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Home theater and Automation Guide
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Home theater and Automation Guide
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CES 2007 - First Report
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- New Motorola cable set top boxes debut at the 2007 CES - The new boxes,
comprising Motorola's new DCH series, will enable such functionality as home
networking compatibility. Consumers will have the ability to share content residing
on the box's DVR via the network. Now you'll not have to co-locate a cable box with
every TV in order to have DVR capability. In addition, since a single DVR can serve
the needs of the entire home, you'll not have to worry about mirroring schedules or
having your desired programming on one box when you're watching another.
Motorola calls this "Follow Me TV" and it also supports consumer produced content,
such as digital photos. Individual cable providers will have the final say in how many
of the myriad of features are enabled. There are 6 boxes in the series. Two of
these, the DCH 3416 and DCH6416 include a 160 GB hard drive for content
storage. All the boxes have support for the separable security / CableCARD
mandated by the FCC.
- As at the CEDIA Expo a few months ago in Denver, Lifeware was well represented
at the CES. They showed the beta of their new Vista capable home integration
application to great effect. This promises to give consumers a powerful home
automation and entertainment solution while allowing integrators to keep costs
down. Lifeware reps indicated they will have the capability to run Lifeware over
Windows Vista embedded for a new level of functionality, security, and reliability.
- The new Pioneer plasma was promised to be spectacular in the Pioneer press
release and they didn't disappoint. The new plasma was a 60" that was shown next
to the current PD-6070. It was no contest. Helen Keller could have discerned the
difference. Pioneer has a winner here if they can deliver sets with this level of
performance at anything near the current price points. It was the best image I saw
at the show, and the best flat panel TV I've seen since the Toshiba SED at last
year's CES. The SED was nowhere to found this year.
The new Pioneer had deep blacks that rivaled the piano black bezel that
surrounded the set. The detail was stunning, and the Brazilian model that was used
as subject mater for much of the 4-1/2 minute demo was rendered with fantastic
clarity. You could make out the individual hairs on her face, and every pore of her
skin, as if she was sitting in your lap (that's a thought for a different web site). Color
rendition looked superb, even the basket of various shades of red apples was
displayed with great tonal definition.
The only issue I could make out was a possible bit of false contouring on a scene
with a lighted column. It's possible that on the column there was a very slight false
contouring problem, but it could have been in the content, or the lighted portion
could have, in fact looked that way. On a scene with a photographer, a model, and
a plethora of different shades of greys and blacks, the new unit gave about the
best performance of any flat panel at this, or any other trade show, no matter the
location.
Sony's new 70" BRAVIA
LCD, the KDL-70XBR3 will
see the light of day in
March for those of you
with $33,000 to spare. It
looked great, and better
than its 82" big brother.
How many will buy it, when
you can get a very fine
looking set, only 5" smaller
diagonally, for less than a
third of the price? That
remains to be seen. Sony
also showed a 27" OLED,
1080p prototype.
LCD, the KDL-70XBR3 will
see the light of day in
March for those of you
with $33,000 to spare. It
looked great, and better
than its 82" big brother.
How many will buy it, when
you can get a very fine
looking set, only 5" smaller
diagonally, for less than a
third of the price? That
remains to be seen. Sony
also showed a 27" OLED,
1080p prototype.
LG's on again / off again
combo player is now back
on again. Here it is, the
BH-100 BluRay / HD-DVD
combo player. It uses a
single drive that supports
both single and double
layer discs in HD-DVD and
Blu-Ray Disc.
combo player is now back
on again. Here it is, the
BH-100 BluRay / HD-DVD
combo player. It uses a
single drive that supports
both single and double
layer discs in HD-DVD and
Blu-Ray Disc.
Here is Samsung's 82"
LCD. That's their entry
into the "World's largest
LCD TV" contest. It looked
pretty good, especially
considering its size. It
used an LED backlight.
Samsung.
LCD. That's their entry
into the "World's largest
LCD TV" contest. It looked
pretty good, especially
considering its size. It
used an LED backlight.
Samsung.
The new Dell XPS M1710
multi media laptop. You
could run your home
theater from this thing. It
includes a Panasonic
BluRay Disc drive, Cyber
Link PowerDVD 6.6, and
NVIDIA Go 7950GTX video.
multi media laptop. You
could run your home
theater from this thing. It
includes a Panasonic
BluRay Disc drive, Cyber
Link PowerDVD 6.6, and
NVIDIA Go 7950GTX video.
Sony showed this
lifestyle oriented PC, the
VAIO TP1, at the CES
this year. As you can
see, it sported a unique
form factor. Added to the
round shape are dual
TV tuners, HDMI with
HDCP, and a wireless
keyboard and mouse. It'll
be on store shelves in
March for $1,600.
lifestyle oriented PC, the
VAIO TP1, at the CES
this year. As you can
see, it sported a unique
form factor. Added to the
round shape are dual
TV tuners, HDMI with
HDCP, and a wireless
keyboard and mouse. It'll
be on store shelves in
March for $1,600.
Also featuring NVIDIA
video, but the 7300
version, this new A1 from
LG electronics is billed as
the first laptop with
integrated WiMAX and
HSPDA.
video, but the 7300
version, this new A1 from
LG electronics is billed as
the first laptop with
integrated WiMAX and
HSPDA.
If you're of the "Build it myself" mindset, you could start with one of these 4 HTPC cases from
Silverstone. The ML02 (center) works for both micro and mini ATX form factor motherboards.
The TD01 (top right) comes in either the black shown here, or trendy new silver. It's designed
for fanless cooling, with liquid cooling channels built into the case. The body and frame is all
aluminium. If you're building an HTPC, these definitely deserve a good look.
Silverstone. The ML02 (center) works for both micro and mini ATX form factor motherboards.
The TD01 (top right) comes in either the black shown here, or trendy new silver. It's designed
for fanless cooling, with liquid cooling channels built into the case. The body and frame is all
aluminium. If you're building an HTPC, these definitely deserve a good look.
Runco debuted its new
65in, 1080p plasma. In part
due to Runco's scaling /
deinterlacing technology, it
looked fantastic.
65in, 1080p plasma. In part
due to Runco's scaling /
deinterlacing technology, it
looked fantastic.
A step down in size gets
you this new 60in plasams
from Vidikkron. It can be
had with either internal or
external Imagix scaling. It
was demoed with a 480i
DVD signal to show the
capabilities of the internal
scaler. It was very
impressive. Given that, for
the next few years at least,
there will still be plenty of
SD programming, that is
something to think about.
you this new 60in plasams
from Vidikkron. It can be
had with either internal or
external Imagix scaling. It
was demoed with a 480i
DVD signal to show the
capabilities of the internal
scaler. It was very
impressive. Given that, for
the next few years at least,
there will still be plenty of
SD programming, that is
something to think about.
Vidikron also had this new
46in LCD TV on display.
The picture quality and
scaling was fantastic, with
impressive color rendition
and detail, but motion
seemed to be a little less
smooth than some of the
new 120Hz panels.
46in LCD TV on display.
The picture quality and
scaling was fantastic, with
impressive color rendition
and detail, but motion
seemed to be a little less
smooth than some of the
new 120Hz panels.
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