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Up to now Bose has been primarily an audio company. But the speaker-industry colossus is moving into new territory with the VideoWave, its first video display with integrated audio system.

HT senior editor Tom Norton and Stereophile contributing editor Kal Rubinson offer their impressions of the 2010 CEDIA Expo, including interesting products they saw and heard, their favorite audio and video demos, industry trends, and more.

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The electronic components that accompany Wisdom Audio's speakers aren't new, but they sure look cool. This rack includes an SC-1 system controller, which provides electronic crossovers and Audyssey MultEQ room correction, and several SA power amps with one, two, or three channels of amplification at 500Wpc into 4Ω. Combined with Wisdom's in-wall main speakers and standalone subs in the company's demo room, the system sounded fantastic—in fact, it was one of the best audio demos I heard at the show.

If you watch Bravo, you may recently have seen a 45-second ad from Bluefly that featured an onscreen barcode. If you held your cellphone up to the code, it would have linked you to a five-minute infomercial featuring celebrity interview videos plus a $30 discount on clothing and accessories purchases of $150 or more.