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begbie
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.Anyone looking for clues on how the audio market is evolving should take a look at Sony's 2003 products. The lineup includes Dolby Digital EX/DTS ES receivers starting at an everyday $299, a minisystem with a wireless link to a PC, fewer two-channel audio systems and fewer CD-recorders.
The lineup, unveiled here at one of two regional dealer shows, also includes the industry's first SACD/DVD-Video megachanger, a $399-everday 400-disc model that also plays MP3-CDs and recordable DVD discs in the DVD-RW and DVD+RW formats. Recordable-DVD playback modes include DVD-RW's VR mode, which enables nonlinear editing on a DVD-RW recorder in much the same way that the MiniDisc format does.
The megachanger also features progressive output, Dolby Digital/DTS passthrough, on-screen GUI, disc-jacket display of discs encoded with a disc-jacket graphics, and front-panel keyboard input for disc labeling. When it ships in September, it will be the company's first 400-disc DVD changer and the only DVD megachanger in the lineup.
DVD megachanger popularity will grow, DVD marketing manager Bruce Tripido said, in part because of the additional discs that people will own now that DVD-recorders are growing in popularity. Nonetheless, he said, right now "megachangers are still a niche," accounting for only about 100,000 factory-level unit sales in 2002 out of about 18.5 million component and portable DVD players sold.
At $399, he noted, the SACD/DVD megachanger will capture some of the CD-only megachanger business, which starts at $199 for a 300-disc model and $299 for a 400-disc model in the Sony line.
Also new: the company's first five-disc SACD/DVD-Video player, launched at an everyday $249 to replace a five-disc SACD-only changer in the mainstream HiFi series. Sony is eliminating SACD-only players from its HiFi series, leaving them for the more upscale ES series.
The lineup, unveiled here at one of two regional dealer shows, also includes the industry's first SACD/DVD-Video megachanger, a $399-everday 400-disc model that also plays MP3-CDs and recordable DVD discs in the DVD-RW and DVD+RW formats. Recordable-DVD playback modes include DVD-RW's VR mode, which enables nonlinear editing on a DVD-RW recorder in much the same way that the MiniDisc format does.
The megachanger also features progressive output, Dolby Digital/DTS passthrough, on-screen GUI, disc-jacket display of discs encoded with a disc-jacket graphics, and front-panel keyboard input for disc labeling. When it ships in September, it will be the company's first 400-disc DVD changer and the only DVD megachanger in the lineup.
DVD megachanger popularity will grow, DVD marketing manager Bruce Tripido said, in part because of the additional discs that people will own now that DVD-recorders are growing in popularity. Nonetheless, he said, right now "megachangers are still a niche," accounting for only about 100,000 factory-level unit sales in 2002 out of about 18.5 million component and portable DVD players sold.
At $399, he noted, the SACD/DVD megachanger will capture some of the CD-only megachanger business, which starts at $199 for a 300-disc model and $299 for a 400-disc model in the Sony line.
Also new: the company's first five-disc SACD/DVD-Video player, launched at an everyday $249 to replace a five-disc SACD-only changer in the mainstream HiFi series. Sony is eliminating SACD-only players from its HiFi series, leaving them for the more upscale ES series.
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Polk cs400i -Center
Polk fx500i -side surrounds
Polk rc60i -rear surrounds
Onkyo TX-NR 1009 (9.2) receiver
Velodyne cht12
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Intresting...........thanks manDan
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