JVC NX-BD3 Blu-ray HTiB Announced in UK

Written on Aug 27, 2008 by Brian and filed under JVC, News

JVC NX-BD3

JVC has announced the NX-BD3 in the UK, their first home theater in a box that includes a Blu-ray player. While that’s a good start, it’s profile 1.1 and won’t be upgradeable to 2.0 and is only a 2.1 channel system.

The two main speakers purport to create a virtual surround sound scenario with a phantom center channel and virtual rear speakers. The subwoofer pitches in with 200 watts of bass.

Overall it doesn’t get a whole lot better, with a single HDMI input and a UK pound-converted price of $1460 in the US. The system is due to launch in September. Hopefully JVC will re-think its plans before launching here. [via Electronista]