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January 29, 2008 - Podcast #245
All the HDTV and Home Theater news and information you need, without all the reading.


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This year's CES was as big as ever. Its too big for us to see and talk about everything so we try to stay focused on what most of our listeners are interested in. We recently received an email from Dale in McPherson, KS asking us to look into a product that was not shown on the main floor but in the Venetian hotel. The product is the Neosonik wireless home theater and hi-fi system. We have requested an evaluation system but we thought that the product would make a good topic for discussion.
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We've discussed compression in the past, on Episode 13 and then again on Episode 107, but with all the talk about downloading HD content to your Vudu or Apple TV, and how that measures up to HD-DVD or Blu-ray, we thought it might be a good time to revisit the topic.

Neosonik Wireless Home Theater
The core of the system of the is the Digital Wireless Controller. You plug in your sources (analog or digital) and the controller transmits the signal to the speakers and the HDTV. This is uncompressed audio and video. The manufacturer claims that all the bits flying through the air stay synchronized.

The signal is broadcast on the 5GHz band and again according to the manufacturer can stream data for two hundred feet through multiple walls. CNET has a video of the system running on their site.

Features

- Full-bandwidth broadcast of all major audio formats
- H.264 wireless video transmission
- Over 200 foot wireless range through walls. Extremely robust. No dropouts.
- Multiple Digital and Analog A/V inputs, including HDMI 1.3
- Wireless audio output. Wired (HDMI 1.3) or Wireless Video output.
- 2nd Zone Stereo playback capability
- Optional HD Radio Digital AM/FM Tuner card
- 17" wide, 3.5" tall, 14" deep
- 21 lbs.

There are two lines of wireless speakers, the Series 6 and Series 4

The final piece of the equation is the Wireless HD Video Receiver. This 3” x 5” x 1” device attaches to any digital TV via Velcro and connects to the HDMI input to receive the High-Definition Video feed wirelessly. It is capable of receiving HD Video streams at distances greater than 200 feet.

Prices are projected to range from $6k to $15k for a complete system (Controller and 5.1 Digital Wireless Loudspeaker package) and is slated for the Summer of 2008.






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