PRIMEDIA Announces Upgrades and Expansion in Its Home Technology Group; Stereophile Guide to Home Theater Becomes Stereophile Ultimate AV with Extended Content and Enhanced Design.Business Editors Home Entertainment East 2004 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2004 Home Entertainment Show Expands Coast-to-Coast; Second Show Added in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden for 2004 PRIMEDIA, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PRM PRM Partner Relationship Management PRM Parameter PRM Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (US State Department) PRM Partidul Romania Mare (Romania Mare Party) PRM Professional Risk Manager ), the leading targeted media company, today announced the next in a series of editorial upgrades to its Home Technology & Photography specialty group. The group is redesigning its Stereophile Guide to Home Theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. magazine to become Stereophile Ultimate AV starting with the June issue. Hitting newsstands May 11, the redesigned magazine will feature 16 pages of new and expanded editorial content for its high-end audio High-end audio is a term used to describe equipment that is purported by the manufacturers to be the best, regardless of the price. Definition of 'high-end' High-end audio video enthusiasts, more advertisers and an enhanced consumer-friendly design. The upgrade to Stereophile Ultimate AV comes on the heels of recent PRIMEDIA investments in the home technology market to further expand and improve editorial products and events, including the recent launch of Best, a shopping magazine focused on upscale products and lifestyles; Connected Guide to the Digital Home, the first consumer magazine dedicated to the lifestyle benefits of integrating home technologies, as well as the expansion of the group's Home Entertainment Show, which for the first time ever, will take place in both New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and San Francisco in 2004. With more than 15,000 expected attendees to each show, the events are by far the largest and most comprehensive consumer expos featuring home entertainment products and technologies. PRIMEDIA's portfolio in this area represents the largest network of publications and authoritative content reaching home technology and photography enthusiasts. "The home technology market continues to grow with rapid product innovation and ever-broadening consumer acceptance. PRIMEDIA's Home Tech group is on the cutting edge of this marketplace," said Irwin Kornfeld, vice president and group publisher of PRIMEDIA's Home Technology & Photography Group. "No other publisher offers the depth of information, level of expertise and insight into the convergence of technology and lifestyle than our portfolio of publications and events." Stereophile Ultimate AV will contain the same top notch editorial content readers have come to trust and count on, maintaining the same writers and coverage of the highest end of consumer audio and video technology. Stereophile Ultimate AV will continue to provide sophisticated enthusiasts with the industry's most comprehensive and credible reviews of audio/video components, as well as exciting and informative features, interviews and news. Along with graphic and photography upgrades, Stereophile Ultimate AV will have expanded editorial coverage through new features including: -- Shop Talk - explores the acquisition/buying process, where to shop, pricing and who to talk to. -- Fast Forward - includes expanded review coverage with more concise content and evaluations and more featured products. -- CrossCurrents - examines processes, products and tips about media integration. "Stereophile Ultimate AV will look like a completely new magazine, but it really builds on the strengths of Stereophile Guide by sharpening For image sharpening, see . Sharpening is the process of creating or refining a sharp edge on a tool or implement. The term has a wide application but can be expressed as the creation of two intersecting planes which produce an edge that is sharp enough to cut through the target the product focus for both our readers and our advertisers," Kornfeld said. "We're leveraging PRIMEDIA's trusted status in the technology market to connect people with a passion for quality with an upgraded audio video magazine at the very highest end of the consumer electronics spectrum." Stereophile Ultimate AV Editor Tom Norton added, "The new Stereophile Ultimate AV further distinguishes this magazine from its competitors and clearly identifies its position as the provider of the best information about high end audio and video gear available." PRIMEDIA will publish Stereophile Ultimate AV 10 times a year with double issues in March/April and July/August, and will deliver a circulation of 40,000. Sister publication, Stereophile, will continue to be published 12 times a year, with a circulation of 75,000. About PRIMEDIA's Home Technology & Photography Group PRIMEDIA's Home Technology & Photography Group represents the largest network of publications reaching the home technology market, as well as The Home Entertainment Shows in New York and San Francisco for 2004. HT&P's portfolio of eight entertainment technology magazines reaches more than three million smart, affluent tech-aggressive enthusiasts. Home Theater, Stereophile, Stereophile Ultimate AV, Connected, Shutterbug shut·ter·bug n. Informal An enthusiastic amateur photographer. Noun 1. shutterbug - a photography enthusiast enthusiast, partizan, partisan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity , Petersen's PHOTOgraphic, eDigitalPhoto, and another recent addition, Best, are read by consumers who share a passion for fine sound, imagery and the technology that enables its enjoyment. These are people who seek out and appreciate the "best" environments and experiences life has to offer. About Stereophile Ultimate AV Stereophile Ultimate AV is the authority delivers in-depth information and unbiased advice about high-performance video and multichannel Using two or more paths for transmission or processing. It can refer to a variety of architectures including (1) multiple I/O channels between the CPU and peripheral devices, (2) multiple wires in a cable, (3) multiple "logical" channels within a single wire or fiber or (4) multiple audio technologies of today--and tomorrow. The magazine has evolved from the former Stereophile Guide to Home Theater, the leading voice aimed at enthusiasts interested in products of the highest caliber, the Guide provides the industry's most comprehensive and credible reviews of audio/video components, as well as exciting and informative features, interviews, news. Stereophile Ultimate AV is published by the Home Technology & Photography Group of PRIMEDIA, Inc., the leading targeted media company. About PRIMEDIA PRIMEDIA is the leading targeted media company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . With 2003 revenues from continuing businesses of $1.3 billion, our properties deliver content via print as well as the Internet, live events and video and offer highly effective advertising and marketing solutions in some of the most sought after niche markets A niche market also known as a target market is a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector. By definition, then, a business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers. . PRIMEDIA Enthusiast Media includes more than 120 consumer magazines, their Web sites and About.com, and is the #1 special interest magazine publisher in the U.S. with well-known brands such as Motor Trend, Automobile, Creating Keepsakes Keepsakes - A Collection is an anthology by All About Eve released on 13 March 2006. 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