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High-end projector specialist Runco is expected to introduce no-fewer than eight 1080p home cinema projectors this autumn. First out will be the RS-1100 Ultra, with what the company describes as ‘digital-cinema grade optics.’ Its US retail price is anticipated to be 20,000 dollars.
The entire Runco range is expected to span both single […]

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Denon stole the show at this year’s UK CEDIA Expo, held at the ExCel centre in London. The Japanese AV specialist unveiled a range of 1080p upgrades for its high-end home cinema products, led by a new iteration of the huge AVC-A1XV receiver (pictured below), the A1XVA. The new model now sports a custom Faroudja […]

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Mitsubishi will announce this week that it plans to introduce microdisplay DLP projection TVs which utilize laser light rather than the more familiar white-light mercury lamps. The brand says the laser source offers better colour and contrast, as well as further reducing cabinet size. The new units, to be shown at a US trade show, […]

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Texas Instruments announced at ShoWest, the American cinema expo, that it has deployed 1,195 DLP Cinema projectors worldwide, from manufacturers BARCO, Christie and NEC. The figure is seen as a milestone in the movie industry’s inevitable conversion from film to digital projection.
To date, there are 342 digital projection systems in Europe, 579 in the Americas […]

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In an effort to popularize projection, Toshiba is introducing a pair of so-called ’super close’ home cinema projectors. The ET10 and ET20 models are able to project a 0.65m image from just 20cm away from a wall; at 1.6m the image size jumps to 2.9m (diagonal). This makes them ideal for small rooms and dens.
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