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Denon And Marantz Tops in AVR and Projector Categories
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 13, 2007 • 1 comments

As the proud parent of Denon and Marantz D&M Holdings came away from CES with a pair of UAV awards. Denon's AVR-5805 was the best AV receiver we saw and heard, while the Marantz VP-11S1 remains the top 1080p projector we've seen in 2006 or any other year.
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The Look And Sound Of Perfect
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 13, 2007 • 0 comments

Although there was stiff competition Toshiba's HD-A1 walked away with UAV's Disc Player of the Year honors, and garnered serious consideration for overall Product of the Year.
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Sunfire's Amazing In-Wall SubRosa And Ribbon Speakers
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 13, 2007 • 1 comments

For the most part there are two kinds of people in this consumer electronic world: those that want a flat panel TV and those that already have one. We've seen a growing number of loudspeakers designed to live in this flat panel society, Sunfire's got the first narrow profile on-wall or in-wall powered subwofer I've seen, the SubRosa.
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Harman Kardon's '07 AVRs
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 12, 2007 • 0 comments

Harman Kardon's latest AVRs will be crammed with an exciting mix of performance enhancing and convenience features.
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A Closer Look At Toshiba's Step-Up HD-XA2 HD DVD Player
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 12, 2007 • 3 comments

We've gone over the impressive list of specs for Toshiba's HD-XA2, but got our best and closest look at it at Toshiba's booth during show hours.
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Pioneer Is #1
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 12, 2007 • 0 comments

Pioneer nearly swept UAV's version of the Oscars this year taking home the trophies for the top flat panel display of the year, and winning our overall Product of the Year with the Elite PRO-FHD1 1080p plasma.
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The Silicon Optix GEO Metro
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 11, 2007 • 1 comments

OK, I'm funnin.' It's just the GEO, not the GEO Metro. I like crap car references (excluding any Geo Metro owners who might be reading this, of course!).
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HD DVD Version Of Digital Video Essentials Held Up Again
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 11, 2007 • 2 comments

I ran into industry icon Joe Kane at Warner's Total HD glitz and glam event, and among tha many things I learned in the conversation was that the HD DVD version of Digital Video Essentials is on hold again.
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Blue Outlook On LG Multi Blue
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 11, 2007 • 0 comments

It's been confirmed that LG's Multi Blue player won't include a full implementation of HD DVD's HDi interactivity layer. More than one source stated that because of this the player won't receive full endorsement from the HD DVD Group and won't bear an HD DVD logo. It was also related to me that this is not an issue with the Broadcom integrated circuit solution, but rather a conscious choice by LG that HDi is not a critical feature.
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The Holy Grail Of Spouse Approval? Amimon's Wireless HDMI
CES 2008
Shane Buettner • Jan 10, 2007 • 6 comments

While next-gen disc formats have made big poop at this year's CES, the wireless HDMI demo I witnessed this morning from Amimon is by far the most significant new technology I've seen here in Vegas.
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