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CES 2008: CES - It's a Wrap

Well, another CES has come and gone and I'm still recovering. The early numbers show the attendance was down from about 150,000 last year to about 140,000 this year. Really? I didn't notice, the show seemed more crowded and bigger than ever, covering over 8 football fields! There was so much to see and no matter how long you're there, it's still tough to see and touch everything. There really wasn't much this year that stood out and grabbed me. Yes, I laughed at Bill Gates final Keynote address, drooled over Panasonic's 150" Plasma TV that would require a crane to lift it into place, Kid Rock and the new Corvette ZR1, Comcast's new FREE VOD website Fancast, XStreamHD, Logitech's SqueezeBox Duet...actually, there was some cool stuff to see this year.

Here's some more great CES 2008 Wrap Ups:

About.com
Best of CES 2008

CNET CES 2008 Wrap Up
Home Audio Wrap Up
Home Video Wrap Up
HDTV Wrap Up
Computers Wrap Up
Emerging Technologies Wrap Up
Car Tech Wrap Up
Portable Wrap Up
Cell Phone & Smart Phone Wrap Up

DigitalCameraReview.com
CES 2008 Wrap-Up

Earth2Tech
CES Green Gadget Wrap Up

Engadget
CES 2008: Everything you must see
The Best of Crapgadget

Engadget HD
CES 2008: The Best and worst of HD
CES 2008: The Best of Set Top Boxes
CES 2008: The Best of LCD TV HDTVs
CES 2008: The Best of Plasma HDTVs
CES 2008: The Best of Blu-ray Players

GearLog
Best of CES 2008

Gizmodo
Best of CES 2008

Mahalo
Everything CES 2008
CES 2008 Videos

PC Magazine
Best of CES 2008

popgadget
CES - It's a wrap

Tech Digest
CES 2008: The 50 Hottest Products

CES 2008: CNET's Best of CES Awards

CNET has posted it's annual Best of CES Award winners. The winners range from a green eco friendly TV to DIY gadgets. Check it out...

Over 10,000 CNET members also voted on the People's Voice Award winners in each CE category.

You can also watch a video of the awards here.

CES 2008 Video: Trends in Home Audio

CES 2008: Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music System Delivers Music Anywhere in the Home

Logitech unveiled the Logitech® Squeezebox™ Duet network music system, extending the promise of the award-winning Squeezebox products, which allow people to access and listen to the music they love in any room of their home. The new Squeezebox Duet system offers an innovative controller, which includes a full-color LCD screen, and a compact receiver – enabling people to wirelessly browse, select and play their digital music on their existing stereo speakers anywhere in the home – even when their computer is off.

With the Logitech Squeezebox Duet network music system, music lovers can listen to their personal digital music collection, Internet radio and subscription services on their home-entertainment system in their living room, the stereo system in their bedroom, even on the mini-system in their kitchen – anywhere they have audio gear. And with the Squeezebox Duet controller, listeners can control their digital music from the palm of their hand. Read more...

Expert Q&A with Snell's Bob Graffy

Electronic House sat down with Snell's Bob Graffy to discuss the importance of loudspeakers in an entertainment system and he gives the low down on how to do some critical listening to help you choose the right ones. Read

SpeakerCraft TIME Five Speaker System

Check out these new SpeakerCraft remote controlled speakers:

They appear to be very bulky but once mounted in the ceiling or wall, they become unobtrusive but very still very cool. The speaker even sits flush, until you turn them on! Then using the remote control and multiple presets, you can move the speaker outward 15, 30 or 45 degrees and rotate 320 degrees to create the optimum listening experience no matter where you place them. Are they worth the $750 each price? Someone leave a comment and let us know.

[via Luxist]

World's First True Subwoofer!

Wow! This is truly an amazing concept...I can't wait to hear and feel it!

Want to hear what 5Hz sounds like? A new woofer technology unlike any other and a new product category for home audio. This is the first home audio woofer delivering true response to DC. The Thigpen Rotary Woofer is the worlds first true infrasonic home audio or home theater woofer. Conventional subwoofers roll off rapidly below 20Hz. With no cone the rotary woofer achieves high efficiency at very low frequencies.



Most subwoofers have a difficult time producing acoustic output below 20Hz at audible levels. They generally require large amounts of equalization, distortion rises rapidly, and even the most expensive available cannot produce significant output below 10Hz. Subwoofer electronics usually contain a cutoff filter which sharply rolls off content to the subwoofer below 20Hz to protect the speaker. On the other hand, the rotary woofer has enough acoustic output to move an open door back and forth .5” between 1 and 5Hz! It has enough output to find resonance frequencies of walls and ceilings in a room. It requires no equalization to achieve flat response to below 1Hz.

Check out RotaryWoofer.com

Cool Video of the Rotary Woofer on YouTube!

Bose SoundDock Now Available in Black

Bose has introduced the black version of the SoundDock which is the competition for Apple's iPod HiFi. The Bose SoundDock is now available in black or white at around $299 USD.

 

 

 

 

[via Gear Live]

Technorati Tags: apple, bose, home audio, ipod

Review: JVC SU-DH1 5.1 Headphone Surround Sound Adaptor

Digital Trends has posted a review of the new JVC SU-DH1 Surround Sound Headphone Adaptor

Summary:

Dolby Surround Sound is an incredible experience for those with a great home theater system. However, not everyone can afford top-of-the-line equipment for every single room in their home, so in comes JVC with an answer: the SU-DH1 Surround Sound Headphone Adaptor. This little black device allows you to use any pair of 2-channel headphones to emulate Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. You can use it with your laptop, MP3 player, PMP, or anything else with a 3.5mm headphone output. Come check out a convenient and easy way to get 5.1 Surround Sound anytime, anywhere for a price that is very affordable. Read Review...

Technorati Tags: headphones, jvc, surround sound, review

Coding Technologies and DTS Debut 5.1 Multi-channel Sound for HDTV

 World’s first demonstration of MPEG-4 aacPlus/DTS digital broadcasting solution at NAB 2006

Las Vegas, NAB, April 24, 2006 — Coding Technologies and DTS showcase for the first time their combined aacPlus/DTS transcoding solution enabling high-quality 5.1 multi-channel sound for HDTV broadcasting at a fraction of the typically required transmission bandwidth. The new solution incorporates the highly efficient MPEG-4 aacPlus audio codec with the well known DTS audio technology available in over 50 million DTS-enabled home theater receivers. Read Press Release

Technorati Tags: coding technologies, dts, home audio, home theater, nab