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CEDIA 2016
Behind the Scenes With Barco's 4K Laser Projector
Al Griffin  |  Sep 16, 2016
Thor, as we all know, is the hammer-wielding god from Norse mythology. Thor is also the name of Barco’s Residential’s flagship 4K projector, a refrigerator-size 4K DLP model that sells for nearly $400,000. Why would anyone pay that much for a video projector? Maybe you want the image in your home theater to not only match, but exceed the quality of your local cinema, even those RPX and ETX ones they charge a premium ticket price for.
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CEDIA 2016
Dynaudio Tweets Anew for Contour Series
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 16, 2016
Dynaudio says the soft dome tweeter in its new Contour Series is the best one it's ever used.

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CEDIA 2016
Cambridge Aeromax Uses Flat BMR Driver
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 16, 2016
The BMR flat-panel driver has been featured in several Cambridge Audio speaker lines. Its latest iteration is the Aeromax series.

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CEDIA 2016
Bose Sats Get Even Smaller
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 16, 2016
Bose aggressively downsized satellite speakers long before it became fashionable. The new Lifestyle 650 system continues the campaign with the OmniJewel, Bose's smallest satellite yet.

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CEDIA 2016
Totem Gets Surround-Friendlier
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 16, 2016
Montreal's Totem Acoustic is a speaker brand we haven't celebrated as often as we'd like because for many years its lines didn't reflect a surround sensibility. But CEDIA 2016 turned up two new lines—one with a center speaker, the other with an LCR—that got our attention.

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GoControl’s New Smart Doorbell Camera Sees All
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Sep 16, 2016
GoControl’s new Smart Doorbell Camera joins the growing list of retrofit-engineered smart doorbells with built-in video cameras and wireless connectivity. This model from GoControl is Wi-Fi-enabled, includes a 720p HD video camera with a 180-degree wide-angle lens, and features two-way audio enabling homeowners to have a conversation with whomever (friend or foe) is at the door.
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CEDIA 2016
KEF Reveals $10,000 In-Wall LCR Speaker
Joe Palenchar  |  Sep 16, 2016
KEF America thinks it has the perfect audio solution for a high-end home theater built around LG’s new $19,999 77-inch Signature series OLED TV or Sony’s new $60,000 100-inch LCD TV with Backlight Master Drive HDR technology.
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CEDIA 2016
Datasat Drives Spectacular 9.4.4 DTS:X Demo
Al Griffin  |  Sep 16, 2016
A big advantage of attending a show like CEDIA is getting the chance to hear demos of new object-based surround sound formats carried out with ultra-fancy high-end gear. One such demo of DTS:X was conducted by Datasat, a maker of surround processors and amps for professional digital cinemas and high-end home theaters.
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CEDIA 2016
Denon Seeks Sound Bar-Like Simplicity In Heos AVR
Joe Palenchar  |  Sep 16, 2016
Denon came to CEDIA 2016 to unveil a slim-line Heos audio/video receiver that it thinks will appeal to consumers who are interested in sound bar-like convenience but who want better performance.
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CEDIA 2016
JVC Launches True 4K Flagship Projector with HDR
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2016
BLUEscent. That’s the moniker for JVC Kenwood’s newest LCOS projector, the DLA-RS4500. Larger than it looks in the photo above, and available with or without carrying handles (I’d recommend the handles!), it’s designed around three of JVC’s true 4K LCOS imaging chips.
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