Ergotron Mounting Solutions take Notebook and Flat Panel Display Functionality to a New Level
LAS VEGAS, NV (ContentDesk) December 11, 2005 -- Four new category-leading mounting solutions that bring a new level of functionality to notebook computers and flat panel displays including the new, first-of-its-kind Ergotron LX Notebook Arm for PC and Mac laptop users will be introduced by Ergotron (Booth 25651) at the 2006 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) show in Las Vegas this January. The new consumer electronics mounting products, each enabled by Ergotrons proprietary Constant Force (CF") lift-and-pivot motion technology, include:"???The new Ergotron LX Notebook Arm, which ensures full use of any notebook computers display when docked into a desktop environment.
The innovative Notebook Arm is the first-of-its-kind, defining a new category of products.
Perfect for high-intensity work applications where multiple kinds of information need to be viewed, this ingenious space-and time-saving accessory enables consumers to lift a notebook off their desk to place it side-by-side with their LCD monitor.
The Ergotron LX Notebook Arm is compatible with any notebook and docking station weighing up to 17.5 lbs, including the IBM ThinkPad, Dell Home Notebooks, Sony VAIO Notebook PC, and Apple PowerBooks.
The LX Notebook Arm, available in early-1Q06, will have a MSRP of $179.00. "???The new Ergotron HD Wall Mount Pivot, which offers a comfortable alternative to rigid wall mounts for most flat panel displays weighing up to 50 lbs.
The HD Wall Mount Pivot allows LCD TVs and plasma screens used in home theater, home office and other consumer electronics applications to tilt -5/+15? as well as pan side-to-side for maximum viewing comfort.
With portrait/landscape capabilities, the HD Wall Mount Pivot is the perfect accessory for challenging flat panel positioning needs.
The HD Wall Mount Pivot, available in early 2Q06, has a MSRP of $59.00."???The Ergotron HD Wall Mount Swing Arm enhances any viewing experience by adding flexibility to LCD TVs and plasma screens.
The extender provides 13" of forward/back adjustability and enables displays weighing up to 50lbs. to pan 180? side-to-side.
Cables are secured out-of-the-way, under the extender.
Embedded with portrait/landscape capabilities, the HD Wall Mount Swing Arm tilts -5/+15?. The HD Wall Mount Swing Arm, available in early 2Q06, has an MSRP of $79.00"???Ergotron is now shipping the Neo-Flex Wall Mount, which adds greater range of movement to LCD Displays or TVs.
Perfect for space-constrained organizational areas such as clinics, labs and manufacturing, the Neo-Flex Wall mount provides 5" of height adjustability, side-to-side rotation, forward/back movement and portrait/landscape viewing.
The Neo-Flex Wall Mount is available for $49.00.Each new product incorporates Ergotrons Constant Force (CF") lift-and-pivot motion technology. CF converts a conventional springs linear force curve into a constant flat force through the entire range of lifting or pivoting motion for a flat screen monitor, LCD TV, Plasma Screen or other digital display. As a result, consumers exert much less effort to noiselessly adjust their computer display or television.
For the first time, the consumer electronics industry can be assured of robust reliability in each display and monitor installation, without inflated mounting project costs. Were thrilled to offer four new products that add flexibility and adjustability to LCD Displays, plasmas screens and notebooks, said Lee Schalk, VP of North American Sales for Ergotron.
The CF advantage ensures effortless adjustability at a fraction of the cost.
Adding these products to our collection of mounting solutions offers consumers a high-quality, less expensive alternative to traditional display and notebook mounting. Ergotron, a rapidly-growing global company focused on the channel and OEM business, expects to release additional CF products for the consumer electronics industry throughout 2006. Ergotron, whose 275 employees worldwide have been improving the human interface with digital displays since 1982, expects revenues in 2005 to approach $100 million, with representation in 67 countries.
For more information on Ergotron products, visit www.ergotron.com or call Ergotron sales at 1-800-888-8458. MEDIA CONTACTS:
Adam Benscoter/Paul Maccabee, 612-337-0087Jane Payfer, Ergotron, 651-365-6679.
How To Choose The Right Television For You
Watching television has progressed from a luxury that only few had in their homes in the middle of the last century to the point where most consumers not only have one television, but often they may have several. And television programming has expanded greatly from just the three big networks to a whole host of other channels as well.And along with this growth of interest in televison programming the technology of televisions has been steadily improving too. Today we have lots of choices to make when we are deciding to buy another television. Should it be an analog or digital TV? HDTV enabled or ready? Plasma or LCD screen? All of these decisions can seem to be confusing, but if you just understand a few basics about TVs you should be able to make the right choice for what will suit you best.Let's start by discussing whether you should buy an analog or digital capable TV. Analog TV is simply TV you have been used to in past years.
The signals are sent and received in analog format...
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No-One’s Left out as Hoseasons launches Biggest-Ever Holiday Lodges and Parks in Britain Programme
(ContentDesk) January 9, 2006 -- The unrivalled selection of holidays on offer range from Fun and Laughter parks with extensive facilities and a full programme of entertainment, through to five-star designer lodges in peaceful getaway-fromit-all surroundings.Spoil-yourself is a major theme for 2006, with more than ten per cent of the parks featuring accommodation with private open-air hot tubs, on-site spas and beauty facilities.
In addition many of the stylish lodges offer top of the range surround sound home cinema and plasma screen TVs.But there are also plenty of honest-to-goodness great value holidays on offer too.
The holiday parks feature a huge range of activities, including indoor and outdoor pools, golf, sailing, bowling, diving, squash, tennis, and much more; one park even has its own dry ski slope.
Many also welcome pets, making a Hoseasons holiday ideal for all the family!Hoseasons Managing Director Richard Carrick said, The main feature...
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Why Satellite TV is better than Cable TV
Satellite TV is Making the Cable Companies Run ScaredSatellite TV holds a great advantage over the cable TV companies. Not only is the picture and sound quality superior, but there's more choice in what to watch. If you said to yourself ?there's nothing on TV', switch to satellite. The differences couldn't be more obvious.Cable quality vs. Satellite qualityWith the limited bandwidth that cable offers, it's no wonder the quality is poor.
First, the cable wire comes from a hub transmission system somewhere near your home. At source, the signal is passable, but by the time it runs through your community, splitting to each house, the signal has degraded. As the cable is RF (radio frequency) based, it has converted from an audio/video signal (at source) to RF and then needs to re-convert back into audio/video for your television. Along the way, anything broadcasting through the air has tried to get into the cable line and will appear as noise on your TV screen.Unfortunately, we are...
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Taiwanese National Assembly Deployed InfoValue QuickVideo? Broadband Video Streaming for Historic Session
Elmsford, NY (ContentDesk) June 8, 2005 -- State-of-the-art legislative meeting system enabled live IPTV multicast, recording, instant replay and on-demand playback. InfoValue Computing, Inc. ("InfoValue"), experts in providing innovative, high-performance video streaming platforms and solutions, today announced that the Taiwanese National Assembly had deployed InfoValue QuickVideo? broadband video streaming as their platform for streaming high quality MPEG-4 video over their IP networks and the Internet. The 300-member National Assembly convened for less than a month to decide on a package of constitutional reforms for Taiwan that was passed by the Legislative Yuan in August of last year. Because of the great importance and implications that would result from the sessions, they sought a more powerful information technology environment to foster communications in the legislative process by documenting proceedings occurring simultaneously in all meeting rooms and sharing the details with...
Taiwanese National Assembly Deployed InfoValue QuickVideo? Broadband Video Streaming for Historic Session
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AVP Watch & Win: Watch Pro Beach Volleyball Live on NBC for a Chance to Win One of Five 42? Plasma TVs
(ContentDesk) June 30, 2005 -- The 2005 AVP Championship Series is LIVE on NBC and Viewers will have multiple chances to win one of five 42" Enhanced Definition Plasma Televisions.
Log on to http://AVP.com for contest details.The Watch & Win contest starts Saturday July 2nd when NBC will televise LIVE coverage of the AVP Cincinnati Open presented by Liftoff at 4:30pm EST.
To enter simply watch the LIVE coverage and then log on to AVP.com to answer a few questions on the match that just aired.
Questions will be posted on AVP.com at 10am EST on Saturday July 2nd.The winner will be determined by the most questions answered correctly.
In case of a tie, a random drawing will determine the winner.
Log on to AVP.com for full contest details and official rules.LIVE coverage will continue from Cincinnati on Sunday July 3rd at 4:30pm EST on NBC and give viewers a second chance to win one of five 42" Plasma...
AVP Watch & Win: Watch Pro Beach Volleyball Live on NBC for a Chance to Win One of Five 42? Plasma TVs
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The Reward Ladder Network Joins Forces with GamblePoints to Offer Members Gifts and Rewards for Purchasing Online Products and Services
REDMOND, WA (ContentDesk) September 4, 2005 -- The Reward Ladder network (www.RewardLadder.com) is a premier incentive reward network offering their members free money and gifts for shopping from a wide variety sponsored products and services. Reward Ladder has joined forces with GamblePoints to offer a broader range of products and services. Reward Ladder now features more than 150 sponsors including big name stores such as Best Buy and Macy's, making it one of the best cash back type site on the Internet.Reward Ladder was launched in August with the goal of offering members great incentives for shopping online. With new features such as "Featured Offers" and "Hot Deals," it strives to offer the online community has a wide range of sites offering various incentives to its members. In a recent interview Sebastien St-Laurent, the president of Reward Ladder, explains the idea behind the Reward Ladder and how it will revolutionize...
The Reward Ladder Network Joins Forces with GamblePoints to Offer Members Gifts and Rewards for Purchasing Online Products and Services
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Hard-to-Find Plasma Blood Donation Centers in Reach Now
US-based company, BloodBanker.com, is helping to raise awareness of the values of donating plasma blood through the creation of an information-packed website: www.bloodbanker.com/plasma/.The site is designed for anyone looking to donate blood. It lists the hard to find plasma blood centers, where donors get paid to donate; and whole blood centers where generally the donor does not receive an honorarium. Potential donors will be able to access a comprehensive directory of plasma and whole blood donation centers around the United States, as well as benefit from information and advice."Our site will act as a valuable resource for folks looking to find paying plasma donation centers and for anyone else interested in donating blood out of goodwill," stated Philip Michaels, CEO of BloodBanker.com. "As well as offering important advice on giving blood, we have provided a detailed directory of plasma and whole blood...
Hard-to-Find Plasma Blood Donation Centers in Reach Now
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Impact 210 Gallery and Helene DeLillo Present 'Aumakua, Passion & Portraiture'
(ContentDesk) October 16, 2005 -- Impact 210 Gallery is proud to present Aumakua, Passion & Portraiture an exhibition by guest artist Helene DeLillo. Helenes Hawaiian beauties -- sensual, colorful, shiny and seductive highlight Haleakalas flora. "These images are created from the spirits of my subject, explains DeLillo. May they touch your hearts like they have mine."Curator John Cheski has selected some of the most dynamic images of Helenes collection, which she custom printed herself at Beth Schiffer (www.bethschiffer.com) Labs in Tribeca. "This is a beautiful suite of photographs we're presenting, Cheski boasts.
Helene's images are a graceful and sensitive homage to her native Hawaii. Its an immense pleasure to be working with Helene and Impact 210 on this project." My personal vision was to capture the colorful, graphic and godlike shapes in the icons of Mauis Haleakala mountainside beauties, DeLillo...
Impact 210 Gallery and Helene DeLillo Present 'Aumakua, Passion & Portraiture'
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