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Four Go In – Eight Come Out!
Fred Manteghian  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  0 comments

No, it's not Mad Max Times Four. This is the business end of the Meridian amplifier designed for use with their in wall speakers. There are four input channels, each with both single-ended and balanced connections. Each input feeds two of the amps eight output channels and results in 100 watts per tweeter and 100 watts per woofer for biwiring each of Meridian's new in-wall speakers. With eight channels, you can power all your surround channels in a 7.1 setup.

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Hitachi 1080p Plasmas and an 120 Hz LCD
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  0 comments
While there was no pricing or availability info, Hitachi’s 65-inch 1080p plasma sure was pretty. They also were showing a 42-inch 1920-by-1080 panel. While the necessity of that resolution in a panel that size is dubious at best, it was cool none the less. It uses ALiS, so it’s possible to call this a 1080i plasma.
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JVC 1080p for $7000 (or so)
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  0 comments
JVC was showing off a new 1080p projector. They claim a 10,000:1 contrast ratio without the use of an iris. They’re not sure on pricing yet, but they’re expecting sub-$7000 (as in $6,999.99 probably). Look for it around February.
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Ribbons for the Sweet Life
Maureen Jenson  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  0 comments
BG, a world leader in planar ribbon loudspeakers, has debuted their affordable custom RT Series in-wall/in-ceiling speakers.
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The Audience is Watching...
Maureen Jenson  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  0 comments
Runco Projection Systems, synonomous with elevating the home theater experience, has announced the world's first THX certified video projectors.
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Earthquake
Steven Stone  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  0 comments

Earthquake Sound's head designer demonstrates why you don't want to walk around holding their new floor-shaking driver. Made to mount under a wooden floor, this new pistonic vibrator can make things go bump in the night, day, or even the middle of the afternoon.

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DVDO Shipping Its Most Sophisticated Video Processor Yet
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  0 comments

Anchor Bay Technologies announced the availability of DVDO’s most ambitious video processor yet, the iScan VP50. In addition to offering the ability to scale 480i/p, 720p and 1080i to 1080p, the new model can properly deinterlace 1080i to 1080p using Anchor Bay’s new HD Precision Deinterlacing algorithm. It features several HDMI inputs and can also accept and process 1080p signals and uses 10-bit processing throughout.

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Atlantic
Steven Stone  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  0 comments

Atlantic Technology unveiled a new in-wall speaker that features an adjustable crossover that alters the speaker's lobbing effects to better control the speakers imaging and harmonic balance. Even when situated relatively high on the wall behind a Screen Research acoustically transparent screen the sound seemed to come from several feel below the speaker's actual physical position. Magic? No just solid engineering.

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NAD
Steven Stone  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  0 comments

NAD's new M5 CD/SACD player features AES/EBU PCM digital output, separate 2-channel and 5-channel analog outputs, bass management for SACD, Burr Brown 24 bit 192 kHz audio DACs, and pure class A discrete gain modules. With a suggested list price of $1,799.00 it complements the rest of the NAD Master series of components.

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Cool It
Steven Stone  |  Sep 16, 2006  |  0 comments

The best free gift at CEDIA came from CoolIT Systems who make cooling systems from high-end gaming and home theater PCs. Their Cool It chiller plugs into any USB port (either 1.0 or 2.0) to power its cooling element, which will keep a can of soda deliciously chilled for as long as your computer is on. Ideal for those all night illegal downloading sessions.

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