London, United Kingdom. June, 2010 - LG Electronics (LG) announces its HB45E Home Cinema System. Versatile and uniquely stylish, the 400 watt complete 2.1-channel Blu-ray home cinema brings additional content into the living room via DLNA and LG Netcast. … Continue Reading
Yamaha has announced details of two new home cinema receivers with 3D video and a new Yamaha 3D Cinema mode. … Continue Reading
Anthem, the Canadian high-end AV power providing and processor heavyweight, has announced the availability of the Audio/Video Master 50v (AVM 50v), a state-of-the-art music pre-amplifier/home cinema processor. Following in the footsteps of its big brother, the multi-award winning Statement D2v benchmark design, the AVM 50v aims to offer the same state-of-the-art technologies though for significantly less outlay. With the £5999 AVM 50v, the Ontario-headquartered Anthem team has delivered a fully featured 7.1-channel audio and video processor with eight HDMI inputs, broadcast-quality digital video processing, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, XLRs, highest quality 1080p upscaling, Anthem Room Correction, and two stereo zones.
Peerless-AV Europe has added to its range of award-winning TV wall-mount systems … Continue Reading
Teufel, one Europe’s leading direct seller of loudspeaker systems, has announced the launch of the System 8 THX Ultra 2 5.1 speaker set. In creating the System 8 THX Ultra 2, Teufel set out to achieve the previously impossible – to engineer a THX Ultra 2-approved 5.1 system that takes up significantly less space than its critically acclaimed Theater 8 system without sacrificing its legendary acoustic performance. … Continue Reading
SIM2 has introduced the latest projector from its revered, multi-award winning Grand Cinema C3X series – the C3X LUMIS UNO. … Continue Reading
The Seismic 110 subwoofer from Paradigm may measure no more than 30cm in any direction, but this state-ofthe- art design is powered by a phenomenal 1kW of power. … Continue Reading
QED, one the UK’s foremost manufacturers of specialist hi-fi and home cinema cables, has announced it has reduced the suggested selling prices of all its leading HDMI cables as of 1st June 2010. … Continue Reading
Onkyo, the UK’s No1 home cinema receiver maker, announces the release of three new mid- and upper mid-range network-enabled models for 2010: the TX-NR1008, TX-NR808, and TX-NR708. … Continue Reading
The BBC has announced that it will launch its second HD channel in the autumn. Although the simulcast channel will not be 100% HD content, most of the highly rated shows will be made in HD as the move to HD production within the BBC continues. … Continue Reading
LG has announced the release of their slim HB965TZ Blu-ray home cinema system in the UK, here are the full details… … Continue Reading
Patrik Pfandler, Senior Market Analyst, Futuresource Consulting comments on the increasing 3D Gaming market… … Continue Reading
America’s well known speaker brand JBL has announced the release of its 1400 Array Loudspeaker – a brutal pro-sound and efficiency refined for home use. … Continue Reading
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