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LG's new sexy LCDs
Kris Deering  |  Sep 04, 2008
LG was sporting a new line of LCD flat panel displays and have ditched the boring looks so commonly associated with the line. The new panels feature custom colors, hidden speaker systems designed by Levinson and a new “expert” mode that allows you to calibrate them in more than every before.
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Speakercraft goes into the wild!
Kris Deering  |  Sep 04, 2008
And the award for best booth hands down goes to Speakercraft. I think I spotted a few speakers here and there but what they lacked in product they certainly made up for in show. With ornate decorations and scantily clad pixies everywhere they were hard to ignore.
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More Sony STR-DA6400ES Info
Fred Manteghian  |  Sep 04, 2008

Okay, maybe I was a little harsh before (or below, remember, time runs backward in blogs). Here's the perfectly readable placard for the Sony STR-DA6400ES

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Sony STR-DA6400ES AVR
Fred Manteghian  |  Sep 04, 2008

As promised, front and rear views of the new Sony AVR, sporting Internet connectivity, that second room of high definition audio and video and, oh, page down and read it why dontcha?

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Audio Video News
TiVo Hits One Out of the Park
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008
Shortly after announcing a new DirecTV combination unit, TiVo is making bigger news, all by themselves. A new standalone DVR has been released, with tons of exciting features. The TiVo HD XL, if you couldn't guess by the name, has extra-large...
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Feed Me Baby!
Fred Manteghian  |  Sep 04, 2008

Speakercraft’s pod city, going green, with a vengeance.

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Audio Video News
DirecTV and TiVo: Together Forever
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008
DirecTV and TiVo are together again, with a new unit coming soon. It was a sad day when DirecTV and TiVo broke up a few years ago. They were the first receivers with a built-in DVR, and worked together seamlessly. But, when DirecTV started using...
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Audio Video News
CEDIA: Panny Up-Sizes its PZ850 Plasma Line
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008
You gotta wonder how TV makers decide what sizes their screens should be. Why does one manufacturer go for a 60-incher (cough, cough . . . Pioneer) while another goes for 58? Maybe someday, we'll try to find out for you. Till then . . . After...
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Wolf Cinema DCX Projectors
Scott Wilkinson  |  Sep 04, 2008

A new projector company appeared at CEDIA this year. Wolf Cinema is dedicated to the custom-installation market with a variety of models based on 3-chip DLP technology. Using xenon lamps, these projectors ain't cheap, starting at $60,000 and going up to $117,000 (custom faceplate $2000 extra). For all that money, you get a complete system, including anamorphic lens, thermal-management system, 14-bit processor, and your choice of primary lens.

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JVC Next-Gen D-ILA Projectors
Scott Wilkinson  |  Sep 04, 2008

New at CEDIA are two projectors from JVC that build on the success of its D-ILA (LCoS) technology. As in previous generations, both projectors are available through JVC's consumer and professional distribution channels. The DLA-HD350 (consumer) and DLA-RS10 (pro) use three 0.7" 1920x1080 D-ILA imagers and offer improved all-glass lenses with motorized zoom, focus, and lens cover as well as an HQV Reon-VX video processor from Silicon Optix. The native contrast ratio is 17,000:1 (no dynamic iris), and the list price is slated to be under $6000.

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