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To help correct what Mitsubishi says is an ongoing complaint among its consumers, the company has launched a line of 16-speaker LCD TVs to simplify the process of integrating quality sound with flat-panel sets.
 
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Wal*Mart last month began making noises about launching an electronics service and installation arm, along the lines of Best Buy’s Geek Squad, a move that could have a profound effect on the market for such services nationwide.
 
June 30, 2008
A new video, featuring CustomRetailer’s recent visit to the Pepcom Digital Experience, including Mitsubishi’s Laservue, has been posted and can be viewed here.
 
June 30, 2008
Bain Capital’s acquisition of D&M Holdings is being done without any involvement from Kenwood, contrary to media reports, Bain said in a statement Tuesday.
 
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Volutone Names Steve Honig Marketing Director
Volutone Distributing named Steve Honig its marketing director. Honig’s responsibilities will include creating and implementing a new Customer Care Center, building a new e-commerce web site, monthly catalogs, vendor relations, and marketing products, services and training for all seven of the distributor’s locations.
 

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Video Digital Downtown
June 17, 2008
The sights, sounds and people that made the inaugural edition of this new consumer electronics showcase a hit.
 
 
Video Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Contest Winner
April 07, 2008
Tyler Jennings, president of Imperium Smart Systems, discusses his company’s winning entry into the Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Contest.
 
 

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CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro, CEA VP Sales Dan Cole and NAPCO President Ned Borowsky.
All sorts of industry major figures came to New York for last week’s Digital Downtown event; here is a slideshow of some of the participants.
 
David and Susan Jamieson of Jamieson’s Audio/Video.
CustomRetailer and friends got together at the HTSA Spring meeting.
 
 

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Premier Mounts Unveils Web-Based “Possibilities Planner”
Mount manufacturer Premier Mounts debuted a new web-based tool designed to showcase consumers’ mounting choices. The tool allows both consumers and installation professionals to see 3D and articulating views of mounting placement possibilities.
 
 
DBL Releases Summer/Fall Catalog
DBL Distributing released its Summer/Fall 2007 catalog, which it calls its largest to date, at more than 1,100 pages. Included are more than 17,000 product (3,000 of them new), nearly 2,000 permanent price reductions, and 31 new manufacturers.
 

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April 27, 2007
See how to install new construction speaker brackets using EZBracket Version 2.
 
 

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