08.16.2008 — Knoll has developed energy-saving circuitry for its amplifiers and a new projector with DLP DarkChip4.

Both products will be shown at the company's booth (948) at CEDIA Expo 2008.

The GS12 class A/B amp features the company's new Eco-System circuitry. This patent-pending circuit determines which of the 12 stereo channels (four pairs) are in use and delivers power only to those channels.

The channels that are "off" are truly off, not in "standby" or "mute." The active channels, thus, share more rail voltage and have more reserve power for the channels in use.

The GS12 uses less than 4 watts when idle, according to Knoll, saying amps without Eco-System use 14 times the power when idle or in standby.

Knoll says the Eco-System will save users one hundred dollars or more per year on bills. It also features an energy-saving fan that is thermostatically controlled.

The amp has gold RCA input jacks with adjustable gain and input impedance of 50k ohms. It produces 50 watts per channel at 8 ohms and 70 watts per channel at 4 ohms.

The GS12 and the 8-channel GS8 are available now for $1,238 and $1,178, respectively

HDP460 Projector Features 1080p DLP DarkChip4

The HDP460 projector features Texas Instruments' 1080p DLP DarkChip4 to deliver 1,600 lumens and a native contrast of 5,000:1. The contrast can reach 15,000:1 by activating the onboard iris.

This projector has HDMI v1.3 with Deep Color and can display up to 1.07 billion colors.

There is one input for each of the following: DVI, HDMI, component and composite video and S-Video.

The projector can be controlled by its keypad, remote control or RS-232.

It also has Pixelworks DNX 10-bit video processing and built-in scaling that support 2.35:1 aspect ratios.

The HDP460 delivers D6500K color accuracy even with ambient light or daytime viewing. The brightness can be reduced to improve black level performance without dimming the picture.

MSRP is $8,499.

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