While advanced home theater systems get more complex with more options, more sources, more wires, and more speakers, ZVox Audio introduces a wonderfully simple one-box surround sound system, the model 325.
At CEDIA Expo in Denver, Polk Audio demonstrated a new in-ceiling/in-floor speaker/subwoofer system that can provide a dynamic discrete surround sound system in locations where wall-mounted speakers are not an option.
High-end audio vendor Meridian teams up with video mavens from Faroudja to release a state-of-the-art 1080p front projector, based on JVC’s D-ILA platform. Included in the $26,000 price? An advanced video processor and eight hours of custom testing and calibration by William Phelps.
For music and movie lovers who want the ultimate in audio performance, without visible speaker cabinets, Meridian introduces a new series of high-end in-wall and in-ceiling loudspeakers.
Digital Projection, Inc., a DLP projector company best known for their work on the Academy Awards, the Emmy Awards and other big productions demonstrated five of their consumer DLP projectors at CEDIA, from affordable single-chip 720 models to a state-of-the-art 3-chip 1080P projector using the latest TI DLP chips.
Long known as an elite provider of stylish high-end audio components, McIntosh is now going after the high-end home theater market with the introduction of a new 1080p DLP projector as well as multi-channel audio and video processors.
Although the VP-11S1 projector from Marantz isn’t brand new (it began shipping in July), the CEDIA Expo in Denver provided my first opportunity to see it in action, and it was very impressive.
While Sony and Toshiba go head-to-head in the next generation Blu-ray/HD-DVD format war, Denon concentrates instead on making the thousands of titles already available on DVD approach high definition quality.
Denon’s latest crop of home theater receivers includes features that will please die-hard audiophiles as well as videophiles. Perhaps the most interesting is a mid-tier model that supports analog video upconversion to 1080p resolution via HDMI, and Audyssey auto-calibration for just $799.
As the inevitable launch of their first Blu-ray Disc player finally draws near, Sony introduces two new HDMI-switching 1080p-compatible receivers designed to take full advantage of the audio and video capabilities of the new format.
