Audiovox is massing an impressive horde of consumer electronics companies with Klipsch the latest addition. The $166 million acquisition puts Klipsch under the same corporate umbrella as Acoustic Research, Terk, Energizer, Jensen, and RCA although Technicolor actually owns the classic trademark and Audiovox simply licenses it for products. → Read More
In what will definitely not be the last e-reader to bite the dust, Audiovox has pulled the RCA Lexi from sale in the US, citing concerns over price drops in the Nook and Kindle. They wrote to one interested customer:
Per your inquiry regarding our RCA eReader, as a result of the recent price drops in the market (Kindle/Nook/Sony) our primary focus has shifted to international opportunities.
Tuners and posers have been putting PS2s into cars for as long as the system has been out, but Audiovox is targeting a completely new crowd. Its new VOD10PS2 system combines the gaming system that can also play DVDs with a 10.2-inch 16:9 LCD screen and packs it all into a roof-mountable package. Plus, the system comes with two wireless controllers, two fold-flat IR wireless headsets, two games, and a remote. A built-in 16 channel FM modulator can be used as long as other passengers don’t mind hearing Ratchet & Clank. Sure, the PS2 might be almost 10 years old, but who cares? → Read More
The video is kind of Le Boring but go ahead and take a look at Audiovox’s Small Wonder camcorder. It’s small and it’s certainly a wonder. $149. → Read More
We like it when companies introduce products that just might start up a whole new market, like this Anyware (geddit!?) PC from Audiovox/Jensen. It’s a tablet-like thing that runs Windows XP, has a 30GB HD, GPS, touchscreen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and much other goodness. It’s basically a detachable car PC. Think of it in the category of devices like Nokia’s N810, but a little more robust. And you pay for that: at $1,500 it’s not for the hobbyist. But if you’re a truck driver or other type of road warrior, it could be just what the doctor ordered. NVX3000PC [Jensen] → Read More
On your way from point B to point A? Why not bring all your DVDs with you to watch while you drive! Audiovox was kind enough send us the Audiovox D7000XP portable DVD player with 7-inch LCD. → Read More
, but with more walking. This entry catalogs the companies I met with the first “half” of January 8, my first full day of the show. After waiting in a cab line for half an hour and then coughing up $20 to get from our hotel to the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) I hit the show floor for my first meeting at 9:30 with Seagate. Last time I spoke with the company reps back at DigitalLife in New York, they promised me big announcements for CES. And while the new products aren’t life altering, they’re definitely cool. Well, as cool as a hard drive can get. → Read More
I’ve had a pretty negative opinion of Audiovox’s products since high school when I witnessed a friend jam a piece of cardboard into his car’s Audiovox tape deck to get the player to work. It’s a silly thing I know, but still, it’s there. Another company I have similar feelings about is RCA, a once-great brand reduced to being slapped on seemingly bargain equipment. So I really don’t know how to feel about Audiovox picking up Thomson’s consumer electronics accessory business along with rights to the RCA brand for them. The purchase price was $50 million, plus a five-year fee related to the RCA brand. Regardless of my prejudices, Audiovox is a big company that’s been buying up several smaller companies including Jensen, Advent, Terk, Acoustic Research and Road Gear. Adding a CE accessory brand to that mix is certainly a good move, but it’s going to take a lot more than simply buying a company to restore the image of RCA being a top name in electronics in my mind. Audiovox [company site] → Read More
<img src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/video components." The adapters will be sold under the Terk brand name (the antenna people!), using UWB to send high-definition video streams wirelessly around your place of occupancy or business. It’s non-line-of-sight so you can send signals through walls and ceilings with wired transmission quality from HDMI, component video, composite video and analog audio sources output to HDMI with full HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) support. Audiovox Teams with Tzero to Deliver Wireless Multimedia Adapters [press release] → Read More
