Traditional speaker docks are so 2010. This year, AirPlay is in, and Philips was on hand to demo five new wireless speaker models at the CEA LineShows in NYC, set to roll out beginning later this month through the holiday season. Its flagship Fidelio SoundSphere DS9800W will ship in June with a price tag of about 0, but didn’t appear willing to pair with the iPhone Philips had on hand at the show. We did go ears-on with the more affordable DS8800W, however, which filled the small demo room with deep, rich Fire and Rain, sans-wires — and can do the same in your own home when it ships for 0 beginning next month. That model isn’t nearly as sleek as the non-functional SoundSphere model, or its smaller DS6800W counterpart, which will hit stores in time for the holidays with a 0 MSRP. Philips also showed us its 360-degree DS3881W and compact AD7000W — both of which also include AirPlay support, and will ship for 0 and 0, respectively, by the holiday season. Jump past the break for a look at all five models.

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Add one more to the list of manufacturers supporting Apple’s AirPlay. Philips just announced its Fidelio SoundSphere speaker that supports WiFi music streaming over Apple’s new media sharing “standard” from your PC or Mac iTunes library or from any iOS device. Unfortunately, Philips isn’t providing any useful detail about these speakers with free-floating tweeters and 360-degree sound. But hey, if you’re the kind who buys speakers based on appearance alone, then the €799 (about ,100 — nearly twice as much as the Zeppelin Air) price tag should be no problem when they hit Europe sometime in May. Press release and bonus pic showing the bundled dock after the break.

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Philips DVP5990/F7 DVD Player with 1080p HDMI Upconversion and DivX

• 1080p upconversion
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