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Amazing Headphones for Theater Surround
Randy Tomlinson  |  Jan 09, 2007

Surround from standard stereo headphones? You bet, and virtually indistinguishable from your speakers. Smyth Research has been conducting stunning demos at shows for a few years now and finally the technology has been licensed by Yamaha. This system tracks head movement so the virtual soundstage remains stationary even when you move your head, and the personalization feature allows you to measure your speakers using microphones placed in your ears then perfectly duplicate them with the headphones. I can’t begin to tell you how convincing all this is. I’m just glad that it’s now commercially available. The little silver boxes you see are the Yamaha implementation.

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Side View Of Polk's In-Floor Sub
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 09, 2007

Here's a cut-away of the Polk in-floor sub. Start tearing up the hard wood!

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Stealth Sub From Polk Will Blow Your Skirt Up... Literally!
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 09, 2007

Polk Audio blew my mind (and my pant legs) with a stealth audio system of five in-ceiling speakers and two in-floor subs. The system had impact and articulation, and I kid you not, if you stand over the slot that load's the subs' sound into the room you'll feel a cool breeze!

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Sherwood Unveils AVR with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 09, 2007

Sherwood Newcastle was showing a static display of its next-gen R-972 AVR, which will feature HDMI 1.3 and offer full decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio lossless.

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Nothing To Photograph Here, Move Along Please.
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 09, 2007

I couldn't help myself with this one. As mentioned previously, Samsung amazed us by parking these "No Photos" signs all over its booth at CES. For all appearances, someone didn't want us taking pictures and talking up Samsung's new gear. Why show the stuff then?

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Olevia LCDs Up The Refresh Rate For Smooth Motion
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 09, 2007

Although no products were officially announced, Olevia demonstrated prototype LCDs with a 120Hz refresh rate that produced noticeably smoother motion compared to the 60Hz model next to it.

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Upconverting HDMI iPod Dock From Meridian
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 09, 2007

Meridian has noticed something that many companies haven't- the current iPod is a video playback device. Meridian's MV-D1 dock not only allows your AV system to control the iPod and hear the music, it features component and HDMI outputs with built-in scaling up to 1080p!

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Fox and MGM Blu-ray '07 Releases
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 09, 2007

Fox and MGM joined the Blu-ray studios in ramping up its support for the HD format in a major way. It announced that its major release titles will be day and date with DVD from now on, including movies currently in theaters like <I>Night at the Museum</I> and <I>Eragon</I> when they're released to home video later this year.

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Disney's '07 Blu-ray Lineup
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 09, 2007

2007 is shaping up to be an insane year in next-gen HD on a disc. There's been so many significant announcements to follow, I didn't even have time to post on Disney's impressive Blu-ray lineup for the first half of 2007. There are some very impressive catalog titles coming in, and here they are.

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New Thermaltake HTPC Cases
John Higgins  |  Jan 09, 2007
Thermaltake showed a new HTPC case – the Mozart iP – to go with their already released Mozart Sx. The new addition incorporates a front door that opens to reveal an iPod dock (hence the iP name). The iPod nav wheel is still accessible through a hole in the chassis and there are adapters depending on which iPod model you own. It should be available Q2 with pricing TBA.
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