Tag Archive for '1080p'
Sony Europe has announced availability of three new home cinema AV receivers, each supporting 1080p 24fps True Cinema high-definition. The range flagship, the SRT-DG820, also includes full HD audio decoding, including Dolby True HD, dts Master Audio and eight-channel Linear PCM. All three have HDMI v1.3 inputs together with digital audio and standard A/V inputs, support BRAVIA [...]
NEC have taken the wraps off of the MultiSync EA261WM, a 26-inch desktop LCD monitor with WUXGA resolution. That means a full 1,920 x 1,200 resolution widescreen panel that, in the EA261WM’s case, boasts a contrast ratio of 1,000:1, 400 cd/m2 brightness and 5ms response time. Knocking Lenovo’s 22-inch WUXGA ThinkVision L220x Wide into the proverbial cocked-hat, the [...]
Sony have announced their latest HDTV range, the S4000-series, that promises to bring BRAVIA technology to smaller rooms. Available in four sizes - 26-inch, 32-inch, 37-inch and 40-inch - with the largest offering a full 1080p high-definition panel, each has three HDMI sockets and integrated DMB digital TV tuner.
Victor JVC have announced [pdf link] two new HDD-based high-definition camcorders, both capable of capturing full 1920 x 1080 footage. The GZ-HD40 has a 120GB drive, while the GZ-HD30 has 80GB; each also features a MicroSDHC card slot. As of June 2008, the HD30 is the world’s smallest Full HD camcorder with a [...]
Monster Cables might be a contentious brand among those who pay a lot of attention to cables, but so far they’re the first I’ve heard to be planning a combination wireless HDAV and UWB-over-Coax system [pdf link]. Developed using Sigma Designs’ UWB technology, the so-called Monster Wireless Digital Express HD system will stream high-definition media from [...]
It’s not all Eee at Computex; ASUS have also unveiled a desktop PC bearing their own branding, the Mini PC Nova Lite PX24. The company is calling it “the world’s smallest high-definition PC”, by virtue of its compact dimensions - 242 x 184 x 51mm - and separate ATI RV620 graphics card. That’s capable of [...]
If you’re serious about home theatre, you’ve probably skipped past the whole “LCD or plasma?” debate and instead started browsing through projector catalogues. Sound & Vision have been taking a look at Mitsubishi’s HC6000 projector - capable of 1080p high-definition and of taking 24p input and frame-doubling it to luscious 48p - and come away [...]
Sony have announced their latest HDTV range, the BRAVIA V4000-series. Larger than the V4500 launched earlier this month, three sizes of V4000 will be available initially - 40-inch, 46-inch and 52-inch - with more options later on in the year. Each packs 1080p high-def support, integrated DVB-C/DVB-T digital tuner and the BRAVIA ENGINE 2 processor for a 33,000:1 contrast [...]
After teasing us back in January with a working prototype but no plan to implement it, Toshiba have changed their tune over their graphically marvellous SpursEngine. Based on the same Cell CPU that gives the PlayStation 3 its graphical grunt, their SE1000 chip in fact contains four of those processors. Toshiba have now confirmed that [...]
Panasonic have announced a new home cinema system offering 1080p Blu-ray playback and digital surround sound. The SC-BT100 supports the latest Blu-ray Final Standard Profile, has an iPod dock, and comes with out-of-the-box 5.1 surround; that can be easily upgraded to 7.1 with the addition of two wireless side speakers. It also appears [...]
