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SKYWORTH Introduces Canvas Elite Art TV Line, Including a 100‑Inch “Art TV”
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 26, 2025

Skyworth has announced the Canvas Elite Art TV line, led by what the company calls the world’s largest Art TV at 100 inches, alongside an 86‑inch model. The series will debut at CEDIA Expo 2025 in Denver and targets custom‑integration use cases where large‑format display, low‑reflection viewing, and framed‑art presentation are priorities.

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Christie Launches Eclipse G3 Six‑DLP ‘True‑HDR’ Projector for CEDIA Debut
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 26, 2025

Six‑DLP RGB pure‑laser projector claims “true HDR” with up to 20,000,000:1 sequential contrast; debuting at CEDIA Expo (Sept. 3–6, Denver) in SR7 as part of a home‑theater system valued at over $1 million.

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Why I’m Sitting Out CEDIA This Year
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 26, 2025
Short version: bandwidth, budget, and better coverage from home.

For the last dozen years, CEDIA has been a fixed point on my calendar;a reset button for the custom‑install world and a reality check for what’s actually shipping versus what’s still a render. This year, I’m skipping it.

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xMEMS to Demo AI‑Glasses Prototypes with MEMS Speaker and In‑Frame Cooling at xMEMS Live Asia
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 26, 2025
xMEMS Labswill show working AI‑glasses prototypes combining its Sycamore MEMS loudspeaker and μCooling “fan‑on‑a‑chip” at the company’s xMEMS Live Asia seminar series, September 16 (Taipei) and September 18 (Shenzhen), the company said.
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Velodyne, Playback Distribution Partner for U.S.; SPL-X Subs to Debut at CEDIA
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 15, 2025

Velodyne Acoustics has appointed Playback Distribution as its U.S. distributor. The partnership will debut at CEDIA 2025.

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Audio Advice Live 2025
Focal Diva Mezza Utopia Speaker System Demoed at Audio Advice Live
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 11, 2025

One of the show’s headline demos was Focal’s Diva Mezza Utopia, the larger, more powerful sibling to Diva Utopia. Launched July 2025 at $69,000/pair, it is sold exclusively through the Focal Powered by Naim dealer network (Audio Advice included). Focal positions Mezza as “the new hi-fi”: an ultra-connected, all-in-one, high-end system designed to deliver a full-range experience without the usual rack of separates.

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Audio Advice Live 2025
Lyngdorf Audio TDAI-2210: North American Debut at Audio Advice Live
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 11, 2025
Lyngdorf Audio introduced the TDAI-2210 integrated streaming amplifier at Audio Advice Live 2025 in Raleigh, NC, the next generation in the company’s True Digital Amplifier line. Rated at 2 × 210W into 4 ohms, the TDAI-2210 keeps the signal in the digital domain and incorporates RoomPerfect room correction.
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Audio Advice Live 2025
madVR Labs Previews Dynamic Subtitle Overlay at Audio Advice Live 2025
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 09, 2025
New firmware moves subtitles into the image, moderates their brightness, and adapts color to the scene—aimed at preserving immersion on scope screens without the resizing used by conventional subtitle fixes.
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Audio Advice Live 2025
Marantz’s Grand Horizon Aims to Marry Hi‑Fi Sound with Living‑Room Design
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 09, 2025
At Audio Advice Live 2025, Masimo Consumer’s Phil Jones described Marantz’s new Grand Horizon as “musical art”—a single‑chassis, luxury wireless speaker built to deliver hi‑fi scale without the usual stack of black boxes. The target owner is clear: someone who wants serious sound and a statement object that can live in plain sight.
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Audio Advice Debuts Revelation Luxury Home Theater Chair
Mark Henninger  |  Aug 08, 2025

At Audio Advice Live 2025, North Carolina–based retailer Audio Advice showed the latest addition to its house-brand seating line: the Revelation Luxury theater chair. It follows earlier “Revolution” and “Revelation” models and adds heating, massage, and other usability tweaks aimed at feature-hungry buyers at a mid-tier price. According to Audio Advice, the Revelation Luxury is designed to deliver the feature set found in higher-priced home-theater recliners at a lower cost.

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