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Editor's Eye
CEDIA 2021: The Incredible Shrinking Expo
Al Griffin  |  Aug 30, 2021
The highly-anticipated 2021 “reunion” edition of CEDIA Expo has been hit hard by worries over the rapid-rise of the Covid-19 Delta variant.
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CEDIA 2012
CEDIA Expo 2012: Huge, Flat, and 4K
Al Griffin  |  Sep 08, 2012

Both Sony and LG had 84-inch edge-lit LCD TVs on display at CEDIA. What distinguishes these sets from other oversized TVs from companies like Sharp, etc. is that they have a resolution of 4K (actually, 3,840 x 2,160, or “Quad Full” HD).

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Audio Video News
CEDIA Expo 2020 Canceled
Al Griffin  |  May 28, 2020
Emerald (formerly Emerald Expositions) announced today that CEDIA Expo 2020, scheduled to take place September 8-12 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO, has been canceled. The event, which draws custom A/V and smart home technology integrators from the U.S. and beyond and also serves as a key launch platform for new products, follows a series of 2020 show cancellations, including High End Munich, AXPONA, and Rocky Mountain Audio Fest.
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CES 2011: LG TVs Get Smart
Al Griffin  |  Jan 05, 2011

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CES 2011: Smart Stuff from Samsung
Al Griffin  |  Jan 06, 2011

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CES 2012
CES 2012 Press Day: Dish Network
Al Griffin  |  Jan 10, 2012

Dish Network would like you to know that most everything about the company is now new: new CEO, new DVR, even a new mascot (see video). To be sure, watching a CES press conference that kicked off with an executive cuddling a live baby kangaroo qualified for me as new.

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CES 2012
CES 2012 Press Day: Sharp
Al Griffin  |  Jan 10, 2012

Sharp kicked off the company’s 100th year with a slew of impressive CES product announcements. What you need to know is that the company is now all about really big screens — 60 inch or larger LED models to be exact.

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CES 2012
CES 2012 Press Day: Sony
Al Griffin  |  Jan 10, 2012

Sony’s sprawling CES press event was about. . . OK, it was about a lot of things. I took notes! According to the company’s overview release, it is “giving consumers more access to more content whenever and however they want it.”

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CES 2012
CES 2012: The TV Report
Al Griffin  |  Jan 19, 2012

There was no shortage of cool stuff being pitched by TV makers at this year’s CES. While 55-inch OLED sets around 4 millimeters thick nabbed the spotlight (rightly so, since they weren’t prototypes but actual products scheduled to come out in 2012), we were also surprised by the number of 4K models — some of which were also real products on target for a 2012 release.

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CES 2013
CES 2013, Day One: LG Press Event
Al Griffin  |  Jan 07, 2013

For me, LG’s CES press conference was an anti-climax: The company had already announced its 2013 TV and Blu-ray/audio offerings in a conference call a few weeks prior to the event. The upside was I didn’t have to take many notes —something that’s not always easy to do at 8 a.m. when you’re jet-lagged. Here are the highlights.

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