Tom Norton

Optoma Stitches it Together
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Optoma took two of their pro projectors and electronically stitched together this widescreen image. The seam is barely visible here, but a bit more visible in the flesh. Engineers playing games. The image was much sharper than this available light image suggests.

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Epson 1080p
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Epson had this prototype of a new 1080p LCD projector on static display, but not on demonstration. The PowerLite Pro Cinema 1080p uses the company's newest D6 C2 Fine LCD panels. No price or availability date was announced.

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Artison Processor/Amp
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Artison chief Cary Christie describes the processor and amp designed to drive one or two if his new in-wall subs (background and in entry below). Each in-wall sub will cost $1000 and the amp/processor another $1000.

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Artison Hides a Sub
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Artison's new subwoofer, RCC 600, hides in a wall, with four unique drivers that oppose each other with rigidly attached baskets. This allows the reactance forces generated to cancel one another. According to Artison, one RCC 600 provides a bass/sound quality surpassing that of a typical 12-inch subwoofer.

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Infinity Primus
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Infinity has redesigned its Primus series for 2006, with prices maxing out at $349 each for the P262 floorstander

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PMC
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

PMC Pro and Bryston demonstrated this small bedroom system.

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Classy Classe
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Classe will market the SSP-900 surround pre-pro next year for around $25,000. Start skipping lunch.

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T+A+Ikea
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Quartet Marketing Group is importing the complete line of T+A products from Germany, including speakers, home theater electronics, and 2-channel products. The rep I spoke to also said they could have sold 2000 of these Ikea
floor lamps, too.

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JVC Gets Down
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

JVC demonstrated a new 1080p/D-ILA video projector that is expected to sell for around $7000 when it becomes available next year. it looked outstanding, even outperforming the Sony VPL-VW100 ("Ruby") set up side-by-side with it. I saw no significant shortcomings, at least under show conditions. It even had the best contrast I've yet seen on a JVC projector, by far.

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McIntosh Projects
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

McIntosh announced its first video projector MDLP1 single-chip, 1080p DLP. Expected to sell in the mid $20,000's the new Mcintosh VP1000 video processor is recommended for use with it.

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