Yamaha displayed their new RX-V2500 (top) and RX-V1500 as
well as some new DVD players like the DVD-S2500 shown here. The new
receivers have manually configurable parametric equalizers, a GUI based
interface, and some other added GUIs. As with many of the DVD players
this year, HDMI has been added to the DVD-S2500 (finger pointing to HDMI
jack). Some components have Firewire connectors to carry SACD digital
bitstreams (DVD-A digital bitstreams go through the HDMI connections), but
DVI jacks are gone. |
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Dolby showed off the Acura TL which
comes equipped with a DVD-Audio system. This was by far the best
stock audio system I have ever heard in a car. |
Energy demonstrated their Lifestyle speakers. It seems that everyone
is moving to flat panel displays and speakers to go with them. |
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Mirage had their new line of subwoofers, S-8 through S-12 (bottom) and an in-ceiling version of their
omni-polar design. |
Tannoy showed some impressive looking active speakers with computer
controllable parameters such as crossover and EQ. |
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With everyone getting a little tired, it was
a good time to check out the many displays of home
theater furniture. |
M&K upgrades many of their subs by reducing the cabinet dimensions and
increasing the power two-fold. |
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Auralex had their rigid fiber panels on display. Absorbing
twice as much sound as foam counterparts of the same thickness, these look sharp.
Price is $99
per 2'x4' panel. |
Gary Altunian from Yamaha shows us their Digital Sound Projector, an array of
speakers able to deliver full 5.1 from a single box . . . VERY convincingly. |
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M&K's five-speakers-in-one-box impressed us with its
ability to sound much bigger than it appears. |
Sony's 34 inch Wega XBR TV is shown here, one of only three direct view CRT TVs we found at
the show. |
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Viewsonic leverages their experience with flat panel PC
monitors to deliver quality flat panel TVs. |
Silicon Optix demonstrated their video processing using an 18 ft wide screen
and a projector from Digital Projection.
The Silicon Otpix Party attracted many luminaries. |
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Sharp announced a new lower cost HD2+ 720p DLP projector,
the XV-Z2000 ($4500 MSRP), with many of the features of their flagship
Z12000. The XV-Z2000 will ship in November, 2004. |
Crystal Vision was one of the only companies offering CRT-based
projectors. |
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Mitsubishi is getting serious about the Home Theater
market with their HC-2000U ($9,999 MSRP), a 720p HD2+ based DLP projector. |
Exact Power introduced a new 20 amp version of their
AC line conditioners, the EP-20A. |
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Shown here is a cutout of the Aerial 20T,
which is their flagship
speaker. Pricing starts just above $20K/Pair. |
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