OneCall.Com Releases Predictions For 2001 Hot Products

E-Tailer Continues To Monitor Online Consumer Purchasing Trends Into First Quarter

5-Feb-01

OneCall.com, the most tenured A/V specialty e-tailer, has released their prediction for the top selling consumer electronics products for 2001. Trade and consumer press have used the list as a tool for tracking what's hot in the A/V e-tail industry. OneCall.com expects to see continued growth from the major audio vendors in the following high tech categories:- Digital satellite systems - DBS receivers are becoming the perfect solution for those who want the best possible picture and sound from their home theatre system. And now a new generation of DBS set-top boxes with built-in personal video recorders (PVRs) and/or high definition capability has arrived. OneCall.com carries the Sony SAT-T60 DIRECTVÆ Receiver with TiVo Service. HD-capable set-top boxes such as Sony's SAT-HD100 and the DST 3000 from Toshiba are both available for shipment in January. These set-top boxes are expected to drive a large volume of online sales in 2001. - HD-ready television sets - the excitement in television today is high definition and OneCall.com expects to continue to see online purchases skyrocket in widescreen models. These HDTV-ready knockouts are ready for the future of digital TV. All HDTV will be transmitted with an aspect ratio of 16:9 (widescreen format like a movie theatre screen). OneCall.com will carry 16:9 HD-ready TVs from Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Philips, Toshiba and others.- DVD players featuring progressive scan outputs and/or DVD-Audio - audio/visual senses will be taken to new heights when consumers experience music and movies on DVD players with progressive scan and DVD-Audio. Progressive scan technology takes advantage of the full resolution capability of DVD-Video, producing a flicker-free, seamless, film-like image. DVD players with progressive scan outputs deliver the best possible DVD picture to HD-ready television sets. DVD-Audio was conceived as a next-generation audio standard for high quality surround sound music reproduction. It incorporates 5.1-channel audio for the DVD medium. DVD players such as Onkyo's DVS939 blend the ultra-high multichannel fidelity of DVD-Audio with the video precision of progressive scan.- CD recorders - CD recorders provide superb performance in an easy-to-use package that serves virtually all CD-related needs. Users can easily create custom CDs from a variety of digital and analog sources. A new generation of CD Recorders with MP3 capabilities from major audio vendors - such as Harman Kardonís CDR 30 - will drive continued growth in this category.- Personal digital assistants - PDAs are becoming a smart and stylish way to keep today's trendsetters organized, designed to fit their hand just as easily as it fits their lifestyle. Handheld organizers like Sony's CLIEô functions as a personal digital organizer with features such as Date Book, Address Book, To Do List and Memo Pad. These entertainment-driven devices also have exclusive digital imaging features so Americans can now pack pictures and video clips alongside their calendars and memos. - MP3 players - it's so easy to take your favorite music with you anywhere. An MP3 file contains MP3-compressed digital sound that can then be played on a computer or an MP3 player. There is little loss in quality, and many cannot tell the difference between MP3 and CD quality. OneCall.com offers the Sensory Science MP2300 Rave MP3 player, the first in affordable memory and advanced functionality. Some MP3s allow for recording of voice messages with a built-in microphone and download of MS Outlook names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. Now consumers can choose what they want to listen to at anytime.For more information, visit www.onecall.com.

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