Tom Norton

AMX can do small <I>and</I> large. Here, they're latest cybernetic remotes entertain visitors. To input commands, push their noses.

I spent much of my first full day at CEDIA Expo scoping out the new 1080p video projectors. I still have more to see, but it's already evident that this is the big story of the show, unless you're into various forms of home automation, which is <I>always</I> a big CEDIA story.

The second big surprise after the Planar was the HD-900 LCoS projector from Cinetron. It's a full 1920x1080, features processing from Silicon Optix's HQV Realta chip, and quiet operation. It looked superb on a Stewart Firehawk screen. While it comes equipped with an auto iris, that feature was not used in the demo. At $6000, it's one of a number of projectors that could shake up the front projector market.

BenQ joins the 1080p crowd with this new projector that looks strangely similar to the company's 720p 8720. I haven't seen it in action yet; it was spotted here lurking about in the TI booth.