Radiient Roomcaster Preview
Radiient Roomcaster
Summary
- Product Name: Roomcaster
- Manufacturer: Radiient
- Review Date: January 11, 2008 15:15
- First Impression: Mildly Interesting
Executive Overview
Radiient Technologies showed off its entry into the wireless audio market today at CES. Roomcaster, a new UWB-based audio network technology, is touted to enable true wireless surround sound that is impervious to signal
disruptions. Roomcaster can be employed as embedded technology by any
manufacturer of surround-sound speakers or as a retrofit technology by consumers
who want to turn their existing audio systems into a wireless audio
surround-sound network.
Unlike other
wireless systems, which operate in the 2.4 GHz band (where WiFi, Bluetooth,
cordless phones, and microwave ovens exist), Roomcaster uses Ultra-Wideband
technology (UWB), which operates in the 3 to 10 GHz range and offers reliable,
super-high data rates. This enables systems using Roomcaster technology to
supposedly deliver pristine, digital high fidelity to every speaker in the room with
absolutely no drop-out or degradation of fidelity. The demo was anything but pristine with dropouts and static galore. While we're sure the product will work better than the demo (eventually), it was a bit disappointing. They were blaming heat though it didn't seem all that hot in there to us. For more information, please visit http://www.Roomcaster.com.
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Tom Andry, post: 358149Yikes. It would be interesting if someone used the average price points for LCD or Plasma tv's (from say 27“ to 60+”) and then applied that sliding scale model to OLED tv's to give a “rough” idea of what the larger panels would cost in comparison. I know this logic is inherently flawed but geez, $2500 for an 11" tv? pfffff.
Scratch that - when I wrote that article, I was converting from Yen to $ and came to $1800. Turns out it will cost more like $2500 according to Sony.
Do you get the feeling these guys are just showing off for it's own sake?
The Chukker, post: 357718
So what kind of price differential are we talking about here? Did Samsung actually have an MSRP for the 31" model? If mass production were to indeed start in 2010 of mid to large sized models, what price point is Samsung shooting for and what was the maximum size they were touting?
Sony just released their first 11" OLED at $1800
Toshiba isn't going to release any at all based on manufacturing costs
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Samsung didn't talk price (heck, they didn't have a price tag on a single item in their booth) but many times these tech showcases are just stuff they are exploring.
So what kind of price differential are we talking about here? Did Samsung actually have an MSRP for the 31" model? If mass production were to indeed start in 2010 of mid to large sized models, what price point is Samsung shooting for and what was the maximum size they were touting?
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