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More Cirque du SpeakerCraft
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Sep 03, 2008
Oh, yeah, and the new SpeakerCraft Rox outdoor rock speakers look “more like rocks”.
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Cirque du SpeakerCraft
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Sep 03, 2008
Bringing back fond memories of the one misdirected year (1998) when CEDIA held its convention in New Orleans (just after another near-miss storm) and not many conventioneers (including me) made it to many of their appointments or meetings, SpeakerCraft enlisted the aid of some scantily clad acrobatic dancers to catch the attention of the press folks who didn’t go to the Toshiba press conference. (It worked.)
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Darryl Wilkinson  |  Sep 03, 2008
LG and Netflix announced the fruits of a previously inked partnership: the new LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player that’s the world’s first Blu-ray disc player to be able to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix (if you have a Netflix subscription).
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Audio Video News
CEDIA: Sony's Blu-ray Blitz
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008
I just got back from Sony's press conference at CEDIA 2008, and I got the impression that they're rather enthusiastic about this new "Blu-ray" format. Some might say that Sony was gloating about Blu-ray overcoming HD-DVD as the major...
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Audio Video News
CEDIA: Toshiba's torrent of televisions
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008
Toshiba's gone all-out with its HDTVs at CEDIA this year. The company unveiled not one, not two, but eleven new televisions across four different lines. On top of that, Toshiba showcased several new features it's integrating into its newer high-end...
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Sony BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray Player
Kris Deering  |  Sep 03, 2008
Blu-ray was a big part of Sony’s press conference and their new ES flagship player was definitely the highlight. The player features top notch build quality along with full support of all Blu-ray profiles.
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Sony's New Projector Lineup
Kris Deering  |  Sep 03, 2008
Sony debuted two new SXRD projectors at their press conference, the VPL-VW70 and the VPL-HS10. Both feature Sony’s 1080p SXRD panels.
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Darryl Wilkinson  |  Sep 03, 2008
I arrive in Denver, Colorado – the city still awash with Democratic campaign paraphernalia (much of it for sale in a tent outside the convention center) – to attend the umpteenth CEDIA convention in my long and storied career. I came with visions of large, flat-panel HDTVs hanging everywhere, including in my hotel room as befits such an esteemed member of the press as I. But, alas, all I found waiting for me in the Sheraton was this lowly Philips 27 (or thereabouts)-inch, definitely low-def, analog TV sporting a CRT that’s almost as curved as my stomach after a late-night drink-laden press dinner. The only consolation is that at least there are plenty of channels for me not to watch since I’ll only see this room for maybe six hours a night (well, “see” the room is a generous term).
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Audio Video News
Samsung and Sony Battle to be First
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008
In a classic battle between Korea and Japan, Sony and Samsung are fighting to be first. First to have a 200Hz LCD TV, that is. It's a also a matter of semantics. Samsung had the world's first prototype, but it's looking like Sony is going to be...
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Sony Exhibits Exhibitionist Tendencies
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 03, 2008
Sony shattered the quasi-content-free tradition of pre-CEDIA press events with an awesome exhibition of exhibitionist tendencies. The Bravia Internet Link will host the premiere of the blockbuster Sony Pictures film Hancock with Will Smith and Charlize Theron. The Blu-ray release of same will have Digital Copy. Wait, there's more. Sony attacks lazy liquid crystals with 240Hz Motionflow, which quadruples the refresh rate and interpolates three new frames. Blu-ray has gone from 18 to 32 manufacturers in a year, including Sony of course, which will bow the BDP-S5000ES (pictured) in November for $2000. It has an HD Reality Processor that selectively enhances sharpness in areas of the picture that need it -- not unlike what Toshiba is doing. With rigid frame & beam construction and isolated circuits, this will be the Blu player to beat. Oh, and when the floor opens tomorrow, Sony will be showing a prototype of a 400-disc BD mega-changer to make its debut in 2009. Two new ES receivers will have Faroudja video processing. SACD not dead, judging from intro of XA5400ES player. Huff, puff. If other manufacturers have this much news, I'll be dead by the end of the show.
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