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Visual Grand Prix
was launched to promote the home entertainment industry, which
primarily involves sound and images. The selections made serve
as guidelines for users, helping them to select excellent products.
Major shops and makers consider Visual Grand Prix to be highly
influential at the actual point of sale.
Among the domestically-marketed digital AV products manufactured
in Japan and abroad, Visual Grand Prix focuses on those designed
for home entertainment purposes and selects products that embody
superior performance, technologies, and concepts. |
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| Any products that
satisfy each of the following requirements are included in the
screening process: |
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Audio-Visual home theater-related consumer
products sold in Japan by the manufacturer or distributor |
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All products self-appointed by the manufacturer
or distributor |
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All products released until the date
of the publication (17th Nov. 2006) on the selection of
Visual Grand Prix 2006 |
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All products launched on the market at
the date of the Visual Grand Prix 2006 screening(17th
Nov. 2006)
¦Any products previously
awarded in former Visual Grand Prix can also nominate
from this year |
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Display
CRT
type TVs, projection TVs, flat TVs(plasma, liquid crystal) |
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Hometheater
Projectors,screen,hometheater systems |
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Digital players
DVD
players,BD players,HD DVD players,CD players,SACD players,Universal
players |
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Digital recorders
digital
Hi-Vision video decks,DVD recorders(including HDD or VHS
hybrid models),HDD recorders,BD recorders,HD DVD recorders,digital
video cameras,digital still cameras |
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Media
tapes,discs,memorycards |
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Sound
speakers
systems and subwoofers,multi-channel sound systems(AV
amplifiers & processors, multichannel amplifiers etc.) |
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Hometheater accessories
cables,insulator,boards,racks,speaker stands,antennas
etc. |
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| After the winner
of Grand Prix is selected from each of the above genres, products
qualified for the following prizes will also be selected: |
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Visual Grand Prix Gold
Prize/Silver Prize/Bronze Prize |
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Extra Award from Judges |
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Home Theater Prize |
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Special Jury Prize |
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Golden Longrun Prize |
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Extra Award for Product
Development |
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Extra Award for Product
Planning |
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Extra Award for Technology |
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Top of genre Prize |
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Chairman/Tomohiro
Kaiyama
Judges/Hirotsugu Saito,Masanori Hayashi,Ryoichi Matsuyama, Takaya
Murase,Tadashi Yamabiychi,
Shintaro Ohashi,Mitsuharu Nagai |
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| Three major prizes,
special prizes and other prizes will be selected on the basis
of evaluation by leading distributors nationwide and the consensus
or poll of judges. |
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November 17,2006
the December issue of"AV Review" issued on November
17,2006
"Hometheater phile Vol.39"issued on December
20,2006
the December issue of "Senka 21" issued on November
25,2006
and "Phile-web","yodobashi.co.jp","avac.co.jp"
etc. |
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