Scott Wilkinson

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Runco WindowWall Video Display
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 12, 2010

So-called "tiled" video displays&#151;huge screens made up of multiple smaller screens&#151;have been employed commercially for some time, but up to now, they've been relatively impractical for home use. <A href="http://www.runco.com">Runco</A> hopes to change that with its new WindowWall, which is designed for decidedly upscale homes.

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Steinway Lyngdorf LS Sound System
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 09, 2010

As a musician, I'm well acquainted with Steinway pianos, but until recently, I was unaware that the company had entered the home-audio business with a subsidiary called <A href="http://www.steinwaylyngdorf.com">Steinway Lyngdorf</A> in collaboration with Peter Lyngdorf of <A href="http://www.lyngdorf.com">Lyngdorf Audio</A>. Among its super-expensive speaker offerings is the LS line, a modular in-wall system based on the concept of a line source, in which a vertical stack of drivers delivers smooth horizontal dispersion and sound levels that fall off more gradually with distance than point-source speakers. As a result, the difference in volume between the front and back rows is less than it otherwise would be.

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Cineversum Force One DLP Projector
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 08, 2010

If you want a really big picture, you need a front projector. But the brightness of any projected image decreases as the screen size increases, and after a certain point, the picture is too dim to be fully satisfying, even in a dark room. Many home-theater projectors can't deliver adequate amounts of light to screens measuring more than, say, 10 feet wide or so, but not the new Force One from <A href="http://www.cineversum.com">Cineversum</A>, which the company claims can light up screens as large as 49 feet wide.

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Panasonic Kuro, Wireless HDMI, Dynamic Contrast
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 07, 2010
Technology Migration
I was in Best Buy this morning, and one of the salespeople mentioned that Panasonic has purchased the Kuro technology from Pioneer. Is there any truth to this, and if so, is Panasonic going to use the technology in the 2010 plasmas?
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Home Theater Geeks Podcast
Podcast 15: David Vaughn
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 06, 2010  |  Published: Apr 07, 2010
UAV and HT movie and product reviewer David Vaughn talks about what he looks and listens for in movies, which movies let him turn off his inner critic, the value of bonus features and BD-Live, online delivery vs. physical discs, the Lord of the Rings screenshot brouhaha, TiVo Premier, and more.

Run Time: 1:19:36

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Audio Video News
New Blu-ray Formats Introduced
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 06, 2010

No matter how much data storage is available in any medium, people always want more. Take Blu-ray, for example&#151;one might think that 25 or 50GB would be plenty for just about any storage requirement, but some applications need even more. To address this insatiable demand, the Blu-ray Disc Association this week announced a new high-capacity recordable format called BDXL as well as a new hybrid format called IH-BD.

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Chord CPA8000 Preamp
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 05, 2010

Great Britain has long been home to many excellent high-end audio companies, including <A href="http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk">Chord Electronics</A>. One of its newest offerings is the uncompromising CPA8000, Chord's ultimate 2-channel preamp.

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Magico Ultimate II Speaker
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 02, 2010

When I ran across the Ultimate II speaker from <A href="http://www.magico.net">Magico</A>, I knew I had to profile it here&#151;hey, the name says it all! This 5-way, horn-loaded monster stands 7.5 feet tall and weighs 800 pounds, and from all reports I've read, it sounds just as impressive as it looks.

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Crystal Cable Arabesque Speaker
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 01, 2010

What is it with glass speaker enclosures? I've profiled several such speakers here, but I remain puzzled by this choice of cabinet material. Is glass really that much better than MDF, wood, carbon fiber, or other materials? <A href="http://www.crystalcable.com">Crystal Cable</A> seems to think so&#151;this Dutch high-end cable company recently got into the speaker business with the striking Arabesque.

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Quantum Sound
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 01, 2010

One of the hallmarks of twentieth-century physics is the development of quantum mechanics, which describes the properties of matter and energy at very small scales. At its heart, this highly abstruse and esoteric branch of physics is actually quite simple: all matter and energy ultimately consists of discrete units or "packets" called quanta.

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