CES News

[calmac]

^^^ The next generation formats are doing better then DVD did in its first year. I would say the next generation movie support is greter then DVD A and SACD (not by number of players but by support and growth).

With regards to higher end CE companies making anouncements Merridian has voiced support for HD DVD. So Rotel charges and extra 1k for a processor that supports it and release it in Q4. Is that such a big stretch?

Meridian have always been a relatively early adopter of new formats ,they were the first specialist manufacturer in the world to develope a cd player ,although it was based on the Philips CD 100.Meridian have a very close association with Faroudja and so video developement may be easier for them than some of the other specialist companies.Imo the two manufacturers I specifically mentioned are better indicators of the acceptance and viability of new technology as they only appear to release machines once a format has gained long term viability.
So Rotel not making any anouncements about new products that will deal with HD demands is not unusual given that state of flux of the new technologies and their past history of releasing products later rather than sooner.
It would have been great to have new pre/pros and recievers with all the latesr widgets released at ces but I would prefer to wait till both the market and the technology are a bit more mature and reliable before seeing Rotel release new prodcuts.
Gordon

[mattburk]

Denon also showed one..didnt they?

Actually, all I was hoping for form rotel was at least a box showing the intent.

yes denon did & if I heard them right the processor(separates) had it now. Sherwood also showed a processor with hdmi 1.3.