Honeywell ships a line driver designed for home theater installers using HDMI cables to transmit audio, video and communication signals. The CURxE Light technology diagnoses and corrects corrupted data on the HDCP and EDID channels.

The new line driver is HDMI v1.3 compliant and supports HDTV resolutions up to 1080p.

Go Line Driver

Connecting the iPod to a home theater receiver has just gotten easier with Yamaha's new range of AV receivers.

These high-end home theatre receivers introduce new technologies and functions. For example, the RX-V3800 includes 3D CINEMA DSP, latest HDMI 1.3a specification support, upscaling to 1080p, full support for high definition audio formats signals, Adaptive DRC and Adaptive DSP Level, and Network Receiver functions. It features 7-channel surround sound: 980W=140W x 7 RMS; 200W x 7 Max (for Europe).

The new receivers offer flexible configurations, automatic system calibration, advanced video capabilities and now satellite radio plus iPod compatibility.

Go Yamaha:RX-V3800

Anticipating another great sports event in the European football championships, Projecta is turning to Euro 2008 to score a goal in sales promotion.

Researchers like GfK have frequently correlated the relationship between sporting events and sales of displays to improve the customer’s viewing experience.

With the line “Projecta offers the best seats at the 2008 European championships,” the Dutch screen maker has created a promotion around five projection screens especially selected for Euro 2008. The promotional Euro 2008 models are:   
 
First Euro 2008

• manually operated compact screen
• powerful spring mechanism to smoothly roll and retract the projection screen
• 5-cm black border all around
• available in 4:3 and 16:9 versions with widths of up to 200 cm

Special Euro 2008

• manually operated professional projection screen
• flat and taut projection screen fabric due to the large metal roller and powerful spring mechanism
• 5-cm black border all around
• available in 4:3 and 16:9 versions with widths of up to 240 cm

VIP Electric Euro 2008

• electrically operated projection screen
• automatic rolling and retracting end positions guarantee a long service life for the projection screen fabric
• motor with a 2-year guarantee and the CE mark
• delivered complete with 3m of connection cable and a separate wall switch
• 5-cm black border all around
• available in 4:3 and 16:9 versions with widths of up to 240 cm

 Tripod Euro 2008

• tripod screen with an OHP bracket for possible keystone correction
• a 2.5-cm. black border on the left and right
• available in a 1:1 version with widths of up to 180 cm

Mobile Euro 2008

• lightweight portable projection screen
• quick and easy to set up
• gas springs guarantee variable viewing height
• with Matte White projection screen fabric
• available in 4:3 and 16:9 versions with widths of up to 207 cm

The promotion runs until 1 July 2008

Go Euro2008 Screen Promo

OK, the perfect appliance to complement home theater for lazy geeks. We could tell you about it here but you’d still want to see this video anyways.

Go Beer Launcher

ISE will be so big this year (7 halls) that you will want to take time to visit Cineak in K57. Cineak offers those plush chairs that make home theaters,  well..plush!

For 2008, the Fortuny deluxe chair will be available with oak wood veneer armrests.
(originally it was available with cherry wood veneer) and CINEAK will offer
four finishes in oak wood veneer: natural oak, dark grey, wenge, and black.

The Fortuny deluxe with oak veneer gives the chair a modern look, “perfect for the European market,” says Cineak, “as the design of home theaters become more contemporary.”

The wood used by CINEAK is selected from “FSC” forests. This guarantees the wood comes from a sustainable managed forest. “For every tree we use in our chairs, a new one will be planted and cared for,” notes the green-minded producer.

Go Cineak Oak

On Tuesday Jan. 29th, T+W Marketing will organize a free symposium at the
RAI Meeting Room K, where you can learn all about fantastic Home Cinema
installations.

No less than Joel Silver (founder of the Imaging Science
Foundation, Inc.), George Walter (Home Cinema Business Manager at Digital
Projection, Inc.), Yves Trélohan (President and CEO of Screen Research S.A.)
and Jeff Murray (Sales & Merchandising Manager of Sencore, Inc.) will share with you their insight and testimonies.

For more info (or advance subscriptions to one or all sessions of this limited
seating event),  go to Bruno Verhenne or Telephone +32 472 550 109