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CEDIA 2012
High-Performance Headphone Listening
Bob Ankosko  |  Sep 05, 2012
Cary Audio has made a distinguished contribution to the headphone craze sweeping across the consumer electronics industry with the HH-1 headphone amp. Introduced at CEDIA Expo, the amp is designed and built in the U.S. and teams a tube preamp stage with a solid-state MOSFET output stage, chosen for its tube-like sonic characteristics. Featuring Class A operation at all output levels and a 30-second muting circuit to prevent annoying turn-on pops, the amp sports a pair of RCA inputs with loop-through outputs and is designed to drive headphones with impedances between 30 and 600 ohms. Price: $1,595.

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High-Tech Demos Planned for CEDIA Expo 2023
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 31, 2023
Killer home theater demonstrations touting the latest AV technologies are the staple of any consumer or trade show and CEDIA Expo 2023 that opens in Denver a week from today is no exception. Watch these pages for our coverage.
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CES 2013
High-Tech TV: Samsung Announces First OLED & Ultra HD TVs
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 08, 2013
Samsung helped usher in a new era of television on the eve of CES 2013 with the announcement of two next-generation TVs: the super-sleek 85-inch S9 Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV, boasting four times the resolution of today’s 1080p sets, and the 55-inch F9500 OLED TV with a Multi-View feature that enables two people to watch different programs simultaneously from the same screen. Pricing and availability was not announced for either model.

The S9 (shown) boasts a striking design with a screen that appears to float within a frame. Highlights include “extremely high contrast ratio,” a proprietary upscaling engine that converts high-def images to UHD quality, and a 1.35 GHz quad-core processor that’s more than three times faster than last year’s processor for improved content/app multitasking. The set has enhanced voice and gesture control and uses a new version of Samsung’s Smart Hub interface with five content discovery panels that appear onscreen as thumbnail images.

At the heart of the F9500 OLED TV are self-emitting red, green and blue sub-pixels that eliminate the need for backlighting, which is said to ensure absolute blacks and pure whites with no motion blur. The Multi-View feature is enabled by special 3D glasses with built-in speakers that deliver a personalized audio experience. The set also uses a quad-core processor and the updated Smart Hub interface.

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Hisense Announces Availability of 2021 TV Lineup
Bob Ankosko  |  May 06, 2021
Hisense, one of several Chinese brands vying to gain a foothold in the U.S. market, has announced a release schedule for its 2021 TV lineup.
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Hisense Discounts U8K Mini-LED TVs Out of the Gate
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 01, 2023
Hisense today announced that the U8K series of mini-LED TVs it previewed earlier this year is now shipping. And for anyone who’s been waiting, there’s a surprise bonus: the Chinese company is sweetening the deal with substantial discounts right out of the gate.
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Hisense Enters Big-Screen Fray with 98” & 110” 4K TVs
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 09, 2024
Hisense, the Chinese brand best known in AV circles for its ultra-short-throw “laser TV” video-projection systems, is trumpeting a pair of ultra-big-screen televisions at CES 2024.
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CES 2014
Hisense High on VIDAA Series Smart TVs
Bob Ankosko  |  Jan 07, 2014
Hisense is not exactly a household brand but the Chinese-based company came out swinging at a pre-CES press conference touting aggressive plans to grow its business in the U.S. and become one of the world’s top three TV manufacturers. The company, which opened a U.S.-based subsidiary in Atlanta more than a decade ago, sells boatloads of TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners, and other products through Walmart, Best Buy, hhgregg, and Costco.com. In TV alone, it produces more than 10 million sets a year globally.

Hisense executives are counting on the new Android-powered H7 VIDAA series smart televisions to meet their goals.

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Hisense Now Shipping C1 Portable Laser Projector
Bob Ankosko  |  Oct 19, 2023
Hisense today announced that it is now shipping the C1 portable 4K laser projector it previewed in January at CES 2023.
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Hisense Previews Flagship 110” Mini-LED TV Ahead of CES 2024
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 16, 2023
Nothing like getting a jump on things. Hisense today offered a sneak peek at the flagship ULED X mini-LED TV it plans to formally unveil in January at CES 2024.
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Hisense U7K and U8K TVs Certified for Wireless Audio
Bob Ankosko  |  May 30, 2023
The Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) has announced that Hisense U7K and U8K series TVs have been certified to work with its SoundSend wireless audio transmitter, a $179 adapter/transmitter that converts the TV’s audio output into a high-quality wireless signal compatible with WiSA Certified speakers.
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