Phorus PR5 Receiver with DTS PLAY-FI™ Named as CES 2014 Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honoree
January 06 2014 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Phorus, a subsidiary of DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI), dedicated to
delivering great sounding whole-home wireless audio systems, is
proud to announce that its next generation PR5 Receiver with
Play-Fi™ was named as a CES Innovations 2014 Design and Engineering
Award Honoree in the Home Audio/Video Components category.
Making its debut at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics
Show, the new Phorus PR5 Receiver with Play-Fi will allow music
lovers to easily stream high-quality audio directly from their
connected smartphones, tablets and PCs, wirelessly to their
existing audio systems over a standard home Wi-Fi network, with
zero loss in music quality. Compatible with nearly all AVRs, HTiBs,
soundbars, and powered speakers, Play-Fi forges a seamless
connection between audio systems, mobile devices and music,
creating the ultimate infrastructure within the home to play your
music from any device, in as many rooms as you want to listen to
it.
In addition to multi-room and multi-zone streaming from any
device running the Play-Fi application, the Phorus PR5 Receiver
with Play-Fi also supports Bluetooth® AptX®, and AAC streaming, as
well as direct streaming from iTunes on OSX and Windows.
“We are extremely proud that the CEA has honored our Phorus PR5
receiver with the prestigious 2014 CES Innovation Award,” said
Dannie Lau, general manager of Phorus. “This is a huge validation
of the product and its simple, one button approach to transforming
any home entertainment system, boom box or speaker dock into a
feature rich and great sounding wireless whole-home audio
system.”
The Phorus PR5 Receiver with Play-Fi (priced at $179) will be on
display at the Innovations Showcase, located at The Venetian during
the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show, which runs from
January 7-10, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The DTS Play-Fi ecosystem
will be on display at the DTS Booth at CES, located in the Central
Hall, Booth 9839. The first generation Phorus PR1 Receiver is
currently available from the Phorus Store, on Amazon.com and
Amazon.ca, at Nebraska Furniture Mart, and RadioShack locations
nationwide.
The Innovations Design and Engineering Awards are sponsored by
the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the producer of the
International CES, the global gathering place for all who thrive on
the business of consumer technology, and have been recognizing
achievements in product design and engineering since 1976. Products
entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent
panel of independent industrial designers, independent
engineers and members of the trade media, to honor outstanding
design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics
products, across 29 product categories. Innovations 2014 Design and
Engineering honoree products are featured on
CESweb.org/Innovations, which lists product categories, as well as
each product name, manufacturer information, designer, description,
photo and URL.
Visit Phorus.com for more information, or connect with Phorus on
Facebook and Twitter (@phorusaudio) or connect with DTS, Inc. on
Facebook and Twitter (@DTS_Inc).
About DTS, Inc.
DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq:DTSI) is a premier audio
solutions provider for high-definition entertainment
experiences—anytime, anywhere, on any device. DTS' audio solutions
enable delivery and playback of clear, compelling high-definition
audio, which is incorporated by hundreds of licensee customers
around the world, into billions of consumer electronic devices.
From a renowned legacy as a pioneer in high definition
multi-channel audio, DTS became a mandatory audio format in the
Blu-ray Disc standard and is now increasingly deployed in enabling
digital delivery of compelling movies, music, games and other forms
of digital entertainment to a growing array of network-connected
consumer devices. DTS technology is in automotive audio systems,
digital media players, DVD players, game consoles, home theaters,
PCs, set-top boxes, smartphones, surround music content and every
device capable of playing Blu-ray discs. Founded in 1993, DTS'
corporate headquarters is located in Calabasas, California with its
licensing operations headquartered in Limerick, Ireland. DTS also
has offices in Encino, Los Gatos and Santa Ana, California,
Washington, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South
Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Copyright 2014, DTS, Inc.
DTS, the Symbol, and DTS and the Symbol together are registered
trademarks of DTS, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of
their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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DTS, Inc.Michael Farino, 949-442-5404Michael.farino@dts.com
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