We’ve seen removable optical drives on nettops before now – ViewSonic had one back in July – but Onkyo’s offering is particularly curvy and pleasing. The Onkyo P305A3 may not have a catchy name but it does offer an Intel Atom 230 1.6GHz processor paired with an NVIDIA Ion graphics chipset, while the optical drive is detachable from the side.
Onkyo have dropped a new home AV receiver, the company’s first such home theater product to include Pandora, Rhapsody, and Sirius streaming internet radio support. The Onyko TX-NR807 supports DLNA 1.5 media streaming, for playback of media stored on networked computers and drives, together with offering six HDMI ports, Faroudja DCDi Cinema 1080p upscaling and both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
As well as two new surround sound systems designed to fill your living room with sweet-sounding speakers, Onkyo have a new Blu-ray player on offer too. The Onkyo DV-BD507 supports BD Live for interactive content, with full 1080p playback and both Deep Color and x.v. Color support.
Onkyo have announced a pair of new 7.1-channel home theater systems, offering a relatively straightforward way to add surround sound – including Dolby ProLogic IIz – and 1080p HD switching to a media setup. The Onkyo HT-S7200 (shown here) and HT-S6200 have five and four HDMI 1.3a inputs, respectively, as well as the company’s U-Port iPod charging/dock connector, and offer 130W per channel.
It seems like everyone is coming out with their own netbook these days, but those companies that have been in it since the beginning are seeing a greater need to update their lineups. And that’s exactly what we saw today from Onkyo.
Onkyo has debuted two new devices: one dock for iPod and iPhone that takes advantage of the U-Port (Universal Port) that is proprietary to Onkyo, and an HD radio. The iPod/iPhone dock uses the U-Port’s single cable connection for complete control of the docked device.
From one all-in-one PC to another, only this time there’s far more serious grunt under the slick styling. Onkyo has updated its Sotec all-in-one in the shape of the Full-HD 1080p DE702, now with an optional Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 processor, up to 4GB of DDR2 memory and up to 1TB of 7,200rpm storage.
Not everyone in need of an AV receiver or high end separate audio/video components, the value-pack Home-Theater-in-a-Box has its niche market for an entry-level Home Theater entertainment in a living room. Last Week, Onkyo unveiled the world’s first AV receiver with all new Dobly ProLogic IIZ sound effect, today, they are back with a pair of basic HTiBs – 5.1 channels HT-S3200 and 7.1 channels HT-S5200.
Many moons ago, I have this thought of digital surround sound processing will get discrete vertical sound field over your head, from a pair of ceiling speakers, to create a much realistic Home-Theater experience in your living room. Dolby’s Lab has done it, but with a set of speakers above the front channels. A much logical solution without having to install speakers on your roof. The Dolby Pro Logic IIz now features up to 9.1 channels playback system that enhances the spaciousness of music, movies, and video games, and Onkyo is the first manufacturer to provide the new dimension sound effect with the introduction of TX-SR607 AV receiver.
Onkyo Japan have announced [pdf link] new entry-level versions of their HDC-1.0 Audio PC. The new range now takes advantage of Intel’s Atom 230 1.6GHz processor, paired with 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard-drive, DVD burner and six USB 2.0 ports. However there are several missing features compared to the full HDC-1.0 system, of which the most noticeable is the integrated audiophile amplifier.
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