Sony Blu-ray Home Theater System Now Available, 3D Coming
Written on Mar 10, 2010 by Charles Jefferies and filed under Featured, News, Sony
Sony’s latest Blu-ray home theater system is now available, the BDV-E570. This 5.1 system offers a 3D Blu-ray disc player, 1080p video playback, WiFi, and DLNA compatibility.
Yamaha YHT-S400 Soundbar Features Subwoofer Embedded in the Receiver
Written on Dec 22, 2009 by Brian and filed under News, Yamaha
Yamaha has introduced another lifestyle home theater system, this one with quite a twist. If you don’t have room for speakers, they’ve got you covered with an ultra-thin soundbar. No room for a subwoofer either? Problem solved; Yamaha has embedded the subwoofer in the receiver for a truly unique space-saving solution. How it all sounds will be another question.
Review: Yamaha YHT-591
Written on Jul 6, 2009 by Thomas S. and filed under Reviews, Yamaha
The Yamaha YHT-591BL is a Home Theater in a Box kit, offering 5 channel surround sound with subwoofer, and an HDMI-audio decoding receiver. This kit offers plenty of power to deliver high quality sound in nearly any size home theater, but without taking up lot of space with large bulky speakers. This system is also up to the task of delivering great low frequency response with 10” ported subwoofer, designed to be hidden away out of view. With a list price of $649, it costs slightly more than other systems on the market, but it can back it up with a strong feature set.
Yamaha neoHD Media Controller Released
Written on Jun 29, 2009 by Brian and filed under Yamaha
The Yamaha neoHD family of products gives consumers total control of all home and Internet components and sources connected to a home theater system. The newHD line uses a single remote control and intuitive on-screen menus to make it easy to navigate through all of the various home theater inputs, along with making it simple to access content that is often stored on multiple devices around the home.
Review: Yamaha DVX-700 Home Theater
Written on Mar 17, 2009 by Steve and filed under Reviews, Yamaha
The Yamaha DVX-700 home theater system consists of the DVR-700 DVD player, NS-P700 satellite speaker pair, and the NS-PSW700 subwoofer. This 2.1 channel system provides surround sound via Yamaha’s Air Surround Xtreme technology with four surround modes: music, movie, sports, and game. Can a 2.1 system, even with Air Surround Xtreme technology, stand up to a true surround system?
Yamaha Home Theater in a Box Systems Announced – YHT-791, YHT-591, YHT-491 & YHT-391
Written on Mar 2, 2009 by Brian and filed under News, Yamaha
Yamaha has announced for new home theater in a box systems. The YHT-791 and YHT-591 are 7.1 and 5.1 systems respectively and while they don’t include a Blu-ray player, they do offer HD audio decoding. The YHT-491 and YHT-391 are more value-oriented 5.1 systems that don’t skimp, each tosses in an 8″ 100 watt subwoofer.
Yamaha DVX-700 Home Theater First Thoughts Review
Written on Jan 31, 2009 by Steve and filed under Reviews, Yamaha
We just got the Yamaha DVX-700 home theater system in-house to put through its paces. We haven’t had enought time to crank out the full review, but thought that a “first thoughts” was in order for this system. This 2.1 channel system provides surround sound via Yamaha’s Air Surround Xtreme technology. Read on for our first thoughts and check back in a few weeks for our full review.
Yamaha DVX-700 2.1 HTiB System Announced
Written on Dec 26, 2008 by Brian and filed under News, Yamaha
Yamaha has added to their home theater in a box system lineup with the new DVX-700. The 2.1 system comes with a 1080p upscaling DVD player, 70W satellites, 70W subwoofer and Yamaha’s Air Surround Xtreme for simulated surround sound.