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CES 2015
Giroptic’s 360° Cam Puts You In the Video
Al Griffin  |  Jan 08, 2015  |  First Published: Jan 09, 2015
One of the best demos I took in at CES was provided by French tech company Giroptic, a participant in the cutting-edge Tech West expo at the Sands. Part of it had to do with the quality of the seamless 360-degree HD video captured by the company’s Go Pro-style compact camera. But a bigger part had to do with the fact that the footage was being displayed on the Oculus Rift—my first experience with that storied, soon-to-come VR headset.
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CES 2015
Linksys' Wi-Fi Range Extender Streams Audio
Al Griffin  |  Jan 08, 2015
Wi-Fi dead spots can be a problem, especially if you have a sizeable home. To get wireless Internet connectivity to a bedroom at the opposite end from where your Wi-Fi router is set up very well might require a range extender—Linksys’ N600 PRO, for instance.
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CES 2015
OOMI Cube Aims to Streamline Smart Home Setup
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 08, 2015
Most of the current DIY smart home automation systems suffer from multiple drawbacks, many of which become apparent during the setup of the smart home hub and identifying the smart devices in the system. When it comes to market, OOMI’s Cube is designed to change all that.

The OOMI Cube is the heart of the...

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CES 2015
Polk's New Wireless Speaker: A Stylish Chameleon
Lauren Dragan  |  Jan 08, 2015
Polk plans to release a stylish portable Wifi speaker this March, the Omni S2.
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CES 2015
Open Backed or Closed? Audeze Announces Both
Lauren Dragan  |  Jan 08, 2015
Audeze, the oft-lauded makers of planar magnetic cans, announced the release of the EL-8, their first more-portable planar magnetic headphones.
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CES 2015
A Really NEET Idea for Clothing Cables
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 08, 2015
Stumbling through the Sands Expo, I came across one of those seemingly insignificant products that turn out to be an elegant and simple solution to a never-ending problem. In this case, I found the NEET booth and its assortment of Cable Keepers. Something the company calls the “World's Simplest Cable Management Solution”.

Using one of NEET’s Cable Keepers is like having...

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CES 2015
Auro-3D Height Surround Demo Blows Minds
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
Without a doubt the most mind-blowing surround demo at CES combined Auro-3D height-enhanced surround technology with gear from CAT, ATI, and Theta.
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CES 2015
Atlantic Technology Demos Sound Base
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
A small-scaled but pleasing Dolby Atmos upmix demo unfolded in Atlantic Technology's room at the Venetian, uniting the company's new sound base and existing Atmos add-on modules.
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CES 2015
Steinway Lyngdorf Does Atmos and Beyond
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
If you buy a whole system from Steinway & Sons, you'll have access to the P200 pre-pro, which handles every conceivable height-enhanced surround format.
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CES 2015
Arcam Does One-Box AVR and BD Player
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 08, 2015
The first thing we noticed about Arcam's Solo Movie, a combo AVR and Blu-ray player, was that it was cute.
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