Technical details from CEDIA 2020 new product releases

[Robert Zohn]

Starting 12 PM (EST) Tuesday, 9/15 I will personally be announcing the behind the scenes details on new product announcements on projectors, TVs and audio equipment, like speakers, receivers, and new streaming and source devices.

On Monday, August 31st at 6 AM EST I will also announce several new 2-channel product details from a well respected premium brand.

[JohnAV]

IFA Berlin is very close
03. - 05. September, 2020

[kristoffer]

Does this also mean new UHD BD players?

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by kristoffer

Does this also mean new UHD BD players?

Sure that's a possibilty. Berlin IFA the only show this year open.

CEDIA 2020 is a digital only show this year because of pandemic, and CES 2021 show is closed because of that also. So they will only have video presentations, or video conferences.

Just like you will see several brands offering AVRs that have one port path to support 8K. Denon/Marantz and Yamaha have AVR's like that. Recently released is the Yamaha RX-V4A, and Yamaha RX-V6A.

[WKoA13]

Wow. Guess I never paid attention to most of these conferences beyond CES. Didn't realize TV announcements were ever made around this time of year.

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by WKoA13

Wow. Guess I never paid attention to most of these conferences beyond CES. Didn't realize TV announcements were ever made around this time of year.

IFA Berlin is the big one, and CEDIA is geared for CI/retail industry with lots of announcements. CES is just too expensive for product announcements anymore.

[Show spoiler]

What is IFA 2020 and why should you be excited? - YouTube

But this time for 2020, with the pandemic sweeping the world, far fewer people will be attending IFA. The show is normally open to the public but this year only a select group of invited journalists and industry representatives are going to be on the ground. So the big question is, will the decreased visitor numbers have some brands decide that it's not worth the risk in bringing their biggest releases to the 2020 show?

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

good post ^. I'll be reporting on my information from Sony's product management on the new models as well as other a/v categories of new product launches from Sony and other brands, next Tuesday, 9/15.

We'll see how much news there really is with CEDIA which has zero physical presence this year because their hall got commandeered by COVID-19 activity.

IFA had a lot of vendors not show because of the Pandemic. Historically its been much more of a product introduction spectacle then CEDIA ever was. Whatever announcements we have at CEDIA got to be a lot less because of how all this industry has been impacted by the pandemic.

I hope you have some nice announcements from Sony, because anything that helps our entertainment hobby is worth pursuing right now.

[Oniiz86]

@Robert Zohn

Anything to report regarding Sony's new products, TV wise I suppose there is not much to report except for the recent release of Sony's 48 inch A9S, hopefully some news on Sony eschewing their X-Wide Angle film composition layer for their follow up 2021 LCD lineup?

[Robert Zohn]

For the consumer market Sony announced 4 new products in 2 categories.

New Native 4K HDR projectors:

- UPL-GTZ-380 10,0000 Lumens Laser projector

- VPL-VW915ES 2,000 Lumens Laser Projector

- VPL-VW715ES, 1,800 Lumens High-pressure mercury lamp

OLED TV:

- XBR-48A9S Master Series 4K HDR OLED TV

In the professional devision Sony announced that select Custom Install Diamond dealers can now have access to the professional monitors, projectors and other Professional products.

CEDIA is known for new projector announcements and TVs are traditionally announced at CES in January.

[gkolb]

Robert, did the 2-channel announcement happen? (from Post #1)
Or in a different thread?

[Robert Zohn]

Yes, ^^. Denon announced 4 new 110th Anniversary Limited Edition products and Marantz is launching 2 new reference 2-channel devices.

New Denon 110th Anniversary products:

PMA-A110 2-channel Integrated amplifier 160 Watts per channel

DCD-A110 SACD player/Network Server

AVR-A110 13.2 channel HDMI 2.1 receiver

DL-A110 Moving Coil phone cartridge

New Marantz Reference 2-channel audio equipment:

Model 30 2-channel Integrated Amplifier

30N SACD Player/Network Server

[Robert Zohn]

^ Thanks for bringing this up so I can say just a few words about why this new premium 110th flagship products launch is different than just another new line-up of high-end audio equipment.

Denon and Marantz are very highly respected brands and the management wanted to leverage all of their in-house top engineers and well respected Japan factory owned and operated manufacturing facility to develop, design and build new World Class audio components.

Of course, nothing I can say will substitute for your seeing, touching and auditioning these new devices in person, but here's a few words on the how Sound United planned these 6 new audiophile products.

It started with giving the design engineers all the time and funds they would need to develop the absolute best performance products possible.

The development engineers spec'd the best parts available, like the new 384-kHz/32-bit DAC and every other component, the overall construction, and all chassis connectors and controls are the best available. When you adjust the volume control it's smooth and feels and performs like a continuous analog control.

Denon and Marantz upgraded the warranty to 5 years and all of these units come with a signed certificate from the chief engineer.

Please read the .pdf spec sheets I linked in my earlier post to learn much more about these new bleeding edge advanced products.

[Tommy123]

Any new UHD player?

[Lee A Stewart]

CEDIA Expo 2020: New Gear Highlights

2 Pages

https://www.soundandvision.com/conte...ear-highlights

[Robert Zohn]

@Tommy123, no 2021 BD players planned, but at CEDIA Sony touted their current flagship UBP-X1100ES and Panasonic also continues with their flagship UB9000.

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

^ Thanks for bringing this up so I can say just a few words about why this new premium 110th flagship products launch is different than just another new line-up of high-end audio equipment.

Denon and Marantz are very highly respected brands and the management wanted to leverage all of their in-house top engineers and well respected Japan factory owned and operated manufacturing facility to develop, design and build new World Class audio components.

Of course, nothing I can say will substitute for your seeing, touching and auditioning these new devices in person, but here's a few words on the how Sound United planned these 6 new audiophile products.

It started with giving the design engineers all the time and funds they would need to develop the absolute best performance products possible.

The development engineers spec'd the best parts available, like the new 384-kHz/32-bit DAC and every other component, the overall construction, and all chassis connectors and controls are the best available. When you adjust the volume control it's smooth and feels and performs like a continuous analog control.

Denon and Marantz upgraded the warranty to 5 years and all of these units come with a signed certificate from the chief engineer.

Please read the .pdf spec sheets I linked in my earlier post to learn much more about these new bleeding edge advanced products.

D&M still haven't accomplished much this last year. $1500 more for essentially x8500 anniversary edition with 5 year warranty isn't a lot of technology progress. I saw this days ago, thinking oh some new high end models, nope. Generally Denons last for years anyway.

[Robert Zohn]

Denon's parent company is Sound United.

I can't list all of the many upgrades and enhancements that Denon product development and senior engineers built into the new limited edition AVR-A110 vs. the AVR-X8500-A, but here's a screen shot I took from one of the presentations Marantz presented to me.

[LexInHD]

Originally Posted by Tommy123

Any new UHD player?

CES is when we'll likely see new players, if any. I am not aware of any new player chipsets, which we are in dire need of, but they tend to be announced with other chipsets at CES, along with the players that use them.