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New Product: Olevia 742i 42-inch 1080p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 05, 2007  |  0 comments

HDTV FEAST If you give your TV a workout every time you turn it on - throwing everything from HD shows to discs to games at it - has Olevia got the TV for you. The 742i 42-inch LCD panel is equipped with a slew of high-def inputs, including a pair of HDMI ports, as well as two (count 'em!) HDTV tuners. The Olevia showcases it all in 1080p, the Rolls-Royce of HD formats.

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New Product: Totem Acoustic Tribe II Speakers
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 05, 2007  |  0 comments

SIZE MATTERS If you went straight to the extra-large aisle when you were at the plasma-TV store, your next stop should be wherever they sell the Totem Tribe II. Made specifically to match flat-panel sets with 50- to 55-inch screens, the Tribe II is 29 inches long and less than 4 inches deep. Your wall's about to become the place to be.

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New Product: Onkyo HT-S990THX THX-Certified Home-Theater-in-a-Box System
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 05, 2007  |  0 comments

NEVER COMPROMISE Going with an HTiB system generally means settling for convenience over performance, but Onkyo's HT-S990THX bites off a chunk of both. Not only is the included receiver rated to deliver an impressive 110 watts to each channel, but the speakers have big enough woofers (5-inchers) to actually do something with that power.

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New Product: Marantz SR8001 THX Select2 Receiver
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 05, 2007  |  0 comments

CLASS SYSTEM With budget receivers packing state-of-the-art features such as 7.1-channel sound and HDMI switching, any manufacturer that has the stones to charge two grand for one had better include some really shiny bells and whistles.

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New Product: Canon REALiS SX60 Front Projector
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 05, 2007  |  0 comments

MULTITASKER Although described as a "multimedia" projector, Canon's REALiS SX60 has a Home Cinema mode for when you want images to pop. Its rated 2,000:1 contrast ratio means nice, deep blacks, and the 1,400 x 1,050-pixel resolution is more than enough for 720p HDTV.

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New Products for January 2007
 |  Jan 06, 2007  |  0 comments

•Mitsubishi WD-57732 57-inch 1080p Rear-Projection DLP HDTV •Philips Pronto TSU9600 Remote Control •SpeakerCraft MODE DJ Music Server and Keypad •PSB Stratus G-Series

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New Product: Mimoco Star Wars Flash Drives
Jamie Sorcher  |  Feb 05, 2007  |  0 comments

May the flash be with you! For daily data transport, Star Wars fanatics can now stay on target with USB flash drives that are both practical and whimsical. Mimoco's Star Wars mimobots include a storm trooper as well as Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 & all designed to the exacting standards of Lucas Licensing.

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New Product: Phase Technology Arté On-Wall Speaker
Peter Pachal  |  Feb 05, 2007  |  0 comments

CLEAR CENTER Nothing that special about supermodel-thin speakers (3.5 inches) made to match flat TVs . . . unless they're designed to give you three channels of sound from just two speakers.

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New Product: Denon AVR-2307CI A/V Receiver
Peter Pachal  |  Feb 05, 2007  |  0 comments

TRICKS FOR THE TRADE Denon threw that conspicuous "CI" into this receiver's product number to let you know it has some special tricks for custom installers. Trick 1: Source renaming, so your front panel doesn't just have to say "DVD" - call your player "Philips 721" or even "Ralph" if you want.

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New Product: XBOX 360 HD DVD Player
Drew Thompson  |  Feb 06, 2007  |  0 comments

Microsoft makes it easy to morph your Xbox 360 into a high-def movie machine, thanks to its HD DVD add-on. Just plug it into your console, and you're ready to go. And at $200, it's less than half the price of the cheapest standalone HD DVD player.

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New Product: RBH FM-45 Tower Speaker
Peter Pachal  |  Feb 06, 2007  |  0 comments

CHEST-THUMPING SOUND You'd better be damn comfortable in your manliness before you hand your credit card over to buy a pair of FM-45s. The tower speakers from RBH stand almost 4 feet tall, and each has a pair of 8-inch woofers for intimidatingly deep bass. You may need to get the optional silver grilles ($70) just to make them look a bit more dainty.

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New Product: Velodyne SC-IW In-Wall Subwoofer
Peter Pachal  |  Feb 06, 2007  |  0 comments

FLAT CAT Other subwoofers may laugh at the SC-IW's unconventional design, but installers will love it, since the slim sub (3.4 inches thick) is made to fit perfectly inside a 2 x 4-foot studded wall. The driver module (that's the small part) can fire up or down, with a scoop aiming the bass into the room.

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New Product: Gefen Home Theater Scaler
Peter Pachal  |  Feb 06, 2007  |  0 comments

SCALE IT UP After laying down some serious coin for a 1080p HDTV, you're going to want to make sure you feed that puppy nothing but the good stuff. That means con-verting all your video signals to that grandest of HD formats, which just happens to be the solitary mission of Gefen's Home Theater Scaler.

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New Product: McIntosh VP1000 Video Processor and AP1000 Audio Control Center
Peter Pachal  |  Feb 06, 2007  |  0 comments

GET YOUR TWEAK ON A first-ever for the high-end company, McIntosh's VP1000 video processor (top) has the goods to deliver two separate 1080p signals via HDMI. Control freaks will delight at the multitude of adjustments: Each input can store different picture settings for both output zones.

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New Products for February/March 2007
 |  Feb 06, 2007  |  0 comments

•Cambridge SoundWorks Radios •XBOX 360 HD DVD Player •Mimoco Star Wars Flash Drives •Pioneer Elite PRO-940HD 42-inch Plasma HDTV •

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