Join Vizio expands their HD audio eco-system with new releases
Vizio is not only good at making affordable flat screen displays for the living room, but the company has recently updated their portfolio of high definition audio devices with a couple of products which ought to curry favor with those who are looking for an affordable home theater system which delivers bang for your hard-earned buck. We’re talking about the VHT210 32″ Home Theater Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer and the VHT510 40″ Home Theater Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer, where both of them are full well capable of delivering big home theater sound in a sleek design coupled with advanced surround sound technology. They can be hooked up sans wires to the VHP100 Wireless Home Theater Headphones if you so desire, although don’t let Vizio tell you otherwise that different wireless headphones will work just fine as well.
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Best Buy has new Insignia 5.1 Home Theater System up for sale
Best Buy has ensured that their virtual store shelves are now filled up with the spanking new Insignia 5.1 Home Theater System that will come equipped with Audyssey audio technology, which is a complete home audio system from the good people at Insignia. It will be a Best Buy exclusive, no doubt about it, making it one of the more reasonably priced Home Theater system that are offered to consumers where it comes with virtually all of the components required to experience movie theater sound quality in their homes. After all, most consumers want something hassle free – just take a look at the number of instant items we have, ranging from instant noodles to instant coffee and TV dinners. With the Insignia 5.1 Home Theater System, the same applies as it is easy to install, simple to control and won’t break the bank.
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Acoustic Immersion Pod
Want to get the best out of your music? If you’re seriously considering upgrading your home audio system with money being no object, how about the Acoustic Immersion Pod from Hammacher? This uniqe pod will immerse a listener in an acoustically optimized chamber, where it offers an enveloping audio experience with its robust six-speaker surround sound system. Inside, you will find it lined with open-cell acoustic foam, similar material used in recording studios which will deflect, disperse, and absorb sound waves, helping create a personal sound environment which will not annoy those nearby especially if you’re a huge fan of manufactured pop music living in a household who loves classical tunes. The Acoustic Immersion Pod offers a frequency response of 20 Hz-20 kHz for a full range of sound ideal for movies, sporting events, music, or games. You can choose from a Red shell with red foam or Black with gray foam, where either color will make your bank account $3,000 lighter.
Panasonic wireless home theater audio system
Panasonic rolls out yet another first today in the form of their maiden fully wireless home theater audio system that was specially made for Full HD 3D, where it comes in the form of the new SC-ZT2. This wireless device is a design-matching solution for any self-respecting Full HD 3D home theater system, where it is capable of producing rich surround sound with the life-like ambience of a 7.1-channel system, all using a mere two speakers – now how about that! When it works together in tandem with the new Panasonic DMP-BDT350 Blu-ray 3D player, it is as though you were witnessing a marriage made in heaven, or at least somewhere near to that extent. The Panasonic SC-ZT2 offers high definition surround sound audio portion of Full HD 3D, letting home theater enthusiasts as well as folks who are fortunate enough to own 3D theater systems, to see cables that run across the room as a thing of the past.
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D-BOX in a Megaplex 20
During CES 2009, I had a chance to try out a D-BOX seat, and I was completely blown away.
The seat moved with the film. Speakers were mounted so the sound was life-like. It was quite an experience, and I wanted one of these at home.
It would appear that D-BOX Technologies is going to have a whole theater full of these seats with the Megaplex 20 in a District in South Jordan.
It will be the first movie theater to equip an auditorium with 28 D-BOX MFX seats. That is about four rows, and that will make them the most coveted seats in the house.
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Kaleidescape unveils M300 and M500 Blu-ray players
Kaleidescape is a name that is associated with movie servers, and today they take a slightly different route with the M300 and M500 Blu-ray players hitting the market. Of course, reading on further will reveal that they are not just Blu-ray players per se, but are media players of a higher level. Both models will be based on the company’s proprietary M-Class architecture, where this next generation of players are more than capable of delivering a new and improved onscreen user interface alongside Blu-ray support. To up the ante, the M500 Player is capable of copying Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, and CDs onto a server, while both models enable imported content to be played back instantly, making this more or less the first multi-zone movie server for Blu-ray in the world.
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Western Digital announces WD TV Live HD media player
Set top boxes seem to get more and more popular these days, and it is no wonder since folks have been conditioned to get things instantly as well as on-demand, leading to an ever increasing pace in our lifestyle which has side effects such as unwanted stress as well as being in a rush all the time. Well, Western Digital surely doesn’t help slow down your life, as it introduces its WD TV Live HD media player that boasts network capability and Full HD 1080p resolution support, making it the first network media player that is compatible with Windows 7 in the market. The WD TV Live HD media player is pretty easy to use, as virtually anyone is able to play media stored on USB and network drives, through any PC on the home network, alongside content from popular websites, all in the comfort of your living room and on the biggest screen in your home. Makes perfect sense to upgrade that TV now, eh?
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Sony rolls out new home audio solutions with 3D functionality
Looks like going 3D is the way forward, and companies are jumping aboard the 3D bandwagon like nobody’s business. Well, Sony is no different as they work on introducing a trio of new home audio solutions that offer 3D capability. Both the HT-CT350 and HT-CT150 3.1 channel would fall under the sound bar category, while the HT-SF470 5.1 channel home theater system brings a flexible solution to discerning home consumers, rounding off the Sony 3D experience while meeting the demands of 3D home entertainment. After all, wouldn’t it make perfect sense to back up a visual 3D feast with an aural one as well?
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