Series 4

If you needed to hire a spokesmodel this weekend and couldn't, CEDIA is the culprit. Exhibitors would do just about anything to get showgoers, who are predominantly male, to notice their displays. Silicon Optix used a Marilyn Monroe theme, which was easy to figure out.

But we were stumped by the orange-feather hairdos at the DVDO booth until we looked at the company's literature.

Vantage Point used a highly suggestive "Mount U" campaign (and yes, Vantage Point does make audio/video mounting hardware).

Far less suggestive but no less noticeable were the cable technicians at the Analysis Plus booth.

Totem Acoustic gets originality points for its teepee display...,

...demo system inside.

Gallo Acoustics used Sherwood electronics to demo a home-theater system based on its Reference 3 speakers ($2599 per pair). [www.roundsound.com]

Gallo showed a prototype center-channel speaker for use with its Reference 3s. It should be in production later this year. [www.roundsound.com]