the release:
Avnera has announced the availability of the AvneraAudio Link™ (AAL) software protocol stack. AAL eliminates the low-level details typically required to implement a multipoint to multipoint network, significantly reducing the time to market. It also provides manufacturers with a way to establish interoperability between all AudioMagic 2G-enabled wireless audio [...]

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In stores now, Rocketboost announcement makes the rounds on the ‘net.

By mtc | Published: October 23, 2009

The new line of RocketBoost-enabled products hits brick and mortar stores this week.  Best Buy issued their press release full of executive quotes and the usual light-on-details value props.  Crunchgear, Engadget, I4U, and others dropped their cursory mentions that, perhaps not surprisingly, didn’t offer much more detail.
A few points worth clarifying for those totally unfamiliar [...]

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Panasonic wireless sticks on display, not the centerpiece?

By mtc | Published: October 8, 2009

Panasonic showing a 3D plasma display at CEATEC, egh…  but what caught my eye was the SC-ZT1 system they outfitted the demo with.  This is probably one of the nicest Avnera-based products, I just wish it was readily available in the US at a slightly more affordable price.  Every day, though, I am tempted to [...]

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Rocketboost. Engage.

By mtc | Published: October 7, 2009

Bestbuy.com has just posted the four newest Rocketfish SKUs. The noteworthy element here is that they are all Rocketboost-enabled devices. The underlying digital wireless technology is based on Avnera’s AM2G wireless audio solution, which has undergone a spiffing up via some API goodness added to their solution to enhance interoperability for device makers [...]

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Sony and Best Buy coordinate on S-AIR wireless audio

By mtc | Published: August 18, 2009

Sony released a story today about their invigorated S-AIR wireless system and new ALTUS product line.  They presented the story as a tale of Best Buy partnership.  Interesting.  Certainly in order to market an iPod story, a PC story, a Blu-ray HTIB story, and an add-on story, Sony had to collaborate on nailing feature requirements [...]

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Would love to test the new Panasonic SC-ZT1 system

By mtc | Published: August 10, 2009

It’s a bit disappointing to see the lack of distribution this system has in the market almost 9 months after its launch at CES.  No doubt the unconventional system configuration and the terrible price point have hurt what could otherwise be a slick wireless home theater success story.
Just read some of the forums, the buyers [...]

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