What Hi*Fi Sound & Vision 2005 : Sony, Sim2, Fujitsu, Denon, Arcam, Sharp, AudioLab, NuVu

See the products on these stands presented for the first time !  

A number of products were shown for the very first time to the UK public at the recent  What Hi*Fi? Sound & Vision Show 2005. We are bringing you the opportunity to see what's really hot and also hear first-hand product explanations in the following interviews by the professionals that were making the presentations at the show.

Eric Kingdon, European Technical Marketing Manager for Sony Europe, explains in easy to understand terms the advantages of SXRD and all the other innovations and technologies behind the Qualia 004 that was part of a superb HD demonstration, and then gave us an exclusive look at its new  little sister, the real "scoop" of the Salon, the "RUBY" or VPL-VW100, as well as explaining the technical qualities and technical aspects of the Sony's new X90-ED speakers.

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Alan Roser, Managing Director Sim2 UK Ltd., gave us some insight about Sim2 position and strategy with their focus exclusively on Home Theater products. Alain presents to us the unique design of the C3X Series, the world's smallest 3 chip DLP projector. He then gave us a close-up look at their special and quite spectacular 2.35 anamorphic lens with a full demonstration of what was a real innovation certainly not to be missed at this year's show.

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Graham Goodbun, UK Service manager for Fujitsu presented for the first time to the public in the UK their new 1920x1080 3 LCD video projector the LPF-D711 with AVM2 video processor.  Maria Williams, Account Manager, Midlands then gave us a look at their complete Plasma line on demonstration including the 42", 50" and 63" models, all HD ready and with the possibility of a separate media box.

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Justin Glover, Training and Sales Representative for Denon UK, showed in detail how the new Denon S-301 works, the "easy-to-use" interactivity of the the menu for Ipod and with USB and HDMI connectivity. He explains the advantages of the virtual surround sound developed with Dolby offered on this new model official launched here for the UK public.

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Richard Trotter, Arcam  Sales Manager for Southern UK, presents for the first time in the UK their all-in-one system called SOLO which has won the What Hi-Fi Award as the best product in this catagory with its true Hi-Fi quality performance. On the stand were numerous other products seen for the first time including the AVP700 AV 7.1 Processor, the P1000 combo and their flagship AV9 which will very soon be available.

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Mike Gabriel, Head of Marketing Communications at Sharp shows for the first time in the UK the Sharp Aquos 65" LCD screen, HD 1920x1080, which is the largest LCD in the world actually available as forward orders have been taken for delivery in coming weeks with a pricetag of about 12.000 £. He also showed us the up-market  DLP video projector XV-Z12000 HDTV ready using two HD2+ DMD chips boasting a 5500:1 contrast ratio.

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Nick Clarke Director Electronics R&D for International Audio Group (also owner of Quad and Wharfedale ) presented the new AudioLab 8000 line since the acquisition from Tag MacLaren Audio including the 8000P power amplifier, the the 8000S integrated amplifier, the 8000Q pre-amplifier, the 8000N mono amplifier and the new, internal designed 8000CD. Coming in 2006 we saw the prototype 8000X7 seven channel 7x100W power amplifier for Home Cinema and the 8000AV 7.1 Pre-Amplifier with innovative bridge technology.

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Sean Henry, Managing Director of Lastolite presents NuVu a new, innovative fold-up projection screen which fits into a small bag, folds out easily and the spring steel bar rim gives a flat screen without any creases. Set-up a Home Theater in any room of your house in minutes, or with the arrival of smaller Home Theater projectors, the timing for this seems to right on target for the future of HomeTheater on the go, just everywhere !

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 More interviews to come Part 2 tomorrow.

See all the stands at the What Hi*Fi? Sound & Vision Show 2005 HERE.

To see the other interviews and presentations, click HERE.