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CES 2009: Day three - Hitachi Web Cam TV
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009
This year, a lot of TV manufacturers demonstrated how they are integrating the Internet into their sets. Whether the Web is used for checking the weather, news or sports scores, or streaming You Tube or Netflix videos, once your TV is Web-enabled...
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CES 2009: Day three - Alioscopy Glasses-free 3D TV
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009
One of the big video stories from CES 2009 was 3D. Whether it was LCD, Plasma, DLP, flat panel, front projection or rear projection it seemed like every booth had a crowd of people standing around wearing plastic glasses with polarized ...
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CES 2009: Day two - Samsung Wall-O TVs
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009
Like many of the questions that have haunted us from the dawn of man – why are we here? Why do hot dogs and hot dog buns come in different quantities? Why do super models always go for the grungiest rockers? – Samsung has managed to answer the age...
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CES 2010
Teardown
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jan 12, 2009

At the stroke of 4:00 PM on Sunday, a great cheer was heard throughout the show and the mad rush to tear down the booths began. Stay tuned for our wrap-up reports in a couple of days after we catch our collective breath and take a little time to digest all that we saw and heard.

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CES 2009: Day two - Panasonic Easy Touch Remote
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009
Despite the amazingly simple remotes churned out by the likes of Harmony and Universal Remote Control, remotes festooned with buttons continue to baffle, confuse and anger many users. Panasonic demonstrated a concept called the "Easy...
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CES 2009: Day two - Simcraft Gaming System
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009
If you’re still sitting on your couch to game, you’ve just officially become lame. Simcraft displayed their Apex SC830 racing simulator that is designed to “blur the line” between gaming and reality. (Or “blur the line” between being rich and...
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CES 2009: Day two - Sim2 World's Smallest 3-chip 1080p Projector
SV Staff  |  Jan 12, 2009
Typically, 3-chip DLP projectors come in HUGE chassis. The kinds of behemoths that dominate large tabletops or need to be cosseted away behind a piece of glass in a projection room. Sim2 demo'd their C3X 1080, the world's smallest 3-chip 1080p...
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LG 50PG60 Plasma HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 12, 2009
Price: $2,700 At A Glance: Exceptional color adjustments for excellent color • Outstanding resolution • Punchy image but disappointing black level • THX Cinema mode is inaccurate

Calibrator’s Delight

LG may be one of the world’s largest LCD makers, but the company is still very much in the plasma game, with an updated lineup of six plasma HDTVs.

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Home Theater Systems ReviewsSoundbar Reviews
Polk SurroundBar 360˚ DVD Theater
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 12, 2009
Price: $1,200 At A Glance: DVD-processor console contains all amplification • Single cable connection • Doesn’t accept HD video or lossless audio from Blu-ray

Do You Believe in Magic?

Bar-type speaker systems like the Polk SurroundBar 360˚ are a logical response to the flat-paneling of modern homes. The form factor of a single horizontal speaker makes sense to use below the bottom edge of a flat screen (or perched atop a rear projector). But surround, by its nature, likes to spread itself around the room. And it does so for the same reason that pictures like to be big—to engulf the senses and take the viewer/listener to another place. But how can a single bar speaker spread itself around when it’s confined to a single enclosure? That’s the question Matthew Polk set out to answer with this product.

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Paradigm's Vibration-Canceling Subwoofer
uavGary Altunian  |  Jan 12, 2009

As in-wall speakers have grown in popularity, manufacturers have introduced in-wall subwoofers to complete the package. They have also struggled to deal with the inevitable rattles and vibrations of a subwoofer mounted inside a wall. Paradigm has introduced the RVC-12SQ Architectural Subwoofer, which solves the vibration problem by using two drivers in-phase but firing in opposite directions, thus canceling vibrations. The drivers face each other and fire horizontally rather than from front to back, further reducing vibrations. The RVC-12SQ can be used as a standalone sub or with the optional enclosure shown in the photo. The new Paradigm sub will be available in the first quarter with price to be announced.

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