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With the holiday season nearly here, it’s time for many to formulate their annual shopping lists.  Allendale, N.J.-based Talk of the Town will be helping out those consumers interested in electronics to fill out their shopping lists with its “Audio, Video & Home Theater Demo Day” on Saturday, December 5. The daylong event runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the company will be providing free refreshments, prizes and other giveaways that total up to more than $5,000. Throughout the day Talk of the… View this story
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has vowed to pursue legal and legislation solutions to yesterday’s decision by the California Energy Commission (CEC) to impose energy-efficiency requirements on TVs sold in the state. The standards require that new televisions sold in California consume 33 percent less electricity by 2011 and 49 percent less electricity by 2013. The standards affect only those TVs with a screen size 58 inches or smaller. For example, a 42-inch screen would consume 183 watts or less by 2011 and 115 watts… View this story
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) today voted to enact restrictions on the sales of energy-hogging TVs up to 58 inches in screen size. The new restrictions will limit the sales of TVs in the state to only those that meet energy requirements, starting in 2011. A second, stricter phase of requirements is slated to go into effect in 2013, and could include restrictions on sets larger than 58 inches in size. The vote by the CEC culminates a months-long battle fought contentiously by the Consumer… View this story
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In the market for a Blu-ray player and can put down a little more than for just a bargain player? Especially if you’re a loyal Marantz enthusiast, you’ll be happy to know you can get some money back for buying one of its Blu-ray players from now until the end of the year. Marantz is offering a $100 mail-in rebate applicable to the purchase of its high-performance BD7004 ($799) and BD5004 ($549) Blu-ray players, good on purchases made between now and December 31, 2009. The… View this story
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Want all of those Christmas tree lights controlled right from your TV screen? How about holiday songs going in every room in the house, easily controlled, selected and navigated as part of a multiroom audio system? There’s still time to enter the Electronic House and Control4 “What Do You Want to Control?” contest, in which to enter you must also give us an idea of what you’d love to control, in a 150 word or less entry. We’ve been highlighting your submissions on a weekly… View this story
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Every day on Electronic House we try to give you good ideas and inspiration for ways to improve your home through technology, including the convenience benefits of home automation. So we’ve been pleased to see all of your creative ideas on how winning a home control system could benefit your own abode. You’ve been serving them up to us in the form of entries for the “What Do You Want to Control?” contest that Electronic House teamed with manufacturer Control4 to provide. The contest is… View this story
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) delayed a vote on setting new energy-efficiency standards for TVs in the state, planning to now address the issue at its Nov. 18 business meeting. The Commission is considering proposed sales restriction for energy-hogging TVs that will be imposed in two tiers, in January 2011 and January 2013, though the first phase of restrictions will not include TVs larger than 58 inches. Click here to read the proposed energy requirements. The proposal has generated much controversy, pitting the environmental advocates… View this story
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The fight over proposed sales restrictions of energy hogging TVs in California is raging on, with both sides making impassioned cases before the California Energy Commission (CEC) in a public hearing yesterday, Oct. 13. The CEC has proposed limiting the sales of TVs in the state to only those that meet energy-efficiency standards, starting in 2011 and with a second, stricter tier of requirements in 2013. Trade groups such as the Consumer Electronic Association (CEA) and the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) oppose… View this story
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Each week we’re highlighting some of the entries in our “What Do You Want to Control?” contest, sponsored by Control4 and Electronic House. Registration is still open for entering into the sweepstakes. Requests range from conveniently lighting your home to simply controlling every aspect of one’s life. No big chore. And while last week the wives were hoping Control4 could control their husbands, this week it seems the husbands are joking back a little. So here goes with a sampling: I desperately need Control4 to… View this story
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Technology companies placed in four of the top five spots in Newsweek’s survey of the greenest top 500 corporations in the United States. That’s great news, though a few of the top green dogs may be no surprise: Hewlett-Packard and Dell, ranked number one and two, respectively, have had strong environmental and recycling policies in place for years. Some of the other rankings in the survey may surprise you. Microsoft beat out Apple, and Yahoo topped Google. AT&T and Apple failed to break into the… View this story
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) has decided not to propose restricting the sale of TVs with screen sizes larger than 58 inches that do not meet energy efficiency standards. The CEC’s proposal to restrict the sale of TVs that don’t meet energy efficiency standards has been met with resistance from groups that say the move will effectively ban the sale of most big-screen and plasma-based TVs. The final proposal from the CEC has been posted and omits sales restrictions of televisions with screens in excess… View this story
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A new LED TV line was the centerpiece of Sharp’s CEDIA Expo 2009 booth. And why not? “Eventually, we’ll probably be all-LED,” said spokesperson Melissa Non. Sharp’s Aquos LED LCD TV Series, which began shipping in August, flanked a waterfall at the entrance of the booth. Attendees could take a closer look at the 32-, 40-, 46- and 52-inch models. Demoing its LED technology, Sharp showed a stripped down TV with the “UltraBrilliant Full Array LED backlight” exposed. It was part of an emphasis on… View this story
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