Join Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 4 plasma 3D TV
Bang & Olufsen joins the 3D TV revolution with their latest release, the BeoVision 4 that sports 85″ of viewing goodness. Yes, you read that right – a whopping 85″ for your eyes to crawl all over the place, drinking in all the detail that you would care to. Touted to be revolutionary as it delivers what some might claim to be the best picture experience of any plasma screen on the market, you can expect your eyes to enjoy Full HD images, razor sharp details, rich-lifelike colors and smooth movement of objects.
Not only that, the BeoVision 4 will also ship with a patented Bang & Olufsen Automatic Color Management technology that is capable of countering the effects of age, making sure it will deliver exceptional picture quality at a high level of performance year after year.
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Star Wars: The Complete Saga is now on Blu-ray
What happens when companies come up with a content vehicle that is able to tote around a whole lot of information on a single disc? Why, production houses try to cram in as much information as possible, more often than not re-releasing old stuff with slightly more updated data. I must say that George Lucas is a master of earning every single last penny from you after making you hooked on the movie franchise opium known as Star Wars.
His latest money making foray is not yet another trilogy with a terrible storyline and poorly renditioned aliens, but rather, to release the entire Star Wars saga on a Blu-ray set. Aptly known as Star Wars: The Complete Saga, this 9 disc Blu-ray set (yes, you read that right – we are looking at nine discs, and hours upon hours of content!) might just overload you with a lifetime’s worth of Star Wars that you end up switching allegiance and be a Trekkie instead after that.
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Panaonic VIERA AR Setup Simulator
I think you all know that I love anything that deals with Augmented Reality (AR), and this one is an interesting use of augmented reality for setting up a home theater.
In all honesty, this is really a niche market, unless there are more potential Panasonic VIERA buyers than I thought. If you want to know what a Panasonic VIERA television looks like in a certain space in your room, then you can get this Panasonic VIERA AR Setup Simulator.
As you can see from the video after the jump, there is a way for the user to select what TV set that he or she wants. All that is needed is some sort of AR marker, and they can even see what it looks like at different angles, just by turning the phone.
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Sceptre 46″ LCD Full HD TV
Let’s face the cold, hard facts – most folks these days have already upgraded to a full HDTV in their living rooms, and be they LCD, LED or plasma, one common factor that binds all of them would be this – they’re super slim (although the later generation models tend to be a whole lot more slim compared to the first few generations, not to mention thinner and thinner bezels) and getting cheaper by the day for a similar screen size.
Sceptre intends to further confuse consumers with the 46″ LCD Full HD TV, bringing along their expertise of manufacturing LED and LCD HDTVs and PC monitors right into the middle of your living room. You will find that this newly unveiled 46-inch LCD Full HD TV will sport premium surround sound while coming in an elegant glossy black finish with silver highlights. It measures under an inch thin at the thinnest point, and will deliver SRS TruSurround HD and TruVolume as well.
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Hands on with the Rockus 3D Speaker System
We reported on the Antec soundscience Rockus 3D 2.1 speaker system before, and I got a chance to try it out for myself.
The soundscience Rockus 3D 2.1 speaker system is designed for those that are into 3D gaming or movies on their home theater. Some of you, like myself, are probably wondering how the 3D sound works on this.
After all, isn’t 3D a visual thing, not audio? However, I believe that the idea of the sound is to project the sound so you will feel something go by your face like it was actually there.
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Harman announces JBL Cinema 300 and Cinema 500 speaker systems
Looking for a new speaker system for your home? That’s where the JBL Cinema 300 and Cinema 500 speaker systems intend to fit the bill, using the expertise of JBL engineers to make it possible for movie soundtracks being brought to life right in the comfort of your living room. Both of these speaker systems are among the smallest and most stylish that Harman has ever produced, offering a complete 5.1 home theater package that delivers a lot of clarity.
Not only do the Cinema 300 and 500 systems look good on the outside, they were also specially designed with signature JBL Weave aesthetic styling in mind. You can bet your bottom dollar that all components in each package were engineered and designed to work as an entire system, delivering optimal performance to your ears. A quartet of identical satellites are voice-matched to the center for consistent sound from speaker to speaker. Not only that, these systems employ a couple of PolyPlas cones in the center channel.
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Onkyo expands HT-RC family of home theater receivers
Everyone, say hello to the new Onkyo HT-RC370 and HT-RC360, where both of them will now be part of the HT-TC family of home theater receivers which will see off the HT-RC270 and HT-RC260 in the process. What makes these two new kids on the block all the more special would be them being among the first AV receivers that are equipped with the new Marvell Qdeo 4K video upscaling processor.
Additional shared features include a front-panel USB port which will deliver a direct digital connection for an iPod or iPhone, not to mention support for audio playback from USB mass-storage devices. Heck, the USB port itself even plays nice with album art from your iPod/iPhone, now how about that? As for the HT-RC360, you will find that it now has full networking capabilities while the HT-RC370 throws in Audyssey MultEQ XT processing to the final mix.
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Harman Kardon delivers cinema quality sound to your living room
Harman Kardon knows that everyone’s ears deserves to enjoy the best even, or should I say, especially in the comfort of your own living room. This has led the company to introduce their BDS series that features a couple of integrated home entertainment systems, namely the Harman Kardon BDS 400 and Harman Kardon BDS 800. Basically, the BDS series will simplify the process, making it possible for rooms of any size to enjoy a home theater experience simply by just pressing “Play”.
With rich connectivity options being made available for all your digital devices while delivering supreme cinema sound, these all-in-one home theater audio systems will come with just about anything and everything you need, including surround sound from virtually any movie or music source. Both models will sport a powerful receiver that is integrated with a Blu-ray drive, DVD and CD player, an FM tuner and what Harman Kardon claims to be a foolproof setup thanks to an intuitive on-screen menu system and an easily programmed remote.
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