In case that Taxan projector we’ve shown you earlier didn’t inspire you all that much then we have some more projectors for you to inspect. They are all new and they are also available for Japan for now. NEC is responsible for the creation of these seven new beasts and here’s what you can expect from each one:
NP610J: 1,024×768 resolution, 3,500 lumens brightness and 500:1 contrast ratio (price: $3,100)
NP510J: 1,024×768 resolution, 3,000 lumens brightness and 500:1 contrast ratio (price: $2,100)
NP405J: 1,024×768 resolution, 2,600 lumens brightness and 500:1 contrast ratio (price: $900)
NP510WJ: 1,280×800 resolution, 3,000 lumens brightness and 500:1 contrast ratio (price: $2,600)
NP410WJ: 1,280×800 resolution, 2,600 lumens brightness and 450:1 contrast ratio (price: $900)
NP610SJ: 1,024×768 resolution, 2,600 lumens brightness and 600:1 contrast ratio (price: $2,700)
NP510WSJ: 1,280×800 resolution, 2,100 lumens brightness and 600:1 contrast ratio (price: $2,100)
The new projectors will be available by November 1 so you have plenty of time to choose your favorite one!
Looking for a new DLP projector? Well head on over to Taxan as the company might just have a new offer for you. The KG-PH1004XS is a DLP projector announced for the Japanese market so you’d really have to plan a trip to Japan in order to get yours. The projector will offer you XGA resolution, 2,000:1 contrast ratio, 3,000 lumens of brightness, HDMI, DVI-I, USB and RS232C connectivity and it will be able to project 76-inch images from 1m away. All these features will be available to you for $2,600 when and if you decide to buy a KG-PH1004XS projector from Taxan.
What you see here is Goldmund’s Eidos Reference Blue universal Blu-ray player. This 180 pound mammoth comes with a stand, as you can see, that works towards dampening any and all vibrations the player itself could produce.
Of course, the chances of any of us getting our hands on this player (read: too expensive) are slim to none considering only 50 units will be produced and offered to Goldmund subscribers.
The PS3 is widely regarded as one of the best Blu-ray players on the market, especially considering its recent price drop. However, it doesn’t ship with a Blu-ray remote but luckily Sony has an answer, if you live in Australia, that is.
What you see above is the PS3 Ultimate Blu-ray Movie kit that ships with no PS3, a remote and 2 Blu-ray discs, one of them being 300 and the other either 10,000 B.C. or Batman Begins.
The bundle will hit store shelves at a price of $60 AUD.
For the audiophiles who seek the best audio playback to coincide with their overall home theater setup, the Rockport Aquila loudspeakers should be something to ponder on. It comes with a triple-laminated enclosure equipped with a solid 5” thick baffle to deliver superior bass and to complement the overall audio deliver from components or home theater systems.
If you really want to make some loud noises, these are certainly the loudspeakers made for you. The Rockport Aquila loudspeakers are reserved for the ones who spend outrageous amounts just to get the best audio for their entertainment needs. It retails for a whopping $45,500.
Audio complement for most home theater setups are growing in demand and to make sure that demand is answered, two companies have decided to hook up to deliver a new kind of wireless speakers that are bound to take the home theater world by storm. The new wireless speaker solutions are the Aperion Intimums 5 Series Speakers, the fruit of the partnership entered into by Focus Enhancements Inc. and Aperion Audio. The said speakers are expected to be unveiled at the CEDIA Expo.
Among the features of the Aperion Intimus 5 Series Speakers include automatic speaker detection, speaker mapping, speaker channel assignment with SpeakerFinder and an audio sweet spot calibration with MyZone. MyZone will produce a time aligned sound field for the listener by adjusting, delay and volume to their listening position in a matter of seconds. This technology also allows scalability from 0 to 7.1 systems thus providing users the freedom to add more speakers later on. These speakers retail for $2,589.00.
Widescreen and modern large-scaled LCD screens are normally present for special events these days. We even saw one hit by an actual football recently and now Mitsubishi has installed two multi-screen Diamond Vision large scale display systems at the Nakayma Racecourse. Called the Turf Vision, the new screens will be powered up this September 12, the opening of the Fourth Nakayama Keiba.
The Turf Vision incorporates high-luminance LEDs and latest digital screen controllers which are expected to display HD video content. The Turf Vision 1 screen (1,650”) will be installed on the left side to display separate content such as results while the Turf Vision 2 (649”) will be located at the right-hand side will be displaying the race track, paddock and the odds.
Sometimes you just need a product that can get the job done. And the Chunghop Universal Remote definitely falls into that class.
Basically, it’s a universal remote, with all that entails. It’s designed to be a functional replacement for any of a host of remote possibilities, including DVD players, cable receivers and television sets. Most of the major brands are actually compatible with the Chunghop, and there are actually only a handful that I know of that aren’t. The remote itself handles very smoothly, with programming codes input via numerical keypad.
There are a couple downsides to this remote, though–my biggest problem is that it can’t handle a Dish Network receiver but it CAN handle a Direct TV receiver. That’s a pretty glaring omission as far as I’m concerned. Also, some functions are a little cumbersome on this one, especially just starting out.
But, the Chunghop is actually a great remote once you get past the learning curve. It’ll do the job nicely, and considering that you can actually buy these for under eight bucks a crack, that’s definitely a reason to sit up and take notice. If you can’t find your remote any more, you may want to consider a Chunghop.
Oh, and a special note for Cyber Theatre readers–the folks out at Budgetgadgets.com, who sent us one of these to try out, also has a special offer. If you do go pick one of these up, at the checkout, use coupon code SM5OFF17 for five percent off your order. Pretty sweet, no?
Michael Piwonka, who likes to show off the various facets of his life over at piwonka dot com on Blogger, gave us a look at his sweet home theatre setup.
Of course, this sweet setup contains the standard things you’d expect to find–a windowless room with a projector and speakers, but he’s done some things that somewhat separate this from the norm. One, check out those speaker mounts. Those are actually birdbath stands that he got at Home Depot. And for home theatre furniture, he’s got an old futon (apparently he had to fight his wife to get that included in there) and what looks like a chaise lounge.
And also notice that the room is painted in a flat brown, not quite the ideal chocolate brown intended to give the best possible contrast, but definitely closer than, say, blue.
Michael Piwonka definitely has a sweet home theatre setup, and we all hope he’s getting plenty of great movie watching time in on it.
Okay, you may not know this, and it’ll probably shock you to find it out, but there’s a good chance that the brand spanking new HDTV you just bought and got home was, get this, IMPROPERLY CALIBRATED. That means all sorts of nasty things, like skin tones and other colors will be off and so on.
Under normal circumstances, calibration would require a DVD valued at between twenty and fifty dollars, or a costly visit to Best Buy’s Geek Squad. Under NORMAL circumstances, anyway–now, we’ve got something different. Just head on over to XVHD.tv, where they’ve got waiting for you a free to download utility designed to calibrate your brand new HDTV and make sure it’s presenting its display in the best possible fashion. It’ll help with geometry, sharpness, color levels and plenty more.
This looks like a pretty sweet utility, but from the look of it you’ll need a PC connected to your TV to do the tests. Other than that, there’s not much to complain about here–a free utility that helps calibrate your HDTV is too impressive for words.
Some of the best home theatre setups are modular in nature, They can, as the months and years go by and technology improves, be taken apart with relative ease and rebuilt with the new and improved technology. After all, 1080p may just be the beginning.
And over on The RAF Home Theatre, the site’s owner has set out for you the story of a home theatre setup almost a decade in the making. For instance, he’s upgraded the projector at least once, and added a Playstation 3 to serve as both gaming device and Blu-Ray player, which is actually really smart. Meanwhile, he’s also got the standard array of speakers in there, and for home theatre furniture, he’s got what look like a few actual home theatre seats and a slew of wall shelves for movies.
It’s a good setup in that it’s very easily converted in the event of new technology, so it’s definitely got the versatility edge that a lot of other setups would have a hard time matching because of lots of hardwired points. What if this guy had put up paneling and such? That would’ve been a disaster for him, trying to move things around and get stuff broken out so he could replace both it and whatever paneling he’d put up.
No, this is a sweet home theatre setup–it’s got plenty of room to grow, and can accomplish most tasks set before it with a minimum of difficulty.
It’s called Ziln, ladies and gentlemen, and for the life of me I can’t figure out why it’s called that.
But Ziln does do something very interesting; it provides an array of programming choices all in streaming video. It includes seven full-on New Zealand channels, as well as fourteen news and business channels, including Al-Jazeera, all piped in through set-top boxes.
It’s designed to provide an alternative to mainstream New Zealand television, and it’s the kind of thing that could definitely take off. In order to kill a streaming network, you’re pretty much going to have to either shut down the site from which the stream originates or you’ll have to shut down the entire internet. And once you do THAT, well, all hell’s going to break loose, make no mistake about that.
Anyway, this is a great move for New Zealanders, who apparently have the internet access and bandwidth to handle a streaming network. Who knows where such a development will lead from there?
Runco, the leading brand in luxury video solutions, recently announced two new additions to its Video Extreme Series, the VX-33i and VX-33d. Integrated with a variety of lens options and exceptional brightness, these two projectors offer incredible illumination, perfect for outstanding home theaters.
Both the VX-33i and VX-33d are quite similar, featuring a 2000:1 contrast ratio, 3480 ANSI lumens, and a full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution. However, there are some major differences between the two projectors. The 33i model comes with complete internal connection panel, while the 33d comes with an external video processor. The projectors use the latest in 3-chip DLP display technology that displays high quality images with new rainbow effect.
The Runco VX-33i and VX-33d projectors are currently available through its authorized dealer network at $49,995 and $59,995, respectively.
What you see above are some Lego characters starting in awe at a glass jar. However, what’s actually in the glass jar is what’s important. Kodak has recently used this promo picture to let the world know that they are working on underwater OLED displays.
As of now, they are in their early stages of development but who’s to say in a few years we won’t be seeing underwater home theaters?
Crazy? Yes. Practical? No. Going to happen? Probably.
Sony is going to launch a whole new line of universal remotes and besides being able to control pretty much everything that lies around your house, they are also waterproof. That means you can afford to occasionally drop them in any kind of liquid and still be able to use them later.
The remotes will be available in Japan at first and starting with September 10 you will be able to get your new Sony universal remote control.
For the people who are making use of a Sony projector, here is a replacement air filter to make sure that all parts of your projector are properly monitored for continued and optimum performance. The Sony PKHS10FL Cineza Replacement Air Filter is designed to work with specific Sony video Cineza LCD front projectors. This Sony Cineza air filter is compatible with the following Sony video projector models:
The Epson EX50 projector features a native XGA resolution and is HD ready. It also boasts of 2200 lumens color and 2200 lumens white light and comes with an instant on/off or direct power on/off option. This projector is ideal for delivering presentations or watching videos on a larger display according to your preference.
For the people who want to follow a more manageable cost of maintaining their projectors, here is one made for the Panasonic projector owners. The Panasonic PT50LC13 Projector Replacement Lamp is an original replacement lamp that is practically brand new. It is the ideal part to provide your projector and extended life rather than buy a new expensive one in the market.
This Panasonic projector replacement lamp is compatible with the following Panasonic projector models: PT43LC14, PT43LCX64, PT44LCX65, PT50LC13, PT50LC14, PT50LCX63, PT50LCX64, PT52LCX15, PT52LCX15B, PT52LCX35, PT52LCX65, PT60LC13, PT60LC14, PT60LCX63, PT60LCX64, PT61LCX35, PT61LCX65.
Remember the whole problem with that giant HD scoreboard from the Dallas Cowboys stadium? Well it looks like the NFL has decided to allow the screen on top of that field at least for this season. In case the huge screen will get hit again then it’s going to be a dead ball and the clock and down will both be reset. In case you missed the incident then check the video above. I wonder how many times the screen will get hit during the following games!
In case that Taxan projector we’ve shown you earlier didn’t inspire you all that much then we have some more projectors for you to inspect. They are all new and they are also available for Japan for now. NEC is responsible for the creation of these seven new beasts and here’s what you can expect from each one:
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