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Look Closely Into the Driver… You’re Getting Very Sleepy…
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  5 comments

Due to popular demand in some quarters, here is a picture of your intrepid author and one of your guides through this maze of consumer electronics we call the CEDIA Expo. That space age looking device is not being used to assimilate you. It’s the coincident midrange/tweeter array from Thiel’s CS3.7 loudspeaker. And it looks cool.

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Niveus Media To Ship HD DVD Compatible Media Servers
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 15, 2006  |  0 comments

Silicon Valley based Niveus Media made compelling announcements of its new media servers, which are based on Microsoft’s Windows XP Media Center platform and also use Intel’s Viiv technology. While digital photos and music are on tap, as with many media servers, what will separate Niveus’ machines is the ability to handle HD DVD and other high-definition content.

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Spock, what is… this thing?
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 15, 2006  |  0 comments

Berkeley, CA based importer/distributor extraordinaire, Sumiko has done the unthinkable, bringing Pro-Ject’s RM-10 <I>turntable</I> to CEDIA 2006.

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Toshiba’s Ultimate Choice
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 15, 2006  |  0 comments

Toshiba is flying the <I>UAV</I> colors at CEDIA 2006, letting everyone who sees its HD DVD booth know that the two high-def players have received our good housekeeping stamp of approval.

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Meridian’s In-Walls Sound Like Out Walls- Er, Floorstanders
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 15, 2006  |  0 comments

Meridian’s Bob Stuart presided over a demonstration of Meridian’s model 350 in-walls speakers. The speakers can be configured as more traditional passive speakers connected to traditional power amps at speaker level, and they can also be configured as full digital active speakers using all digital connections and onboard amps.

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Richard Gray’s Power Company- Don’t Fight The Power
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 15, 2006  |  0 comments

RGPC’s irrepressible Dick McCarthy was at CEDIA with new products, as always. Pictured above are McCarthy and RGPC’s Alex Gianaris with the company’s latest power delivery components.

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1080p DLP Comes In Threes With Digital Projection
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 15, 2006  |  0 comments

Digital Projection unveiled a broad line of DLP projectors at both 720p and 1080p resolutions, and in single- and three-chip configurations. Many of its projectors are available with the VIP 2000 outboard processor utilizing Silicon Optix’ vaunted Realta chip set with HQV (Hollywood Quality Video).

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SIM2 Bows Broad Line Of 1080p DLP Projectors, Including Three-Chip Flagship
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 15, 2006  |  0 comments

SIM2 announced late Friday that it is previewing the Grand Cinema HT5000 three-chip 1080p DLP projector, and will soon have a broad line of 1080p DLPs starting at just $10K.

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Mac Is Back!
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 15, 2006  |  0 comments

Not that McIntosh ever really went anywhere, but it was still pretty cool to see the retro glass front panels and cool blue and green fluorescents lighting up an entire 7.1-channel home theater system.

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Sony's Pearl
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 14, 2006  |  3 comments

OK- Sony's Pearl is probably the worst kept secret the industry’s seen in years. And yes, I tried to remain a jaded, even cynical reporter during its introduction here at CEDIA 2006- especially since just this morning, several hours before Sony’s press event, a well-informed reader sent me some of the projector’s key specs and even the price!

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