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If your cramped urban dwelling is forcing you to choose between designated sleeping quarters and a full-on media room, fret no more.

You can have both with Zoom-Room, an electronic version of the Murphy bed.

“When it comes out of the wall everyone says, ‘Wow!’” says company owner Peter Medvin.

Time to ditch all your gear... again.

Just when you got a handle on HDMI 1.3, here comes 1.4. While this is sure to elicit a groan from many, 1.4 has a host of new features that are actually very, very cool.

Starting with the ability to send Internet data over HDMI.

I'll let the gravity of that sink in while you click...

Turns out I can do that, Dave.

Aperion's new HAL wireless audio dongle lets you stream any digital audio from your computer, iPod, or other device to a variety of audio equipment.

Even better, you can add additional receivers to distribute the audio to multiple systems.

All the info after the jump...

Bluetooth goes high-end

The Chordette GEM is a high-performance digital to analog converter that uses Bluetooth to receive wireless digital music transmission from PC’s, portable music players, and Bluetooth enabled cell phones.

All the info after the jump.

There can be only one…okay, maybe two.

Is Vivitek’s H6080FD the industry’s first 1080p LED projector? Or is it Delta Electronics’ HT-8000? Both claim the title. Both are on display at the show. Neither has yet to hit the market. Who will win The Prize?

Get in touch with your music

Admit it: If you’re into audio, you’ve always dreamed of having simple access to all of your music at any time. No digging through hundreds of vinyl or CD albums to find the right one, and no searching a computer hard drive or portable music player interface to create a suitable playlist.

Launching today, Disney's new Innoventions Dream Home has the kind of toys that adults will want.

Where once robots touted magical machines like microwaves and dishwashers, now it is all about the smart home. Key to the interaction of all the various bits is Life|ware, makers of extensive home automation gear.

Each room in the "house"(really just the center of the old rotating Carousel of Progress exhibit) has touch panels, and all interact with streaming HD feeds and HP media servers running Microsoft's Media Center.

Partners in Music

The two-channel C-S5VL audiophile-grade SACD player and A-5VL integrated digital amplifier are the latest additions to the Onkyo family.

Together, these units are ideal partners in music.

More after the jump…