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.
Samsung and Blockbuster Team Up for OnDemand Movies Delivery
Written on Jul 14, 2009 by Brian and filed under News, Samsung
Samsung has completed a deal with Blockbuster that will enable users to access Blockbuster OnDemand movies through a properly equipped Samsung device, which will include home theater in a box systems, HDTVs and Blu-ray players.
LaCie LaCinema Rugged HD Multimedia Hard Drive Released
Written on Jul 9, 2009 by Brian and filed under News
LaCie has announced high definition support for their LaCinema Rugged multimedia hard drive. The LaCinema Rugged HD features 500GB of storage, allowing users to store and watch their favorite movies, TV shows, music, photos and other media in 1080p resolution.
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.
Onkyo Home Theater Systems Coming to Best Buy’s Magnolia
Written on Jul 1, 2009 by Brian and filed under Onkyo
Later this fall Best Buy’s professional Home Theater installation service will start selling Onkyo’s home theater line, likely including some of their home theater in a box solutions. Onkyo is well-known as a quality brand, but to this point, it’s difficult for consumers to find their products outside of specialty retailers.
Review: Optimized Cable Company HDMI Cables
Written on Jun 30, 2009 by Brian and filed under News, Reviews
If you have purchased a new LCD and Plasma TV recently, or even a new high definition movie player, you have probably had a sales associate try to sell you an expensive HDMI cable. Most retail stores make a lot of the money on electronics by selling accessories with heavily inflated prices, with Monster Cable products usually at the top of the list. Online retailers have seen this push and have been offering HDMI cables at discount prices, but how do they work as advertised? In this review we take a look at a standard 6’ HDMI cable from Optimized Cable Company, with a starting price listed at $12.99.
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.
Mvix Ultio Announced – HD Digital Media Player
Written on Jun 25, 2009 by Brian and filed under News
Mvix has announced the Ultio media player. It’s a hard drive based media center capable of HD playback with video output up to 1080p via HDMI output. Ultio supports most video codecs, and formats including: H.264, MKV, Dixv HD, MOV, VC-1, FLV, AVC-HD, and FLAC.
Belkin Releases Gigabit Powerline Networking Kit
Written on Jun 22, 2009 by Brian and filed under News
Belkin has released a new product in it’s powerline networking family; a gigabit powerline HD adapter. The idea isn’t new, but the speed is – the kit lets you create a gigabit-speed wired network though your home’s existing electrical wiring. The 1000Mbps speed is five times faster than the current best technology and is great for getting content from one room to another.
Akai All-In-One Home Theater Speaker Stand Almost Does it All
Written on Jun 15, 2009 by Brian and filed under News
We’ve seen several unique approaches to getting good sound into a small self-contained package. One way is to embed speakers into the TV stand, thereby accomplishing two things at once. Akai has taken the TV stand home theater system to a whole new level though, including a iPod dock, AF/FM tuner and DVD drive, along with 1080p upscaling and simulated surround sound.
Fugliest TV Contest – Win a New Samsung LN40B530 40″ LCD
Written on Jun 10, 2009 by Brian and filed under News
Do you have a junky old TV set stashed in the basement, guest bedroom or the back of the garage? You know, one of those 500 pound 20″ tube TVs, preferably in an ancient wood cabinet with rabbit ears dangling off the side. If so, and it still works, you might consider entering this contest by sending in a photo of your TV. The grand prize is 40″ Samsung LN40B530 LCD TV worth $1000.