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1. Popular Science Awards "Best of What's New" to Home Entertainment Advances
Genoa, Akimbo, Texas Instruments, Kaleidescape, Sonos, InFocus, Microsoft and Sony all won "Best of What's New" in home entertainment awards from Popular Science.
Genoa took the grand prize in the category for its ColorPeak technology, which increases the color of plasma, LCD or projection TVs to more than one trillion colors versus the typical 16.77 million.
Akimbo won for its Internet TV, Kaleidescape for its incredible movie jukebox, and Sonos for its digital Wi-Fi music distribution system.
InFocus was recognized for its 61-inch DLP TV (just a bit over 6 inches deep). And speaking of Texas Instruments, TI was awarded for its wobulation technology which increases the resolution of its DLP chips (actually, it was a development collaboration between HP and TI). This technology will eventually make its way into DLP projectors and significantly improve perceived image resolution. We saw this in action at HP a year ago and were thoroughly impressed.
Microsoft won for its Windows Media Video 9 HD, which delivers HD-quality MPEG-2 video in one third the current file size, and Sony for its digital infrared audio transmission allowing wireless rear channels, and black screen technology, a coating for screens allowing better images from front projection even in high ambient light.
There are few technology awards that surpass "Best of What's New" from Popular Science. Congratulations to the winners!
2. Mitsubishi Introduces High Contrast DLP Home Projector
Mitsubishi has a new DLP projector specified at 4000:1 contrast ratio, 1500 ANSI lumens of brightness, and priced under $3,000. The Mitsubishi Home Cinema HC900U projector incorporates the company's CineRich Color, a white enhancement control technology, CineView video processing, and CineFocus aperture control for automatically increasing black and contract levels.
3. CES Hands out Innovations 2005 Awards
CES announced its Innovations Awards which, of course, included a number of home theater and automation products. The winners will be showcased at the 2005 International CES January 6-9 in Las Vegas.
The International CES Innovations Design and Engineering award program is judged by an independent panel of journalists, designers and engineers. The Best of Innovations designation is awarded to products that earned the highest honors from the panel.
In the home theater arena, the Best of Innovations honorees for 2005 are:
Accessories / Universal Electronics / NevoSL
Audio / Sonos, Inc. / Sonos Digital Music System
Audio Components / Krell Industries Inc. / Trio
Digital Displays / TCL - Thomson Electronics / RCA Scenium Profiles Rear Projection HDTV
High Performance Audio / THIEL Audio / THIEL ViewPoint
Home Data Networking / Niveus Media, Inc. / Niveus A/V Storage Server
Home Theater / Sony Electronics Inc. / HD Digital Video Recorder
Integrated Home Systems / Control4 Corporation / Control4 Composer Software
Online/Internet / Akimbo Systems / Akimbo Player and Akimbo Service
Portable Audio / Delphi / XM2Go Delphi MyFi
Software/Embedded Technologies / Silicon Optix / Realta Advanced Image Processor
Software/Embedded Technologies / Design of Systems on Silicon, SA / 200Mbps Power line AV chipset for In-home applications
Video Components / Kaleidescape / Kaleidescape System
The International CES Innovations 2005 honorees will be featured throughout Innovations Plus, a new exhibit area at the 2005 International CES located within the Central Plaza just outside the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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