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Loudspeakers
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Wednesday, 08 August 2007 |
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 Usher Audio has introduced a bookshelf loudspeaker to their Dancer series.
It's a small two way design utilizing their top of the line Beryllium tweeter and a 7" mid-woofer handles the low end. Available in piano black or silver, both with attractive birch side panels. A suggested price has not yet been set, although they have said they will sell for about $2500.00 a pair. Usher Audio, located in Taiwan, makes a range of loudspeakers, from reasonably priced up to high end audiophile. They produce nearly all the parts that go into their loudspeakers, and combined with having their production in a Taiwan-based facility, they generally sell for a fraction of what their western-produced equivalents cost. |
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Misc
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
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 Stereophile has discovered what HD DVD users already know: that Dolby TrueHD provides fantastic, lifelike sound.
To be sure, adoption of one or both HD disc formats by the mass market is going to decide whether consumer electronics manufacturers and studios ever make TrueHD audio discs a reality, and even then, people are going to take more convincing that they need high definition audio. |
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Displays
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
 Panasonic today stated that their 1080p range of plasma televisions is rated at 100,000 hours until half brightness.
This is compared to 60,000 for their 720p models. Good news for plasma lovers, and if true, dispels the urban legend that plasmas are only good for 3-4 years. Improved life in plasma technology and decreasing price in LCD are going to put a lot of HDTV's in homes this holiday season. |
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Format War
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
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 Warner Brothers released the movie 300 on DVD, Blu Ray and HD DVD on July 31.
Today Warner announced that the Blu Ray and HD DVD versions have sold more than 250,000 combined units since the July 31 release date. This represents by far the best first week sales for any HD release. They aren't releasing details on the percentage of sales the respective formats accounted for at this time, so neither side can use the good news as a flag to wave around for their format. |
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Format War
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Monday, 06 August 2007 |
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 What Toshiba has done right
1. The software was ready out of the gate
2. Good discs seem to extract every last bit of performance for the storage limitation. Example:The Prestige looks as good on an HD30 as it does a BD50.
3. Making Dolby TrueHD mandatory in hardware
4. Very consistent in releasing new firmware, addressing both fixes and new features
5. The second gen hardware is solid
6. Lack of region coding, so those titles that are Blu Ray-only in North America, but are available on HD DVD in Europe or Asia, will play just fine on your player.
7. Spearheaded hardware sales by selling at a loss early to get players out there
What Sony has done right |
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HD DVD
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Written by Michael Lankton
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Monday, 06 August 2007 |
As anticipated last week after Amazon posted and then pulled product descriptions for three new models of Toshiba HD DVD players, today it was made official .
The HD-A3 at $299.99 replaces the entry level HD-A2, and is still limited to 1080i output, with no mention of 24Hz support. The mid level HD-A30 replaces the HD-A20 at $399.99, and now supports 1080p24. Also on the way is the HD-A35 at $499.99, which also outputs 1080p24, and throws in support for Deep Color and has 5.1 analog output. It remains to be seen whether the HD-35 is the replacement for the flagship HD-XA2, or whether it's merely a HD-30 with multi-channel analog audio output.
The HD-A3 and HD-A35 are due in September, with the HD-A30 arriving last in October. Expect to see Toshiba introduce the new models at CEDIA next month. |
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