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DTS/IMAX Enhanced is now available for home use. Enhanced components will be approved and labeled for home usage. Post- production specialist (well known to members of the sound community) Bruce Markoe introduced the system: "IMAX has been around for 50 years. All of the theaters are built the same, and we have our own hardware. Theaters are brighter and have a higher contrast ratio. 4K masters are being redone for these home systems. Immersive format is 12 channels with bass management. Filmmakers remix into the IMAX format. Filmmakers like the IMAX format because the playback system is transparent." Living in Digital Times declared the "Last Gadget Standing" to be the Shure MV88+ microphone intended for use with a smartphone as a video kit. The mic is $249 and has received positive reviews. RCA did something different this year; they are showing a traveling exhibit called "110 Years of Magic." This exhibit will be at many major trade shows this year. If you are a fan of audio/video history, stop by and check it out. They have radios going back to their earliest days. For those of us who remember the '60s and '70s, this exhibit will induce a nostalgia from seeing so many audio and video products that we used as consumers. Chinese manufacturer TCL has entered the home video market at the top by focusing on the mid-range market, pointing out that less than one percent of monitors sold cost more than $2,000.