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Click Here For Email Removal Instructions http://www.avrev.com/home/subscribe/ss_remove.html 01/17/08 CES Trade Show Disappoints On All Fronts If you only watch CNN or read the local newspaper, you would assume that the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was the world's biggest, most fantastic, successful tradeshow ever. For years, CES was an AV enthusiast's dream. However, despite a home theater industry that continues to boom year after year, from the advent of VHS to today's flat HDTVs and Blu-ray players, the dotcom bust and the merger of the large computer tradeshow COMDEX into CES have left things less than perfect. 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Most early adopters saw no improvement from their "up-converting" DVD players, even after going digital with HDMI(tm). Why? Because all they were really seeing was enhanced 480p on a 1080i display. The early hype about 1080p made us think it was the next big thing. Is it? New HDTVs that are "full HD 1080p" are shipping now so let's take a look at the top 5 questions people have about going to 1080p. 5. How much better is 1080p than 720p? 4. Is this content available now? 3. Do I have to use an HDMI(tm) connection to get 1080p? 2. Do I need v1.3 HDMI(tm) in order to see the real 1080p or hear the Dolby True HD/DTS Master HD soundtrack? And the #1 question people have about upgrading to 1080p is... 1. What will I need to make 1080p work in my existing system? Click here to read the answers... http://www.purelinkav.com/top5.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Top AVRevForum Topics ¥ HD Disc Format War Not Over By A Long Shot http://www.avrevforum.com/showthread.php?t=1453 ¥ How good (or bad) was the Simpsons Movie? http://www.avrevforum.com/showthread.php?t=1459 ¥ Apple HD Movie Downloads? http://www.avrevforum.com/showthread.php?t=1454 ¥ LCD vs. DLP Projectors http://www.avrevforum.com/showthread.php?t=1450 ¥ Why are we forced to watch previews on DVDs? http://www.avrevforum.com/showthread.php?t=1445 Click Here To Join & Start Posting! http://www.avrevforum.com/register.php More AVRev.com News Headlines ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Toshiba Deploys New Marketing Initiatives Based On Strong Fourth Quarter Unit Sales - Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. today announced that it is stepping up its successful marketing campaign for HD DVD as it experienced record-breaking unit sales in the fourth quarter of 2007. Major initiatives, including joint advertising campaigns with studios and extended pricing strategies will begin in mid-January and are designed to spotlight the superior benefits of HD DVD. Click here... http://www.avrevforum.com/showthread.php?t=1447 Runco's VX-22i projector Features Cinewide with Autoscope - Runco is again expanding the brand's Video Xtreme(tm) line of 1080p DLP(tm) projectors with the introduction of its VX-22i featuring CineWide with Autoscope. The VX-22i joins the prestigious line of Runco 3-chip projectors, building upon the best-selling platform of Runco's VX-22d and featuring an integrated, advanced all-digital controller. Click here... http://www.avrevforum.com/showthread.php?t=1457 Burmester's New B25 Speaker - Ideal for Home Theater and Two-Channel Listening - The new B25 Loudspeaker is ideal for use in a Home Theater or just listening to music. The speaker is a three-way, full-range, floorstanding model capable of reproducing all octaves down to the deepest bass foundation without losing a sense of naturalness and tonal balance, even at low listening levels. Click here... http://www.avrevforum.com/showthread.php?t=1436 Sherwood Newcastle Adds Flagship Receiver, the R-972 - Sherwood America Inc. introduces the flagship receiver in their high-performance Newcastle line-up. Rated at 100 watts RMS per channel for each of its 7 powered channels, the Sherwood R-972 fully supports HDMI 1.3b standard, scales all video to 1080p via the Silicon Optix Reon processor, decodes lossless audio via dual TI 32- bit DSP chips. Click here... http://www.avrevforum.com/showthread.php?t=1458 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ultralink: The Most Significant Improvement to Home Cinema ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ultralink's Platinum Videophile Pro line has been designed from the ground up to deliver picture perfect, high bandwidth HDTV signals. As one of the industry's elite-few prime manufacturers, Ultralink starts with materials - like raw copper and pure Teflon. We use proprietary engineering, manufacturing techniques, and materials to actually make our own cables and connectors to exceed all standards. 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