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Award Winning and Market Leading PRISMIQ MediaPlayer Now Available From Crutchfield SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- PRISMIQ, Inc. (http://www.prismiq.com/), a leader in networked entertainment devices and software, today announced that the PRISMIQ MediaPlayer is available for purchase on Crutchfield.com.The PRISMIQ MediaPlayer is the most awarded and recognized digital media receiver on the market today having won "product of the year" honors from PC Magazine, C|NET, TechTV, Electronic House magazine, Computer Shopper magazine, and the Consumer Electronics Association. PRISMIQ's MediaPlayer set-top box enables consumers to play PC-based digital audio and video files on the TV and stereo, play Internet radio and music services on their stereo, play back TV shows recorded on PCs on their television, view digital photos on the TV, surf the Web and conduct IM on the TV, and view movies on demand on the entertainment center. "PRISMIQ was the first product in its category to support the Real/Rhapsody service," said Adam Beroza, Director Business Development, for Crutchfield, "and with our partnership with Real for their Rhapsody service we decided it was important to have such a high-profile digital streaming product as PRISMIQ's MediaPlayer in our product line." In addition to the all the product of the year awards, The MediaPlayer has received extensive coverage in the global press, with favorable reviews in The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, Scientific American, Reuters, U.S. News & World Report, Business Week, Associated Press, Sound & Vision Magazine, Barron's, Forbes.com, Financial Times, Vancouver Sun, ExtremeTech, SmartTV and Sound, Custom Retailer, SmartComputing, PC World, Electronic House, CBS MarketWatch, and many others. Crutchfield has initially made the PRISMIQ MediaPlayer available through its Web site catalog, http://www.crutchfield.com/. About Crutchfield Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2004, Crutchfield Corporation is the nation's largest direct integrated marketer (catalog, call center, and Internet) of consumer electronics products. Crutchfield.com offers a convenient, full-service shopping destination to buyers of car and home audio/video products. Providing a superior level of customer service, Crutchfield is noted for its high integrity, product expertise, and technical support. Crutchfield was the first authorized vendor-authorized audio/video retailer on the Internet. About PRISMIQ, Inc. PRISMIQ, Inc. delivers the full spectrum of networked entertainment with affordable, high-quality devices and media software. Garnering top industry honors from PC Magazine, CNET, Computer Shopper, TechTV, and others, PRISMIQ's networked entertainment gateway products enable consumers to play digital audio and video files and Internet radio, record and play back TV shows, view digital photos, surf the Web, view movies on demand, and chat online on TVs, stereos, and entertainment centers throughout the home. First to market in the digital media receiver and entertainment gateway market space and based in California, PRISMIQ's management team consists of seasoned executives with networking, broadband and consumer technology backgrounds. PRISMIQ can be reached at 866.774.7647 and on the Web at http://www.prismiq.com/. PRISMIQ and the PRISMIQ logo are trademarks of PRISMIQ, Inc. (C) 2004, PRISMIQ, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. PRISMIQ, Inc. CONTACT: Molly Holtman of Connecting Point Communications,+1-415-442-4028 or [email protected], for PRISMIQ Web site: http://www.prismiq.com/ |