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Bravia Notes
Tom Norton  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 07, 2007  |  0 comments

Details on the Bravia SXRD

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Ferrari – the Radio
Fred Manteghian  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 07, 2007  |  1 comments

What can I say - it plays CDs, has an AM/FM radio, 80 watts of power in a 2.1 system, uses Meridian DSP processing and, best of all, it has a clock. The sample cuts we heard were more lush than any "radio" you've ever heard. The Meridian F80 is available in Ferrari red, black, white, silver and yellow.

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Runco Sold to Planar Systems
Fred Manteghian  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 07, 2007  |  0 comments

Planar knows a lot about video displays – how to get them into hospitals, tanks and now, home theaters. The deals was inked 101 days ago. Planar's more global positioning will help expand Runco heretofor minimal international presence.

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It's Like Your Barbeque Pit and Kitchen Range Had a Baby!
Fred Manteghian  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 07, 2007  |  0 comments

Richard Schneider, founder of Terrestrial Digital, is right about one thing: there's plenty of free over-the-air high definition signals out there for anyone willing to try. And the signal quality is generally better than anything off a small satellite or cable. Terrestrial Digital's new line of ClearStream antennas are small and practically invisible compared to the 14' Yagi monster I've got on my roof.

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Catch 22
Fred Manteghian  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 07, 2007  |  1 comments

Terrestrial Digital is making an HDTV tuner / antenna similar in design to the LaCrosse Micron antennae, except of course it has a built in high definition tuner. How good is the tuner? Who knows, who cares, because the unit only outputs composite video or s-video with two channels of analog audio.

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Audio Video News
It's All about the Music
SV Staff  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  0 comments
I was at the CEDIA show this week wearing a path between the restroom and the press conference room of the Colorado Convention Center when I heard what sounded like a live guitar performance wafting out of Room 304. When I walked into the room and...
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Other Tech
Anatomy of an HDTV Test Report
Al Griffin  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  0 comments

Newcomers to Sound & Vision's HDTV test reports are likely to come across some tech talk that might seem confusing or arcane at first. The truth is, video technology has become much more complex since TV started to go digital and high-def nearly a decade ago, and a side effect of all that increased picture resolution and clarity has been mounds of strange new jargon.

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Other Tech
The HD Deluge is Here!
Kevin James  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  0 comments

Thanks to more efficient manufacturing, cutthroat retail competition, and predatory market-share grabs by a few manufacturers, HDTVs are now readily affordable. But the one thing that hasn't changed is the refrain heard from many people when they get their new sets home: "Hey, where's all the high-definition programming?"

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
Outside of the Box
Krissy Rushing  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  2 comments

<I>Room challenges make for an innovative design in this dream home theater, which sounds as good as it looks. </I>

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Sim2 Slides Into New 1080p Projector
Fred Manteghian  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  0 comments

Sim2 has a new projector, the C3X1080 – a three chip DLP with an anamorphic lens sled system available as an option. With 10,000:1 contrast at 2,000 lumens, the projector can handle a big screen and it did – we were treated to, what else, <i>Pirates II</i> or whatever it's called, on a 10 foot wide 2.35:1 ratio Stewart Firehawk screen. The picture was definitely bright enough in the dark room, especially considering they only use a 250 watt UHP bulb (lower power setting of 200 watts is also available).

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