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Toshiba's New LCD Line
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Sep 14, 2006
Toshiba also debuted their Cinema Series Pro line of LCDs, in 42 and 47-inch varieties. They’re both 1080p, have 12-bit processing, and an 8ms response time. It sports a RJ-45 connector to connect the TV to a PC to view pictures and apparently get your email. The 42LZ196 will be $3,399 and the 47LZ196 will be $4,599. Both are available this month.
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Big Screen on a Little Remote
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Sep 14, 2006
After giving out sales percentages that show Harmony remotes have almost taken over the world, Logitech showed off their newest Harmony remote control, the Harmony 1000. The design is a departure from that of the current models, which are the traditional long and skinny shape. The Harmony 1000 is rectangular, less than 1/2 inch thick, and has a 3.5-inch color touch screen that's very bright - the Logitech folks said they're using a screen originally designed for car GPS navigation systems - and extremely sensative to the touch. They've redesigned the screen layouts, too, making using the new remote even easier than any of their other models - which I wasn't sure was possible. It'll be available for $499 in October. Infrared extenders are $149.
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The Compact, Affordable Thiel SCS4
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 14, 2006

It’s a big deal whenever one of audio’s legendary speaker designer/manufacturers puts out a new speaker. More significant still is when a company like Thiel drops a speaker on us that will cost something less than $1K/ea.

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Exceptionally Innovative Home
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Sep 14, 2006
In a 2,000 square foot house filled with HP gear and PCs that was built specifically on the parking lot outside the convention center, Exceptional Innovation demonstrated the company's Life|ware 1.0.2 home control software that's designed to create a fully integrated electronic home based around Media Center PCs. The new Life|ware software builds on Media Center features and, based on direct connection with Life|link Devices-enabled devices, can control things like motorized shades, motorized mounts for plasma or front projection TVs, lighting, and even your oven. You can even schedule things by astronomical time.
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1080p DLP Front Projection From Sharp
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 14, 2006

On Wednesday I got my first look at Sharp’s XV-Z20000, a 1080p single-chip DLP front projector, albeit in a static demo. The new unit is finished in a sleek, glossy black and peaking around the back revealed two HDMI inputs in addition a DVI/HDCP input,

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Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray Player Update
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 14, 2006

One piece of semi-disturbing news was confirmed to me yesterday. Although Sony’s PlayStation3 will carry both Ethernet and wireless means of connecting to the Internet, Sony’s standalone BD-PS1 Blu-ray player will not even have an Ethernet connection,

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ES- Elevated Sony
Shane Buettner  |  Sep 14, 2006

The Pearl SXRD projector was not Sony’s only significant product introduction yesterday. Also shown to reporters and reviewers for the first time was the STR-DA5200ES AV receiver. This product shows that when Sony is big on something it shows up in all its products. That something here is 1080p.

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Sony Receivers Have DCDi, PSP Icons
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 14, 2006
The STR-DA5200ES is one of two new models in Sony's higher-end ES receiver line. The 7 x 120 watt receiver has auto setup that that runs in just 30 seconds. With top-notch Faroudja DCDi video processing, it upconverts video sources to 1080p, offers scalable picture-in-picture for source monitoring, and offers on-the-fly color correction. The icon-based menu system hails from PSP. Available in October for $1500.
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Thiel Unveils Mark-Friendly Speaker
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 14, 2006
In a world where manufacturers all too often behave with a depraved indifference toward the muscles of the lower abdomen, Thiel has introduced a speaker that poses no hazard to the delicate. True, Jim Thiel dodged the all-important weight question, but judging from the way he picked it up and casually hefted it, the SCS4 should be just my kind of speaker. It has the same coaxial driver array as the SCS3, uses a challenging (Jim said) first-order crossover, and will ship before year-end for less than $1000. I will try this at home. The Thiel exhibit is using it as the center and surround speakers in a demo system with the floorstanding CS3.7--unveiled nine months ago at CES and previously unheard--serving as front left/right.
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So It Begins
Steven Stone  |  Sep 14, 2006
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