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Polk Audio Introduces the First THX® Ultra2™ Certified In-Ceiling Loudspeaker
RTS100 engineered for predictably superior home theater performance
BALTIMORE, MD (August 1, 2006)—Today Polk Audio announced the RTS100, the first in-ceiling speaker to meet THX Ultra2 performance standards. THX Ultra2 is a THX product design, performance and certification program reserved for the finest home theater components. Up until the development of the RTS100, speaker manufacturers had been frustrated in their attempts to develop an in-ceiling speaker that had the frequency response extension, accuracy, high output and imaging quality required for THX Ultra2 certification. THX and Polk worked hard to successfully develop a product design solution that overcomes the common problems associated with in-ceiling speaker performance.
The RTS100 is a 14-inch diameter in-ceiling loudspeaker that features dual 5-1/4" midrange drivers and a 1-inch Ring Radiator tweeter mounted between the drivers. Polk's exclusive Sound Shape™ baffle guides the sound waves toward the listening position for imaging that seems to hover in front of the listener rather than being localized in the ceiling. The product has an integrated Performance Enclosure that ensures perfect and consistent loading for the drivers for predictable high performance. The integrated enclosure is no larger than the speaker cutout, making installation in existing construction a breeze.
The RTS100 comes with a perforated metal grille and a cloth grille so that home owners can have the look of their choice and installers do not have to inventory two SKUs or special order grilles.
"Our collaboration with Polk has resulted in a design breakthrough for in-ceiling speakers, delivering audio quality and performance previously unattainable," said Warren Mansfield, director, consumer technology at THX. "The Polk RTS 100 addresses one of the top selling product categories in the custom installation market today, and offers the installer community more options for designing home theater rooms with THX Certified components."
Polk's patent pending Stud Lock™ mounting system allows the RTS100 to be easily and securely installed for resonance and buzz-free performance. Stud Lock is an adjustable metal frame that is screwed to studs or joists. The RTS speaker is secured to the metal frame instead of the ceiling material, providing a stiffer, more secure mounting platform for the speaker for the best possible performance. A threaded screw insert on the top of the enclosure accepts an eye bolt allowing installers to attach a support wire from a solid surface to the speaker in drop ceiling installations.
The RTS100 joins the RTS105 rectangular THX Ultra2 Certified in-wall model introduced at last year's CEDIA show. With both models Custom Installation retailers will be able to offer their customers stealth built-in home theater systems with consistent and predictable high performance worthy of the THX Ultra2 certification.
The RTS100 features technologies used in Polk's critically acclaimed LCi Series built-in loudspeakers to deliver the sound quality of stand-alone models—technologies such as Polk's Ring Radiator tweeter, widely praised for its high frequency extension, clarity and detail. The drivers have Aerated Polypropylene cones, the same material used in Polk's award-winning top-line LSi and LCi Series speakers, for the kind of clear, detailed midrange response usually found only in freestanding audiophile speakers.
As in all LCi Series speakers, the RTS100 features control switches that allow the installer or user to optimize the loudspeaker response when the speakers are placed in less than ideal locations. When flush mount speakers are installed too close to adjacent room surfaces, the bass becomes "boomy" and voices sound too heavy and thick. Polk's exclusive "Wall Distance" switch lowers output only in the low-midrange/upper bass area to correct for this problem. Competitors' in-wall speakers attempt to solve this phenomenon by using a simple high pass filter. That cures the "boom" problem but at the sacrifice of deep bass response. Polk uses a more complex low Q pass-band filter to attenuate only the "boom" region without lowering deep bass output. The user hears flatter, more accurate sound and deep bass even when the speakers are located in less-than-ideal locations by necessity or for decorating reasons.
Speakers used in rooms with too many hard reflecting surfaces and insufficient absorbing materials (carpets, drapes) sound "bright," harsh and unnatural. Polk's "Tweeter Attenuation" switch engages a pass-band filter to compensate for the effect of overly reflective rooms for warmer, more realistic sound.
Polk Audio's built-in product line is segmented into Good, Better and Best series. The LCi Series is Polk's "Best" and contains three product groups:
The LCi Standard Group, introduced in 2004, these four models are designed for general multi-room audio and home theater use and are full-range products that do not need to be used with a subwoofer.
The IP Group, first shipped in early 2006, are the world's first active Internet Protocol-addressable flush mount high performance loudspeakers and represent the pinnacle of built-in speaker performance and functionality.
The RTS Group, including the RTS100 being introduced here, are specifically engineered for built-in Home Theater applications and should be used with subwoofers for full-range reproduction.
The RTS100 will be delivered to North American retailers in August 2006 at Convention a Suggested Retail Price of $1200 each. It is packaged singly to allow the greatest system design flexibility for 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 channel systems.
Polk Audio will demonstrate the RTS100 at the 2006 CEDIA Expo in booth number 372 of Denver's Colorado Convention Center, September 14 – 17.
RTS100 engineered for predictably superior home theater performance
The RTS100 is a 14-inch diameter in-ceiling loudspeaker that features dual 5-1/4" midrange drivers and a 1-inch Ring Radiator tweeter mounted between the drivers. Polk's exclusive Sound Shape™ baffle guides the sound waves toward the listening position for imaging that seems to hover in front of the listener rather than being localized in the ceiling. The product has an integrated Performance Enclosure that ensures perfect and consistent loading for the drivers for predictable high performance. The integrated enclosure is no larger than the speaker cutout, making installation in existing construction a breeze.
The RTS100 comes with a perforated metal grille and a cloth grille so that home owners can have the look of their choice and installers do not have to inventory two SKUs or special order grilles.
"Our collaboration with Polk has resulted in a design breakthrough for in-ceiling speakers, delivering audio quality and performance previously unattainable," said Warren Mansfield, director, consumer technology at THX. "The Polk RTS 100 addresses one of the top selling product categories in the custom installation market today, and offers the installer community more options for designing home theater rooms with THX Certified components."
Polk's patent pending Stud Lock™ mounting system allows the RTS100 to be easily and securely installed for resonance and buzz-free performance. Stud Lock is an adjustable metal frame that is screwed to studs or joists. The RTS speaker is secured to the metal frame instead of the ceiling material, providing a stiffer, more secure mounting platform for the speaker for the best possible performance. A threaded screw insert on the top of the enclosure accepts an eye bolt allowing installers to attach a support wire from a solid surface to the speaker in drop ceiling installations.
The RTS100 joins the RTS105 rectangular THX Ultra2 Certified in-wall model introduced at last year's CEDIA show. With both models Custom Installation retailers will be able to offer their customers stealth built-in home theater systems with consistent and predictable high performance worthy of the THX Ultra2 certification.
The RTS100 features technologies used in Polk's critically acclaimed LCi Series built-in loudspeakers to deliver the sound quality of stand-alone models—technologies such as Polk's Ring Radiator tweeter, widely praised for its high frequency extension, clarity and detail. The drivers have Aerated Polypropylene cones, the same material used in Polk's award-winning top-line LSi and LCi Series speakers, for the kind of clear, detailed midrange response usually found only in freestanding audiophile speakers.
As in all LCi Series speakers, the RTS100 features control switches that allow the installer or user to optimize the loudspeaker response when the speakers are placed in less than ideal locations. When flush mount speakers are installed too close to adjacent room surfaces, the bass becomes "boomy" and voices sound too heavy and thick. Polk's exclusive "Wall Distance" switch lowers output only in the low-midrange/upper bass area to correct for this problem. Competitors' in-wall speakers attempt to solve this phenomenon by using a simple high pass filter. That cures the "boom" problem but at the sacrifice of deep bass response. Polk uses a more complex low Q pass-band filter to attenuate only the "boom" region without lowering deep bass output. The user hears flatter, more accurate sound and deep bass even when the speakers are located in less-than-ideal locations by necessity or for decorating reasons.
Speakers used in rooms with too many hard reflecting surfaces and insufficient absorbing materials (carpets, drapes) sound "bright," harsh and unnatural. Polk's "Tweeter Attenuation" switch engages a pass-band filter to compensate for the effect of overly reflective rooms for warmer, more realistic sound.
Polk Audio's built-in product line is segmented into Good, Better and Best series. The LCi Series is Polk's "Best" and contains three product groups:
The LCi Standard Group, introduced in 2004, these four models are designed for general multi-room audio and home theater use and are full-range products that do not need to be used with a subwoofer.
The IP Group, first shipped in early 2006, are the world's first active Internet Protocol-addressable flush mount high performance loudspeakers and represent the pinnacle of built-in speaker performance and functionality.
The RTS Group, including the RTS100 being introduced here, are specifically engineered for built-in Home Theater applications and should be used with subwoofers for full-range reproduction.
The RTS100 will be delivered to North American retailers in August 2006 at Convention a Suggested Retail Price of $1200 each. It is packaged singly to allow the greatest system design flexibility for 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 channel systems.
Polk Audio will demonstrate the RTS100 at the 2006 CEDIA Expo in booth number 372 of Denver's Colorado Convention Center, September 14 – 17.
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I was reading this article
thehill.com
That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.
And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.
Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.
There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.
In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.
Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.
Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.
So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households
So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.
That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.
But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.
Imagine what 2024 will be like.
Cable TV ‘cord-cutters’ became the majority in 2022
The steady decline of cable and broadcast television, and the rise of streaming services, reached a sort of inflection point over the past year. Last summer, for the first time, streaming ser…
thehill.com
That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.
And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.
Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.
There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.
In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.
Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.
Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.
So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households
So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.
That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.
But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.
Imagine what 2024 will be like.
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Not Me, I rather enjoy it ...People are tired of watching the World Series without the Yankees.
I thought you might like that.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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AT&T basically went downhill as even for Internet, they were slow in offering services as AT&T WorldNet did not exist until 1994.
In 1994, the commercialization of the Internet accelerated rapidly, forcing major telecommunications giants like AT&T to compete directly with pioneering network operators like BBN (Bolt Beranek and Newman).
AT&T's Early Moves. In October 1994, AT&T launched its first public World Wide Web presence (www.att.com). However, AT&T initially lagged behind rivals in offering direct, commercial Internet backbone and access services, leading it to look for external partnerships to catch up quickly.
Having built and operated the original ARPANET, BBN formed its commercial Internet service provider (ISP) division, BBN Planet, in 1994. By the end of that year, BBN acquired regional networks like SURAnet, making it the largest provider of corporate and institutional Internet access in the United States.
Long-distance rival MCI moved faster than AT&T into commercial Internet infrastructure. Alongside Sprint, IBM, and UUNet, MCI operated one of the primary commercial Internet backbones as the government-funded NSFNET prepared for decommissioning in 1995.
Because AT&T needed immediate enterprise-grade Internet capabilities to counter MCI and Sprint, AT&T forged a major alliance with BBN Planet in mid-1995.
According to The New York Times, AT&T guaranteed BBN Planet at least $120 million in revenue over three years to supply Internet access and security services to AT&T's corporate clients, while also purchasing a minority stake in the company.
While the BBN partnership gave AT&T an immediate foothold in corporate Internet services, AT&T soon built out its own massive consumer and enterprise infrastructure, launching dial-up service AT&T WorldNet in 1996. So basically AT&T would use BBNPlanet's backbone and BBNPlanet would then use MCI's backbone for anything they didn't handle directly.
Meanwhile, GTE acquired BBN in 1997, eventually merging it into what became Verizon's network assets.
Found this online:
www.steelintheair.com
Only thing was I thought AT&T split into 13 Regional Bell Operating Companies and not 7 like it says.
In 1994, the commercialization of the Internet accelerated rapidly, forcing major telecommunications giants like AT&T to compete directly with pioneering network operators like BBN (Bolt Beranek and Newman).
AT&T's Early Moves. In October 1994, AT&T launched its first public World Wide Web presence (www.att.com). However, AT&T initially lagged behind rivals in offering direct, commercial Internet backbone and access services, leading it to look for external partnerships to catch up quickly.
Having built and operated the original ARPANET, BBN formed its commercial Internet service provider (ISP) division, BBN Planet, in 1994. By the end of that year, BBN acquired regional networks like SURAnet, making it the largest provider of corporate and institutional Internet access in the United States.
Long-distance rival MCI moved faster than AT&T into commercial Internet infrastructure. Alongside Sprint, IBM, and UUNet, MCI operated one of the primary commercial Internet backbones as the government-funded NSFNET prepared for decommissioning in 1995.
Because AT&T needed immediate enterprise-grade Internet capabilities to counter MCI and Sprint, AT&T forged a major alliance with BBN Planet in mid-1995.
According to The New York Times, AT&T guaranteed BBN Planet at least $120 million in revenue over three years to supply Internet access and security services to AT&T's corporate clients, while also purchasing a minority stake in the company.
While the BBN partnership gave AT&T an immediate foothold in corporate Internet services, AT&T soon built out its own massive consumer and enterprise infrastructure, launching dial-up service AT&T WorldNet in 1996. So basically AT&T would use BBNPlanet's backbone and BBNPlanet would then use MCI's backbone for anything they didn't handle directly.
Meanwhile, GTE acquired BBN in 1997, eventually merging it into what became Verizon's network assets.
Found this online:
Wireless Telecommunications Timeline: 1983 – Present - Steel In The Air
Curious about the U.S. wireless telecom industry? Learn how the Big Four U.S. wireless carriers began and evolved into what they are today.
www.steelintheair.com
Only thing was I thought AT&T split into 13 Regional Bell Operating Companies and not 7 like it says.
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We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so... 
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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Breakfast for lunch. Crispy corned beef hash, home fries, two over easy eggs and sourdough toast.
Grabbed a burrito on the run. Beef, pinto beans, green chile and cheese. Stewart's cream soda.
Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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