Sharp XV-Z12000 MARK II DLP projector reviewed

There is no doubt the XV-Z12000 MARK II puts up a fantastic image, but the question of value has to be brought up. With the falling price of three-chip projectors (like the $15,000 InFocus 777 I reviewed on hometheatermag. com)...

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Posted by Staff on 22 March 2006

Sony BDP-S1 Blu Ray player now on Amazon

The player resembles an old style laser disc player and feels out of place in when compared to other $1000 equipment which one may have on the shelf. We also thought that the blue color was a bit out of...

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Posted by Staff on 22 March 2006

Toshiba TDP-MT700 projector

The world of home entertainment has come an awful long way since the days of the flickering, clattering cine projector and it’s set to enter a new era in 2006. The arrival of high definition broadcast and playback formats will...

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Posted by Staff on 22 February 2006

MatrixStream IMX 1020HD digital video recorder

MatrixStream appears to be one of the first (if not the first) to bring a 1080p set-top box to market. They're definitely ahead of the curve because so few HDTVs can currently accept a 1080p signal and even fewer, as...

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Posted by Staff on 29 January 2006

Harmon Kardon releases AVR 740 A/V receiver

Harman Kardon announced that it will begin shipping its state-of-the-art AVR 740 7.2-channel audio/video receiver in February 2006. In addition, the company is expanding its advanced-technology A/V receiver lineup with the addition of its 7.1-channel AVR 640 and AVR 440...

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Posted by Staff on 22 January 2006

Hi-Def cinema in your home

SIM2’s latest projector will display “true” 1080p HDTV pictures – when they actually arrive.We’re all looking forward to the day when Sky rams HDTV into our homes, but we know that something even better is on the distant horizon. While...

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Posted by Staff on 19 January 2006

Buying a HDTV? How to be prepared to select the one for you

You have been hearing about HDTV and decided to start looking for one. A friend of yours reminds you that the general knowledge about buying regular TVs is not quite enough for selecting this type of product, so you quickly...

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Posted by Staff on 18 January 2006

NeuNeo's seriously-flawed HVD2085 1080p Upconverting DVD Player

The HVD2085 does have a rather significant Achilles heel. For some inexplicable reason, it doesn't have 3:2 pulldown detection on 720p or 1080p, but it does have it for 480p. I was so dumbfounded by this oversight that I checked...

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Posted by Staff on 18 January 2006

Entertainment PC - 2000GB media center

Now you can with an Entertainment PC media PC system. Using the very latest PC technology the EPC system combines a high quality DVD player, CD player, HD playback and a digital TV tuner with hard disc recording to give...

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Posted by Staff on 13 January 2006

Panasonic's 103" monster

Check out that pic - this baby is so bright the presenter has to wear shades! The great game of who’s-got-the-biggest, um… telly was played once more at CES this year. Panasonic came out as winner wielding a 103 inch...

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Posted by Staff on 13 January 2006

Sexy Vaio Media Center debuts

Dubbed the VGX-XL100 and styled in a cooler-than-my-living-room black and brushed aluminium, it is a jack of all trades functioning as a TV tuner and recorder, DVD player and burner, music jukebox, gaming machine and office work station.The old-school horizontal...

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Posted by Staff on 13 January 2006

Ultimate home theater seating

Need some suitable seating for your almost-perfect home theater setup? How about a bank of reclining chairs which put cinema chairs to shame? They even include cup holders and food trays. Our friends at TechDigest suggest the La-Z-Boy range. From...

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Posted by Staff on 13 January 2006

Optoma introduces the HD72

The HD72 features Texas Instruments' latest 16:10 DarkChip2 DMD chipset to deliver vivid digital images, as well as a 7-segment color wheel and 10-bit color per channel processing to give the HD72 higher lumens and deep color saturation.With a proprietary...

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Posted by Staff on 12 January 2006

Cheap-ish 70inch rear projection set

Chinese company Konka - the winner of this year's comedy name award - is showing a 70inch LCOS HD (1080p) rear projection model which seems to offer pretty good picture quality. The company reckons it will be on the market...

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Posted by Staff on 11 January 2006

Pioneer PDP-5060HD Plasma HDTV reviewed

The tuner is great. It pulled in all of our local HD channels and displayed them with nary a blip, all with just a cheap indoor antenna. It's rare that a display ships with such a good tuner. Adding channels...

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Posted by Staff on 11 January 2006

The MT40 is dead, long live the MT50 by Samsung

Remember the MT40? No? A little effort please! It's a Korean product! Still nothing? Well, the MT40 is Samsung's Media Center PC, and in my humble opinion the prettiest Media Center on the market. It came with IDE and a...

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Posted by Staff on 11 January 2006

Toshiba demo SED display technology

As reported earlier, Toshiba & Canon’s newest display technology, SED, was on display at CES 2006. According to many who were able to actually view some of the sets, the displays were nothing short of amazing even though they were...

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Posted by Staff on 9 January 2006

Rear-Projection HDTV with No Lamp!

It’s clear that the competition between LCD, plasma, and rear-projection HDTV is heating up, and the 40″ to 50″ size range appears the be the prime battleground. Each technology has its advantages and disadvantages, but the manufacturers are working hard...

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Posted by Staff on 9 January 2006

Everything You Need To Know About HDTV

Everything according to C|Net that is. It has a lot of great information. This was written a few years ago but is mostly relevant. The TV aspect-ratio converter is a great tool. This lets you see how big a...

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Posted by Staff on 8 January 2006

Harman Kardon's High-End CES Goodies

Harman Kardon didn't hold anything back at CES, showing three A/V receivers, an advanced Universal remote control, a 7.1 channel home theatre system, an integrated home theatre system and 2 DVD A/V players with SACD and HDMI. The The...

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Posted by Staff on 4 January 2006

Wireds coolest rooms on the planet

Lets face it. Having a flat panel is not what it used to be. There was once a time that have one of these large flat screens hanging on the wall signaled "you made it." No longer are you...

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Posted by Staff on 4 January 2006

Props to the HD Beat Flickr folks

Wow, when we made a call out for our new HD Beat Flickr group, we had no idea what kind of gear you had! There are some killer setups that putting our own high-def set-ups to shame; just look...

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Posted by Staff on 29 December 2005

Inputs outputs and headaches

Undoubtedly many of the gifts our readers gave and received yesterday were home theater related, as consumer electronics topped the most wanted lists of many shoppers and recipients alike. Now if you received a DVD player and or CD player,...

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Posted by Staff on 28 December 2005

Polk Audio SurroundBar Review

Here’s another great surround-sound solution for small rooms and wives who don’t like extra wires. Similar to the Yamaha YSP-800, this is an all-in-one speaker unit that throws sound with delay timings that trick your ear into hearing surround...

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Posted by Staff on 15 December 2005

Home theater for the holidays

Its hard to believe yet another year has flown by, but the calendar doesn’t lie and 2006 is just around the corner. 2005 was somewhat of a transitional year for home theater and more specifically HDTV. In years past we...

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Posted by Staff on 15 December 2005

Samsung's Universal Media Station

Unveiled at CEDIA Expo 2005, the UMS’s primary purpose was described as "downloading media content from a networked computer or the Internet with playback through its built-in hardware decoder"?. The big if (and granted it’s a BIG one) in all...

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Posted by Staff on 7 December 2005

Evesham Mini

Evesham technology has revealed the Evesham Mini which, despite being the Mac Mini’s long lost twin brother (but which one is the evil twin?), has all the benefits of the small stature and powerful components built on a Windows...

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Posted by Staff on 7 December 2005

Home Theater out of date?

No I'm not talking about Home Theater itself but the gear that comprises the systems, or rather what to look for in that new piece of equipment; that will ensure it’s viable for years to come. In the interest of...

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Posted by Staff on 2 December 2005

Is High Definition Necessary for Home Theater?

I came across an interesting post at HD Beat today, asking if HD is a requirement for Home Theater. It is not. Just as 4 wheels and a combustible engine are not a requirement of transportation, a VHS VCR...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

InFocus ScreenPlay 7210 review

As some of you might know I own an InFocus 7205, which means I was able to use my current ceiling-mount location for the 7210, making setup with the 7210 a snap. I just bolted the 7210 in place where...

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Posted by Staff on 28 November 2005

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