Tag Archive for 'home-entertainment'
Samsung has announced its fifth-generation Blu-ray player, the BD-P2500, capable of 1080p high-definition from Blu-ray media as well as upscaling standard definition DVDs. Supporting BD Live (Profile 2.0) and Bonus View (Profile 1.1), the BD-P2500 also has Hollywood Quality Video (HQV) processing, xvYCC Deep Color support and a 24fps film mode.
Problems appear to be afoot with Acer’s recently announced Aspire X1200 HTPC. Several users are complaining that their network cards would go into sleep mode and then refuse to wake up without a restart; when told by Acer’s tech support team to update the BIOS, the network issue is resolved but the HDMI output no [...]
Sony has announced a new high-end SACD player in Japan, the SCD-XA5400ES, catering to wealthy audiophiles still with a fondness for the technology. Based on a twin R-core transformer and D/A system - individual components rather than rolled into the general chipset - Sony are calling the parts the best the company has produced to [...]
Someone at Panasonic must think retro is back in fashion, as the DMR-BR630V - the company’s latest Blu-ray and DVR combo deck - also manages to include VHS functionality. Presumably intended for people wanting to archive their old VHS tapes onto Blu-ray (or maybe just continue to view a large back-catalogue), the BR630V has a [...]
Lurking in your home cinema room like some monstrous black hat-box, Planar’s Viper projector is the company’s first to use a 3-chip DLP system, with full HD support for screens larger than 110-inches. The Viper has a native resolution of 1280 x 720, contrast ratio of 10,000:1 at 2,000 lumens brightness and 10-bit independent dual image [...]
OpenFrame is a home phone and information center developed by OpenPeak that’s meant to make the experience of talking on your house phone a much more twenty-first century experience. And if there’s one area that’s been left behind, it’s the home phone!
High-end AV specialists Parasound have announced their latest preamp, the Halo P 7, which is intended to cater to multichannel music and surround sound from Blu-ray, DVD-Audio, and SACD players as well as to traditional stereo sources. To do so, it incorporates both 2-channel and 7.1-channel analog preamps, with a range of balanced XLR and RCA [...]
Boston Acoustics is at it again, this time serving up an all-in-one iPod speaker dock that brings high power and sleek design together in a somewhat affordable package. Acting as a follow up to the Horizon Duo-i, the iDS2 is all speaker.
Universal Remote Controls have announced their entry-level MX-450, intended for custom installers and - unusual for the segment - capable of macro programming directly from the device itself, rather than requiring connection to a PC. The system, called MacroEdit, gives a graphical illustration of each step in the macro, making it straightforward to tweak and [...]
We’re finding out more details about the Sony DMX-WL1t, the companies first WHDI device to transmit video wirelessly in your home. The device first showed up in January at CES, and is making another appearance now, but now with more details.
