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CEDIA 2009
Runco Does LED
Tom Norton  |  Sep 11, 2009
Runco has announced the QuantumColor Q-750i single-chip DLP projector, its first model (and one of the industry's firsts) to utilize LEDs for its light source rather than a conventional projection lamp. Runco calls this technology InfiniLight, a name likely derived from the fact that the LEDs, which also replace the conventional DLP color wheel, can be modulated by the source to drop in level, or even shut off completely, in dark or fully black scenes or interscene blackouts.
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CEDIA 2010
Runco With Danish
Tom Norton  |  Sep 26, 2010
With a flourish that says Scandinavia, Runco has introduced Copenhagen Design, a new Danish-flavored style to be incorporated into a number of its new products. But as always, the important story for us was the tech, not the look, and Runco has obviously been busy in the lab this year.
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Salamander Chameleon
Tom Norton  |  Sep 27, 2010
Furniture isn't exactly a high priority around here, unless its comfy chairs in the home theater room. But we all need something to put our gear on when the concrete blocks and boards will no longer do. This Salamander wall-suspended rack caught my eye. It's lit from the bottom with LEDs,
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Samsung 1080p PJ
Tom Norton  |  Sep 06, 2007  |  Published: Sep 07, 2007

Samsung's new SP-A800 1080p projector, (under $10,000, available Q4 2007), was being demonstrated by video expert Joe Kane, who was heavily involved with Samsung in its development. It exhibited technically flawless color, crisp but natural detail across the entire screen, outstanding optics (I didn't sit close enough to judge for color fringing, but Joe said that superior optics to eliminate this aberration were a key element in the design), and excellent brightness on a 10-foot screen (a new Stewart Studiotek 130) screen using that company's new, fine-trained screen finish optimized for 1080p projection. It also has an iris with Light, Middle, Deep, and Auto settings (no word on how or how well the Auto iris function works, and Joe used the Middle and Light settings for the demo).

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CES 2009
Samsung Adds Blu
Tom Norton  |  Jan 06, 2008  |  Published: Jan 07, 2008

The crowds were overflowing at the Samsung press event. We couldn't even get in. But according to Samsung's press kit the company will be releasing a new dedicated Blu-ray player, the BDP-1500, in June. Reportedly, it can output both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in bitstream form. (Ditto for DTS-HD High Resolution as well—though we are unaware of any Blu-ray discs that use this audio format.)

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CES 2012
Samsung Does Compute
Tom Norton  |  Jan 11, 2012
And I just bought a Macbook Air!
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CES 2012
Samsung Does Vacuum Tubes
Tom Norton  |  Jan 11, 2012
When have you last seen a Home Theater in a Box that uses vacuum tubes in its AV receiver section? Samsung has one in its 6730W home theater system&$151;flat panel available separately! It sounded warmer and more pleasant than it had any right to in an open space, though of course tubes alone are no panacea. No price available as yet, but it's the first HTiB I've found at least interesting. The tubes are in the receiver's input stages; the output is solid state. Samsung is also offering some one-piece, two-channel iPod (and Android) docs with vacuum tube inputs.
CES 2012
Samsung Explains
Tom Norton  |  Jan 11, 2012
Here is Samsung’s story about its use of vacuum tubes in an HTIB.
CES 2010
Samsung Goes 3D
Tom Norton  |  Jan 07, 2010
If I tried to list all the new Samsung HDTVs launched at the show I'd go blind, so with deference to those who say I already am, and in the interests of my being still able to review a few of them later this year, I'll hit the highlights. With a full, new lineup of HDTVs (LED sidelit LCDs, conventional CCFL—fluorescent—backlit LCDs, and plasmas), new BD players with faster claimed booting and loading times, and three complete BD audio systems, Samsung is ready for the 2010 retail wars.
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CES 2009
Samsung Goes Organic
Tom Norton  |  Jan 08, 2008

Sony wasn’t the only manufacturer to show OLED displays at the show, but it was the only one actually selling them. Samsung had several 11-inch prototypes at their stand, plus a 30-incher. The 30” model is full 1080p, the 11” 1366x768 (Sony’s 11” design is standard def).

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