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CEDIA 2009: REL's sleek supersub

Those who love high-end subwoofers may find no greater joy than wandering the aisles of the CEDIA Expo, the place where most speaker manufacturers choose to debut their boldest new bass boxes. I've seen quite a few promising new subs in the first day of the show, but so far my favorite is the REL G-1 Gibraltar Series Sub-Bass System.

The G-1 combines stylish, swoopy curves with muscular engineering. A 700-watt Class AB (i.e., analog) amplifier pushes a 12-inch carbon-fiber woofer mounted in a sealed cabinet. The relatively flat cabinet design allows multiple G-1s to be stacked. Expect a Q1 2010 introduction at a price somewhere around $3,500. A G-2 model will also be introduced. It packs a 500-watt amp and a 10-inch driver, and is expected to retail for about $2,750.

The sample on display was only a rough prototype, so CEDIA-goers didn't get to hear it. The official debut of both models will occur at the January 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.—Brent Butterworth

JVC unveils a half-dozen new projectors

JVC has announced six new projectors at CEDIA, each one sporting a 120Hz refresh rate and 4 of them THX-certified. The new models are the DLA-HD550, DLA-HD950, DLA-HD950, DLA-RS15, DLA-RS25, and DLA-RS35. The HD-series are focused on the consumer market, while the RS series will be marketed by JVC's professional electronics group.

The HD550 and RS15 are the lower-end models, sporting 30,000:1 and 32,000:1 contrast ratios respectively. They use a 0.7-inch D-ILA imager and a motorized lens with +/-80-percent vertical and +/-34-percent horizontal shift, and feature a Silicon Optix HQV Reon-VX video processor.

Sonypalooza, Pt. 4: A/V receivers!

It wouldn't be CEDIA without some new A/V receivers, and Sony did not disappoint. It just announced the STR-DA5500ES and STR-DA3500ES, two new receivers aimed at high-end installations.

The 5500ES puts out 120 watts across each of its 7 channels, and features a whopping 6 HDMI inputs and 2 HDMI outputs (great for flat-panel/projector combination setups). It supports plenty of audio formats, including 8-channel linear PCM, and can process 1080p/24 cinema video and Deep Color and x.v.Color video codecs. The receiver can manage up to three zones, including a 1080p video main zone, a 1080i secondary zone, and an audio-only third zone. It's also networkable and compatible with any DLNA-compliant device, and can access Shoutcast and Rhapsody music services. It will retail for $2,000 when it ships next month.

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Sonypalooza, Pt. 3: New projectors!

Among its other new products at CEDIA, Sony has unveiled a pair of new home theater projectors: the VPL-VW85 and VPL-HW15.

The VPL-VW85 is a new high-end home theater projector, a home installer-friendly model with a 120,000:1 contrast ratio, a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 1.6x zoom lens with motorized horizontal and vertical adjustment. At $8,000 it's not exactly an impulse buy, but its flexibility for installations and included access to CEDIA-certified tech support sweetens the deal.

Sonypalooza, Pt. 2: Slim HDTVs!

It's CEDIA, so of course Sony has new HDTVs to show off. The new Bravia XBR10 screens are ultra-thin models controlled wirelessly through a separate box that holds all of the screen's inputs and electronics.

With edge-lit LED backlighting, the new screens are incredibly thin (though Sony hasn't announced exact depths yet), and exceed EnergyStar 3.0 standards. They feature a 240Hz refresh rate, and the controller boxes feature 4 HDMI inputs and RS232C support. They can also access streaming Internet content through Bravia Internet Video, including Amazon Video-on-demand, Slacker Radio, and Netflix.

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Sonypalooza, Pt. 1: Blu-ray!

If you thought Sony's $300 gaming monster, the Playstation 3 Slim, was the only new Blu-ray Disc player in the company's bag this season, you were wrong. Sony has just announced the BDP-N460, an all-new Blu-ray player with a slimmer price tag and broader home theater features than the PS3.

For starters, the BDP-N460 can stream Netflix video, a feat the PS3 has yet been unable to achieve. It supports Deep Color and x.v.Color, and can decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. While it doesn't feature the wireless Internet connectivity of the PS3, its Ethernet port is built to work with Linksys' Wireless-N Ethernet Bridge for easy Wi-Fi setup.

10 Dreamcast Games Still Worth Playing Today

Before Xbox, Game Cube and even PS2 came around SEGA introduced the world to a console that was far ahead of anything we’ve played before: Dreamcast. It was 128 bits of awesome and it broke the mold on online game play, offered memory cards with a screen, and had a slew of games that still rival some current releases when it comes to fun and playability. But all those great advances in game play probably led to the downfall in the system too as it was just too ahead of its time. So, whether you picked it up on launch day a decade ago in 1999, or you picked it up at a garage sale, it’s time to celebrate its birthday. And, if you happened to forget some of the games you are grabbing, check out our favorites below and leave your own favorites in the comments.

Jet Grind Radio

It’s truly a quintessential Dreamcast game. You run around tagging the city, trying to avoid hilarious looking cops. Hurray for digital debauchery.