All articles by Chris Boylan

At CEDIA Expo in Denver last week, Epson showed off their new Powerlite Pro Cinema 1080 UB 3-chip 1080p LCD projector, one of the first to feature their new D7 3LCD chip set.

Meridian has entered the lifestyle entertainment system market with the F80, a $3000 one-box audio system that breaks new ground in audio performance.

Onkyo’s high-end brand Integra chose the CEDIA Expo in Denver as the venue to announce (and display) their upcoming HD-DVD player as well as matching receivers that feature next generation surround sound formats from Dolby and DTS.

While Toshiba and Sony (and their respective allies) battle out the next generation high definition DVD format war, LG provides humanitarian aid to the confused audio/videophile in the form of their second generation dual format player.

Sony’s new HDNA ad campaign maintains that High Definition is inherent in Sony’s DNA. Well this CEDIA Expo can be taken as evidence of that with new high definition capable Blu-ray Disc players, receivers, projectors and a whole home entertainment server.

As the next generation DVD war heats up, Denon and Sharp join the front lines with their first Blu-ray Disc players, including an advanced model from Denon with no-holds-barred video and audio performance.

In Denver at the CEDIA Expo, Panasonic showed off two new home theater projectors (720p and 1080p) as well as two new more afforable 1080p plasma flat panel HDTVs.

In a campy Star Trek-themed press conference, Toshiba announced that buyers of the upcoming Star Trek Season One HD DVD boxed set and a Toshiba HD DVD player will receive a limited edition Star Trek phaser-shaped remote control that operates Toshiba HD DVD players.