Philips launches distinctive new and fashionable look for entertainment

Philips has unveiled the Design Collection, a refreshingly distinctive new look for its latest range of consumer lifestyle entertainment products. Using materials that blend effortlessly into modern interiors. the Design Collection* enhances emotions as evoked by stunning design and immersive audio and visual content creating the ultimate in fashionable entertainment for the home. 

Inspired by a desire to lead with emotion and readdress the dominance of technology and masculinity in home entertainment products, the new Design Collection seeks to create a better balance between function, emotion and technology. The minimalist design signature combines rounded curves with pure materials and light, creating a harmonious, luxury feel which blends effortlessly into its surroundings.

* Products featuring Philips’ new design identity include:
Flat TV (7000, 5000 and 3000 ranges)
Home theater system (9810, 8150, 8140, 7500, 6515, 3300-3500 range
Wireless Audio Center (7500)
Blu Ray disc player (7200)
Digital video player (DVP 5900 range, 4100)
Hard disc recorder (HDR 3800)
Wireless audio system (WAS6050)
Go Gear MP3 and MP4 players (SA43, SA65, SA52BT, and SA52 ranges)
Music Center (MCi500H)

“Design is about experience and consumers want products that combine purity and beauty and trigger their emotions,” said Stefano Marzano, CEO and Chief Creative Director at Philips Design. “We have created a collection that transforms the consumer’s space and enhances their entertainment experience, resulting in a Design Collection that is thoroughly distinctive in today’s cluttered consumer electronics world.”

Uniqueness and differentiation

Developed by the award-winning Philips Design, the innovation inspiring the new Design Collection was driven by research revealing that consumers are looking for products with more emotional value - products that have more personal meaning and contribute to the harmony of their environment. “Consumers are frustrated and confused by the so-called “sea of similarity”, where all products look alike – masculine, technical and monotonous. They want outstanding products that are advanced and beautiful,” said Andrea Ragnetti, CEO of Philips Consumer Lifestyle Sector. “We want to help simplify their lives through unique and highly differentiated design by creating experiences, seducing the senses and bringing emotion into the world of technology”.

Products will be available in the first half of 2008. For more information about the new Design Collection

Sony lowers price on BDP-S500 Blu-ray Disc Player with $100

Enter the next level of high definition with the stylish BDP-S500 Blu-ray Disc™ player. Built with rigid beam construction and a motorized sliding front panel, the BDP-S500 is a videophile’s delight. The pristine images from high definition Blu-ray Disc movies and 1080p DVD upscaling will make your HDTV come alive. Amazing 24p True Cinema output and cinema-tuned picture presets allow you to see movies exactly as the director intended. Featuring LPCM, Dolby® TrueHD and DTS® HD audio decoding for ultra-realistic sound, this player is also a treat for the ears. And with BRAVIA® Theatre Sync, you can control your compatible BRAVIA HDTV and Sony AV system with the press of a button.

BD-ROM Playback4
Rival your local movie theater with the power of Blu-ray Disc technology in your Home Theater. You can enjoy movies from Hollywood’s biggest studios, and enjoy all of the great features, sights and sounds that Blu-ray Disc technology has to offer. Blu-ray Disc technology delivers Full 1080P picture quality and up to 7.1 channels of surround sound. Movie Night will never be the same!

DVD Upscaling to 1080p5 via HDMI™
Get the most out of your existing DVD collection by having them upscaled to 1080p quality. Your DVD’s will look and sound better than ever when you play them back on your new Sony Blu-ray Disc Player.

BRAVIA® Theatre Sync™ (HDMI-CEC)3
Sony® created BRAVIA® Theatre Sync™ technology to go beyond basic digital audio and video transmission. Based on the HDMI-CEC function, the BRAVIA® Theatre Sync™ feature will be included on select BRAVIA® Theatre home A/V systems and components. This useful function reduces the hassle and time consuming job of powering up, routing signals, etc. to the simple push of one button.3 Want to play your Blu-ray Disc Player on your Sony® A/V system– Easy, just push PLAY on the BRAVIA® HDTV remote and everything is taken care of for you. Even when the system is off! Want to power down everything once you’ve finished enjoying it– Push one button and the TV and A/V system powers down. BRAVIA® Theatre Sync™ helps make things a whole lot easier to operate.

BD/DVD/CD playback4 and AVC-HD with x.v.Color output
Play back all your favorite Blu-ray Disc Movies, DVD’s, Audio CD’s, and AVC-HD (delivers digital picture and sound quality comparable to that of High Definition, but on a DVD) discs with all of our Sony Blu-ray Disc Players.

Full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema Video Output1
Most of all Hollywood movies are shot at 24 frames per second, and Blu-ray Disc movies are mastered at 24 frame per second, so it is only fitting that the Sony BDP-S500 can output your films at 1080/24p for a true film-like experience at home. Of course, The Sony BDP-S500 can also output at 1080/60p for more traditional HDTV sets on the market. Either way Sony has you covered for the best picture possible in Full 1080p!

Video Codec Format : MPEG2/MPEG4-AVC/VC-1
Blu-ray Disc technology is compatible with many different types of video codec for recording your favorite films onto the disc. So regardless of the High Definition recording process used by the studio making the movie, Sony’s Blu-ray Disc Players are ready for them all, in glorious Full 1080p HD.1

Cinema Tuned Picture Presets
What do you get when the world’s best filmmakers and the best makers of Home Theater products get together– Answer: Exclusive Cinema Tuned Picture Presets on your Sony Blu-ray Player! , we made getting a “best picture” for your movies even easier. Whether you view your movies in a dark theater, or in a bright room, we got you covered with picture settings all carefully selected by the same engineers that make Sony’s movies in Hollywood.

Uncompressed Multi Channel Linear PCM Output
Blu-ray Disc technology not only delivers a phenomenal picture, but incredible sound as well. Many Blu-ray Disc movies take advantage of the capacity on the disc to offer an Uncompressed Multi Channel Linear PCM soundtrack of your favorite movies. With up to 7.1 channels of surround sound, Uncompressed Multi Channel Linear PCM is completely lossless and lets you hear the movie with incredible clarity and realism that you never experience before on DVD.

Dolby® Digital Plus decoding capability
Dolby Digital Plus is Dolby’s next-generation audio technology that can offer up to 7.1 channels of surround sound. Dolby Digital Plus also offers a higher-quality experience than the Dolby Digital soundtrack you are used to on a standard DVD.

Dolby® TrueHD, dts®-HD Bitstream out over HDMI™
The future of surround sound arrives with Blu-ray Disc technology. With the BDP-S500, you can enjoy incredible new audio codecs from both Dolby Laboratories and Digital Theater Systems (dts). Simply by connecting your Blu-ray Disc player to the HDMI connection on your A/V Receiver, the BDP-S500 can either output or internally decode Dolby TrueHD & dts-HD. - Dolby TrueHD delivers lossless studio master quality audio designed specifically for high definition entertainment like Blu-ray Disc movies. An incredible sound stage, dynamic range and a stellar Home Theater experience await you with Dolby TrueHD. - dts-HD gives you sound quality that matches the crystal clear image of Blu-ray Disc media. With up to 7.1 channels of surround sound and audio that is indistinguishable form the original studio version, dts-HD promises you an extraordinary surround experience.

BD-Java Interactive Capability2
Blu-ray Disc technology offers the potential of a new level of interactive experiences, with seamless on-screen menus and hi def bonus materials for a more dynamic home theater. With the extra capacity on Blu-ray Disc media and BD JAVA programming, content creators have an open canvas to design new ways for customers to interact with their favorite movies.

Multi Channel 192KHz/24bit Audio D/A Converters

Quick Set Up

FL Off/Dimmer Mode

Parental Control

Front Slide Down Door

Popup Menu

What more do you need, we cant think of anything, can you?

New home theaters from JVC, launched at CES 2008

JVC Makes Home Theater Simple with Three New Home Entertainment Systems Three new JVC home entertainment systems, the TH-G30, TH-G40 and TH-G50, are 1000-watt, 5.1-channel systems comprised of a progressive scan DVD receiver, five speakers and a subwoofer. The new systems also include a high-quality HDMI output with 1080p video up-conversion for connectivity with the latest HD televisions to enhance picture quality and sound. In addition, two of the three new systems offer iPod connectivity.

The TH-G50 features wireless rear speakers, simplifying set-up and eliminating the need to run wires across the room. Both the TH-G50 and TH-G40 offer Made for iPod compliance, with a provided docking station that allows the user to control play, pause and skip functions and routes video from an iPod (5G models only) through the system and to a connected display. What’s more, the iPod charges while connected.

All three systems are designed to complement the latest generation of sleekly styled flat panel TVs. The glossy black low-profile receiver has illuminated touch panel controls, while the speakers are likewise slim designs.

You can find the whole range from JVC here : JVC Products

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