Fred Manteghian

We can describe all the colors in the universe, well, at least the colors of Fox, Disney, MGM, Warner Brothers and Universal, with but three primary colors: red, green and blue. That's how our projectors do it. Blind people have been asked to describe the colors they've never seen, and I think they need a lot of words to accomplish what three tint filters and a gain control can do. I hope they're not reading this. That last could be deemed offensive.

The Plasma Display Coalition (PDC), a consortium of well known plasma manufacturers, is high on life. According to Coalition’s President Jim Palumbo, 2006 will see over three million plasma sets sold to consumers. So why are coalition members Hitachi Home Electronics, LG Electronics USA, Panasonic Corporation of America, Pioneer Electronics (USA) and Samsung Electronics USA going on the defensive? That’s easy, just ask any of the ill-trained sales employees at the big consumer electronic chains to tell you the difference between plasma and LCD panels, and they’ll blurt out urban legend like it’s going on sale.

He's not so scary in a pashmina, is he.

The new Thiel 3.7 prototypes, while otherwise superb, sounded lean in the bass. Blame it on the room or the newness of the design. By the time they come out (I heard in the fall), I'm sure the bass issue will be corrected. From the midrange up, they were solid and coherent – a Thiel signature. Sure, the unusual drivers look like spinners you'd see driving around LA, but they sure sounded great. Oh yeah, the reason for the update to Shane's previous blog – rumored price is just under $10,000.