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In Planar Sight
Tom Norton  |  Sep 15, 2006  |  0 comments

Planar Who? This company is new on the market, but has big plans. In addition to some potentially revolutionary flat panel displays, it introduced a full line of DLP projectors. This includes two 1080p designs, the PD8110 shown here ($8999, Feb 07) and the PD8150 (which adds a dynamic iris at a price to be determined, with spring 07 availability.
There are also two, less expensive 720p models.

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CEDIA 2010
In Sharp Focus
Tom Norton  |  Sep 23, 2010  |  0 comments
When Sharp introduced its new four-color Quattron sets at last winter's CES, they were met with a collective, "Fine, but where's the 3D." Sharp's Quarttron launch may have been buried in an avalanche of 3D news at that time, but the company knew that it had 3D designs waiting in the wings.
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Infinity Launches Flagship
Tom Norton  |  Sep 05, 2008  |  0 comments
Infinity has a new speaker to top the Cascade range, the Cascade 40 ($6000 each)
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Infinity Primus
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  1 comments

Infinity has redesigned its Primus series for 2006, with prices maxing out at $349 each for the P262 floorstander

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Integra Around back
Tom Norton  |  Sep 07, 2007  |  0 comments

Looking back on the Integra DTC-9.8 pre-pro.

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Integra Features
Tom Norton  |  Sep 07, 2007  |  0 comments

The display card outlines the features of the Integra DTC-9.8. The unit has two HDMI <I>outputs</I>, but they both cannot be used at the same time because there is only a single video processing chip.

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Integra Goes ISF
Tom Norton  |  Sep 08, 2008  |  0 comments
Integra has upgraded its DTC-9.8 pre-pro to the DHC-9.9 ($2000). The latter now includes Imaging Science Foundation's Certified Calibration Controls (ISFccc), which here provide separate high and low adjustments for red, green, and blue--for each input. The DHC-9.9 also adds THX Loudness Plus, Audyssey Dynamic Eq, and Audyssey Dynamic Volume. In case you were wondering, however, the DTC-9.8 cannot be upgraded to DHC-9.9 specs. All of these features will also be included in Integra's top two receivers, the DTR-8.9 and the DTR-9.9.
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Integra Inside
Tom Norton  |  Sep 07, 2007  |  0 comments

Here's the inside scoop on the Integra DTC-9.8 pre-pro.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Invincible (Blu-ray)
Tom Norton  |  Apr 09, 2007  |  0 comments

Another sports flick about a new coach, a team down on its luck, and a player struggling to succeed. But the variations on that theme are seemingly endless. In the Hollywood vernacular, this one was "inspired by the true story" of a 30-year old substitute teacher/bartender who never played college football but won a shot at a spot on the Philadelphia Eagles roster thanks to an open tryout held by the NFL team's new coach. The tryout was little more than a publicity stunt, but for the player, die-hard Eagles fan Vince Papale, it was a chance to prove himself.

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iPod iRIS
Tom Norton  |  Sep 09, 2007  |  1 comments

I was impressed, and surprised, by the quality of the image that Meridian's iRIS produced on a modestly sized, flat panel screen. More than a simple iPOD dock, this $400 jewel upconverts the low rez image on a video iPod to 1080p, cleans it up in various ways, and outputs it to your HDTV. No, it's not high def, or even DVD-quality, but it was way better than VHS and more than watchable. Two other nearby screens also showed different program material (animation and TV-based) but they weren't as impressive as this one. If the color balance looks a bit whacked in the photo, it wasn't the demo, but rather my hurried attempts at color correction. The untouched, available light photo was badly skewed by the lighting in the convention center.

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