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CES Day 3: Hitachi and Optoma
 |  Jan 07, 2006

Most of Hitachi's current line was announced last spring and is already in the shops. But two new developments will find their way into new models this year. A new blinking backlight system, which will show up first in 37- and 32-inch models, is said to significantly clean up motion blur.

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CES Day 3: Epson
 |  Jan 07, 2006

Epson has a new 1920x1080 LCD chip, and was showing it off to the CES crowds in two new PTV models, a 55-inch and a 65-inch. Both looked stunning while showing fish paddling about (<I>Stereophile</I>'s John Atkinson once referred to fish videos as the video equivalent of audiophile music recordings). The sets should be out in&mdash;all together now&mdash;March.

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CES Day 3: Runco and Vidikron
 |  Jan 07, 2006

Runco put on its usual slam-bang home theater demonstration, using its VX-2i 3-chip DLP projector configured for the company's automated CineWide (with Autoscope) feature. Together with an anamorphic lens, the latter processes film-based material originating with an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 to have the same height as the more common 1.78:1 aspect ratio, but expanded out to fit a wider screen (rather than simply appearing as a letterbox inside a 1.78:1 frame). Each time I see this process demonstrated it looks better, and it looked terrific this time on a 115-inch wide, 1.3-gain Da-Lite screen. All but one of the demo pieces was from DVD, not high definition. The audio gear was all from Krell.

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CES Day 3: Mirage
 |  Jan 07, 2006

Mirage is gradually redesigning its entire line of loudspeakers to match the form factor they originated with the omnidirectional Omnisat models. The tweeter and midrange both fire upwards into diffusing surfaces. The OMD-28, which is expected to sell for $7500/pair, will be available in three finishes, including the high-gloss, burled maple shown here. It should arrive at a dealer near you in&mdash;you guessed it&mdash;March. A matching center channel, as well as smaller surrounds, will also be available.&mdash;<I>TJN</I>.

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Geoffrey Morrison Blog
CES +1: The Return
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jan 07, 2006
Rollybags, barkers, and booth babes.
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Audio Video News
Wireless CES Wandering
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 07, 2006
Sometimes, as you wander the aisles and hallways of CES, a pattern or theme appears among the various demonstrations you see. In some cases, this is by design (if you were a real journalist and carefully planned out your day ahead of time). More often than not, however, it's from sheer dumb luck or an unavoidable preponderance of manufacturers chasing a particular, small segment of the market.
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Other Tech
Marantz Brings Power-Line Networking to Audio
John Sciacca  |  Jan 06, 2006

Marantz ZR6001 A/V receiver and ZR4001 DAvED power-line audio networking client

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XM Announces Surround Sound via Satellite
John Sciacca  |  Jan 06, 2006

XM Satellite Radio tuner and 5.1-channel Neural Surround decoder

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Great Small Speakers from Definitive Technology and KEF
John Sciacca  |  Jan 06, 2006

Definitive Technology ProCinema 1000 surround speaker system

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Upgrades and Enhancements from JVC
Rich Warren  |  Jan 06, 2006

JVC RV-NB10 Kaboom box with wireless adapter and remote

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