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CEDIA: Harman Kardon's New Flagship Receiver
SV Staff  |  Sep 08, 2008  | 
Harman Kardon took the wraps off its new flagship receiver, the AVR-7550HD. My photo (at right) is pretty poor, but in fact there's not much to see. This beauty has a completely stealth front panel, with a cool lighted, translucent volume knob....
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CEDIA: Denon's New Line of Receivers
SV Staff  |  Sep 08, 2008  | 
Denon showed off its new line of AV receivers, no fewer than 10 of them, to complement its flagship AVR-5308CI (pictured). All of the new models feature Audyssey Dynamic EQ, Audyssey Dynamic Volume, and Audyssey MultEQ, as well as HDMI 1.3a...
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CEDIA, Pythonized: New Hitachi HDTVs are onlee wahfair theen.
SV Staff  |  Sep 06, 2008  | 
Hitachi is joining the legions of TV manufacturers making their big screens screens slimmer, thinner, narrower, and measuring significantly less physical depth. At CEDIA 2008, the company revealed details on large-screen models of its UltraThin line...
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Commercials Hit HD2
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
One of the most appealing aspects of HD Radio is about to change. In a bad way. The HD2 stations - the stations that use the extra bandwidth left over from a station's main HD Radio feed - have been commercial-free since their inception. The HD...
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DISH Gets Turbo-Charged
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
Dish Network is following the lead of DirecTV by adding a 1080p on-demand movie service and bringing its overal HD lineup to over 150, including TurboHD. “Over the years, DISH Network has maintained a very competitive high definition offering in...
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Survey Says: Electronics Market Has Room for Upgrades
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
We love market surveys.  No, really, we like knowing where our households fit into the average, and whether we're up on the latest trends. Who doesn't want to appear "normal," right? A new study by market research company The NPD...
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CEDIA: Monster Power
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
UPS. And I don't mean the guys in the brown trucks. I'm talking Uninterruptible Power Supply. When your AC goes black or brown, shutting down or sagging, it's just not a good thing. Electronic equipment hates it when that happens. To the rescue,...
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CEDIA: Invisible Sound
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
Has this happened to you? You proudly demo your sound system to your friends, and they yawn? I mean, sound from speakers - how boring. Well, with speakers from Madison Fielding and StereoStone, you can impress those friends, and turn yawns into...
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CEDIA: JBL's Wireless Subs
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
Sure, you want a subwoofer. But, of course, the best acoustical location for it is waaay across the room from your receiver. So, you'll have to run a long wire under the carpet.  Bummer. Or, you could buy a wireless subwoofer. For example,...
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CEDIA: Panasonic's Super Screen
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
If anyone thought that Panasonic was lagging in the hotly-contested display market, the company moved to dispel the misconception. The 65VX100U plasma display was unveiled, and it is wonderful indeed. The VX100 is a 65-inch custom-install only...
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CEDIA: Panasonic's New Blu
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
Panasonic has two new players on tap: the DMP-BD35 and the DMP-BD55. Both players are Profile 2.0 compatible.The DMP-BD55 features 7.1 analog outputs. It's not clear if these will replace Panasonic's DMP-BD50 player, which has only been...
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CEDIA: Snell's New Speakers
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
Snell introduced two new members of its Signature Series speakers, the in-cabinet "hidden" model IC-B7 (pictured here) and the in-wall "invisible" model IW-B7 (pictured next page). Both models are derived from the respected (and...
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Mitsubishi announces prices for its laser-based HDTV
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
Back in Spring, John Sciacca discussed Mitsubishi's new LaserVue HDTVs. Mitsubishi officially showed off its new screens a few months ago, but while it was happy to show off the TV's technical attributes, it was reticent to offer any specific...
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CEDIA: McIntosh's 3-Channel Power Amp
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
The MC303 is McIntosh's first-ever multi-channel amplifier with Autoformer coupled output stage technology. The MC303 is a 300-watt, three-channel power amplifier and Autoformer allows each channel to deliver maximum power into 2-, 4- or 8-ohm...
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CEDIA: McIntosh's SACD/CD Player
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
What? You thought SACD was dead? How wrong you would be. At least at the CEDIA Expo, SACD was making a strong comeback showing. Maybe higher-end installer types are presenting more demand than lowly big-box store customers. In any case, the high-end...
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