Thomas J. Norton

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Game On: LG Shows Ultra-Wide Computer Monitor
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
How wide? It's so wide that...
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LG's W7 OLED: As Thin As Wallpaper (Well, Almost)
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
Can you guess how thick it is?
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LG Highlights HDR with Four On the Floor
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
Well, more precisely, on the wall...
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Thiel Steps Up
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
Thiel Audio normally displays at the Venetian Hotel, the venue for specialty audio. But this year they elected to have a booth on the main floor of the Convention center. It was obviously not a spot for an effective, active demo, but the new, 4-way Thiel 40.3, at $35,000/pair, is a big step up in price for the company...
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Sony Quiets the Noise
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
Sony brought along part of an airplane interior to the show. Well, not really, but they used this mock up to demonstrate the effectiveness of their MDR-1000X noise canceling headphones...
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China's Changhong Shows HDR-Ready OLED TV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
Chinese manufacturer Changhong has appeared at recent CESs without making much of a dent in the U.S. market. But give them credit for trying...
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A Harman Sign of the Times
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017
In case you haven’t already heard, some weeks back Samsung announced that it was buying Harman Industries...
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LG Bows 5 OLED TV Series, New Super Thin Models
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 04, 2017
Amid the appliances and robots, LG unveils a flood of TVs, including five new OLED series, two impossibly thin models, and many new Super UHDTVs
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The Angry Birds Movie
Thomas J. Norton  |  Dec 23, 2016
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I’d heard of Angry Birds but completely missed their first flight of fame in an immensely popular game for smartphones. Subsequently, they went bird-flu viral with follow-up games, an animated TV series, and more. A movie launch was inevitable. It features hotheaded Red and other (non-flighted!) feathered citizens of Bird Island. Sentenced to take an anger management course, Red meets a few similarly explosive (sometimes literally!) souls.
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CES Is Coming to Town
Thomas J. Norton  |  Dec 13, 2016
“The press-heads were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of CES danced in their heads.”

It’s the same every year. With the festivities of the season keeping everyone furiously running around making preparations for holiday celebrations, those of us involved in the consumer electronics industry—manufacturers, public relations folks, distributors, dealers, trade press, and consumer press (note the hierarchy!)—have something else on our minds—the annual January CES. ...

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