QSC has announced the availability of the latest round of Q-SYS Control plugins, offering native control integration of some of today’s most popular meeting room endpoints with the Q-SYS Ecosystem. Now available through the Q-SYS Designer Asset Manager portal within Q-SYS Designer Software, these plugins offer configuration and management capabilities for the following devices. Viewsonic […]

dotstudioPRO announces that it is offering clients the ability to quickly launch channels for the Roku platform through Roku Direct Publisher. By submitting content through the dotstudioPRO platform to the Roku platform, content owners can launch a streaming channel in just days without entering a single line of code. These free channels can be found in the Roku Channel Store […]

Epson today introduced the Home Cinema 1450, a 3LCD native 1080p (1920×1080) 4,200 lumen projector aimed at home theaters or home entertainment. The Home Cinema 1450 projector includes two HDMI ports, one MHL 3 port and component video as well as USB. The Home Cinema 1450 ($1,499 list) will be available April 17. The projector includes features line four different pre-set color modes, the ability to watch […]

I love new technology. In fact, I teach a course on how new technology effects Advertising, Marketing and PR at the University of North Carolina. But, sometimes I hate it. Remember when your TV just turned on? Oh, how I long for this days… Now, then you hit the TV power button on your remote […]

Like many people, I have many variations of television streaming at my fingertips in my house. I use Amazon Prime and Netflix for my content, but I need a delivery system to get that content onto my television. Hello, Roku! I previously used the Roku 3 to stream content to my projector in my living […]

It began in August 2013 when Google introduced the Chromecast. A small, Rubenesque HDMI dongle that allows you to stream music and video to your TV or home theater, the $35 Chromecast was an instant hit. This groovy petite player allows popular media services like Pandora, YouTube, and Netflix to easily be sent to your home theater from any […]

DVDO has announced something it’s marketing as a “Roku Ready” DVDO box in the form of the Quick6R 4K Ultra HD HDMI switcher. Basically, you plug in the Roku Stick into one of the six DVDO box inputs and it outputs all of the content as 4K via an MHL port — no wires or […]

The annual CEDIA Expo is the industry’s premier HomeAV trade show, where every major manufacturer of home automation, whole-home audio and video distribution systems, HDMI gadgets, HDTVs, projectors and set-top boxes convene annually to show their new stuff. And, the 2013 edition opens this week in Denver, Colorado. We have a handful of reporters there […]

Extra Vegetables has announced that a trio of URC Total Control modules for Roku, PopBox and Dune HD will debut at CEDIA Expo later this week in Denver. As well as providing control, all three modules provide tailored graphics for the URC touch panels, remote controls and iOS Apps straight out of the box. For […]

By Paul Gagnon DisplaySearch Last week Google announced a new Smart TV product, the Chromecast. Immediately this generated a great deal of interest among the tech-enthusiast community. Having received one and set it up, preliminary conclusions are that it is not a Smart TV device, and is far less capable than an Apple TV or […]

3M has launched a uniquely package pico projector with its new 3M Streaming Projector with a built-in Roku video stick. Capable of streaming movies and TV shows via the Roku service, the 4″x4″x2″ projector is a 854×480 resolution, 1-chip DLP that outputs 60 lumens. Using a 2.5 hour battery, the 3M Streaming Projector is capable […]

Roku has announced a unique way to add streaming movies and TV shows to any HDTV with a spare HDMI port. Called the Roku Start Stick, it’s a Flash- or USB-style stick that has built-in Wi-Fi, plus a processor, memory and software that allows you to stream content (such as Netflix) from Roku’s partners to […]