Top Products At CES 2005
Kodak EasyShare-One (MSRP: $599, June 2005)  A flip-around 3" LCD viewfinder/touchscreen sets this compact 4-megapixel digital camera apart. It's also wi-fi compatible which allows you to e-mail and share photos right from the digital camera -- no computer connection is necessary. Printing is also simplified if used with Kodak’s EasyShare Dock which prints photo-lab quality prints with the touch one button. Olympus m:robe 500 (MSRP: $499)  This combo product combines a 1.3-megapixel digital camera and 20GB MP3 player into a stylish touchscreen photo viewer. The large 3.7-inch screen let’s you easily view your photos and even set a slideshow to music. Yamaha YSP-1 (MSRP: $1499.95, March 2005)  This year’s winner of G4TechTV’s Best of CES is a thin speaker panel perfectly sized to mount on the wall under a thin plasma TV. The single speaker actually contains 42 individual small speakers that aim sounds in various directions, creating a realistic home theater experience from one unit. Yamaha's proprietary digital signal processing further enhances the surround effect. The YSP-1 is home theater made sleek and easy. Orb Networks (Free Trial, $9.99 per month)  Orb Networks offers a revolutionary service that sends any content in your home to another device anywhere in the world over an internet connection in realtime. Say what? Yes, it's a mouthful. The service allows you to watch a local TV program in realtime on your laptop or PDA while you are out-of-town. More advanced uses include watching shows recorded on your TiVo or listening to entire music library stored on your home computer from wherever you are in the world. The Orb software makes it possible, and the picture/sound quality was surprising good with a fast internet connection during the demo I saw. Sonos ($1199)  Music through-out your house just got easier with Sonos. It accesses music on your computer or Rhapsody's music service (Available March 2005) and sends music to any room in your house wirelessly. You just connect your speakers up to any Sonos box and you can play the same music or different music in any room at the same time. The beauty of the system is the ipod-like full-color remote control that makes it easy to use. D-Box "This-is-not-a-chair" Motion Simulator (MSRP: $5000)  It actually is a comfortable recliner, that takes you on a virtual rollercoaster ride through action movies. Hydrolic pistons under the chair actually rock, shake, and vibrate your seat in synch to movie scenes. At $5,000 per chair it's truly a first-class upgrade. Optoma MovieTime DV10 (MSRP: $1,495)  Watching DVDs just got a lot more fun and easier with Optoma’s MovieTime. It’s a projector, DVD player, and speakers integrated into one small box. Place it on a coffee table and enjoy watching DVD movies up to 100-inches. Aim at a white wall, or use a home theater screen for even better performance. Brian Mitchell Founder & CEO eCoustics.com |
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     Bronze Member Username: AdamsohmerBrooklyn, NY USA Post Number: 12 Registered: Jan-05 |
Don't forget that NHT's new Xd DEQX Calibrated DSP speaker corrected system won TechTV's Best of CES Award for the Ultimate Audio category... NHT Xd WINS G4techTV BEST OF CES AWARD, ULTIMATE AUDIO CATEGORY -- New DEQX Calibrated DSP Speaker Corrected System Cited for Startling Sense of Accuracy -- BENICIA, CA, January x, 2005 -- Capping off a week of product demonstrations, and news that the product will ship later this month, NHT Xd DEQX Calibrated DSP speaker corrected system won G4TechTV Best of CES Award for the Ultimate Audio category. Hosted by Kevin Rose -- The Screen Savers and G4techTV Managing Director of Tech Editorial, Andrew Hawn, G4techTV Best of CES Awards recognized the top 12 new technology products coming out in the 2005 International CES. Winners in 12 separate categories were chosen from all the companies exhibiting at the show. The program was held January 7 on site at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This project would have never made it to completion without the help and involvement of more than 12 different companies, said Chris Byrne, Managing Director, NHT. Their research and development combined with our expertise in acoustic system design have resulted in the most accurate, easiest to use loudspeaker system currently available. Added Byrne: All of us are grateful to the judges and G4TechTV for recognizing the inevitable long-term impact of this product. In addition to the Best of CES Award for Ultimate Audio, NHT Xd received an Innovations Award from the CEA. NHT Xd is the result of the combined efforts of three companies NHT, DEQX & Digital Equalization and Crossover, and PowerPhysics that pooled their respective core technologies to develop a system that removes virtually all possible distortion from the audio signal path while providing a much wider soundfield that remains accurate, even when listening far off axis. The end result is a small system that offers a new level of clarity than any previously heard. The system features two small speaker cabinets; a powered bass, or woofer module; and a hybrid outboard component that houses the DEQX-calibrated DSP digital signal processor and PowerPhysics One-Cycle Sound amplifiers. Additional channels and bass modules can be added to create surround systems. # # # Since it was founded in 1986, NHT has continually challenged the notion that the very best sound reproduction must come at a premium price. Its products from past to present speak volumes of NHT's dedication to sonic excellence. For more information, visit www.nhthifi.com. NHT "Now Hear This" is a brand name of Rockford Corporation. Rockford Corporation is based in Tempe, Ariz. and is a publicly traded company under the NASDAQ stock symbol ROFO. NHT's website can be viewed at www.nhthifi.com and www.rockfordcorp.com. |
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Moderator Username: AdminPost Number: 206 Registered: Dec-03 |
There are more CES awards: |
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Great Summary Found more coverages at http://www.amdboard.com/ces_2005.html |
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