Category: Home cinema
Shiny Video Preview: Philips Design Collection TVs
Along with the Eco FlatTV, Philips also unveiled the new Design Collection of TVs last week. Check them out above…
Philips announces the DVDR5570H player to a collective silence from home cinema fans
Another day, another Philips product – this time the DVDR5570H. Susi over at Shiny Shiny has just been fondling it at the launch, and claims it’s “half fab, half not so much”.
With a 120GB option for €399, and a 250GB version for €499, they’re very pricey, particularly when you hear they only contain one tuner…
Philips aims to be on Greenpeace's Christmas card list, with their 42PFL5603D Eco FlatTV
Philips has whipped out a platter of some of the products they’ll be releasing within the next few months, including the Eco FlatTV which, as it sounds, is their eco-friendly offering.
With features that’ll impress our Hippyshopper editor including an inbuilt light sensor which will dim the backlight according to the lighting, the use of lead-free components, and importantly,…
Sanyo launches 'smallest and lightest' LCD projector – LP-XW60
Is the LP-XW60 LCD projector really the smallest and lightest? Well, according to maker Sanyo it is.
Up close with the Sony BRAVIA range: Part 2: Display technology
Last time, we looked at how Sony’s BRAVIA range of TVs produce the optimum picture from any video source.
It doesn’t end there, though. There’s plenty more technology built in to these TVs to ensure that programmes and films look their best.
LCD Technology
Most of the BRAVIA TVs feature a state-of-the-art high performance LCD panel. These feature Advanced Contrast Enhancement, which monitors the brightness of the backlight and automatically adjusts contrast to ensure good detail levels, an ultra wide viewing angle of 178 degrees, and a non-reflective frame which helps to reduce reflections caused by artificial light sources in a room…
Jamo launches DMR 45 virtual surround sound receiver
Along with their new 5.1 channel system, Jamo has announced their 2.1 receiver system incorporating virtual surround sound, for those who can’t install a complete 5.1 speaker system in their living space.
The DMR 45 is a compact unit capable of 2 x 75W of power output plus the ability to drive one of Jamo’s separate subwoofers…
Jamo launches 5.1-channel DVD receiver and four all-in-one systems
Jamo has released a bevy of sleek black AV units, with its 5.1-channel DVD receiver — the DMR 70 — first on the menu. Offering 5 x 65W power, plus Dolby Digital, DTS 5.1, and Dolby Pro-Logic II decoding, upscaling of DVDs to either 720p or 1080i HD resolution via its HDMI output, plus support for DivX, WMA, SVCD, MP3 and JPEG formats, it’s no pushover. It’s sleek too, measuring just 55mm high, thanks to its Class D amplification system that allows component sizes to be reduced…
Inevitable newsflash: Pioneer announces end of production of Plasma panels
Pioneer has gone and announced exactly what everyone’s been expecting for the last month or more – that production of their Plasma screens will be ceased, with third-party (likely Matsushita) panels being rebranded for their Kuro range.
According to a news release from Pioneer this morning, “we have judged that maintaining the cost competitiveness of plasma display panels at projected sales volumes will be difficult going forward. Accordingly, we have decided to terminate in-house plasma display panel production and to procure these panels externally, after panel production for our next series of models is complete.”
To reduce the amount of job losses…
Men getting into interior design – so their lovely new LCD TVs match the curtains
The trend of replacing ugly old CRTs with fancy new LCDS has lead to men getting all worried about the insides of their houses.
A survey from fancy LCD maker LG found that 6/10 Brits believe their TV’s design is important to their homes, with an even higher percentage saying that the TV is “an integral part of their interior design decisions.”
Men, in fact, are now so worried about how their growing home cinema setup looks…
The $25,000 ITC One entertainment home warehouse adds Blu-ray support
It’s unlikely many of you are in the market for an ITC One, what with the gigantic SE2 Labs home entertainment solution costing about as much as a small Korean family hatchback.
The ITC One’s around the size of two PC cases, and already contains an Xbox 360, Wii, HD PVR, surround sound amp and processor, plus an iPod dock because every new electrical product launched
