While Aurea and Ambilight entice consumers with the play of light, now Philips hopes to hook users by offering to personalize their TV according to taste, mood or choice of furniture .The idea behind Flavors is simple: a selection of 12 different frames (using a magnetic attach-system) can give this Philips model a totally different look. You can own several frames and change at whim—or buy one in Red Chili to go with that red love seat in your living room.
Flavors family will initially include a 22", 32" and 42" set (features of the top-of-the line include 1080p panel, 30,000:1 contrast ratio, 5-millisecond response time, 500 cd/m2 brightness and a pair of HDMI ports). In the test, you get two frames with the TV.
In the future, Philips hints they may even find a way we can each create our own personally-designed frame. Italy is their test market, while for the rest of Europe will wait until April 2009.
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Philips Flavors LCD TVs in Test
- 10. 12. 2008
- Bob Snyder
- TVs, Displays and Mounts
Samsung Levels Premium Audio
- 29. 04. 2014
- Marco Attard
- Audio
Samsung takes on premium audio with Level, an audio accessory series in both wired and wireless versions promising "organic sound quality, superior comfort, portability and style."
Designed for use with mobile devices, the Level series features 4 options-- the Over, On and In headphones, and the Box speaker.
The Over are the flagship headphones, being over-ear models with an ergonomic design, touch controls, active noise cancellation and wireless connectivity. Inside are a 50mm neodymium driver and a "bio cellulose" free edge structure preventing resonance between vibration plate and frame.
The headphones also pair with an Android device app to provide customisable equalizer settings, 25 EQ presets, text-to-speech capabilities and a "smart" volume monitor.
Panasonic’s HD Home Cinema Plasmas
- 10. 12. 2008
- Bob Snyder
- TVs, Displays and Mounts
Panasonic Professional Displays Europe announces two 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixel) full HD plasma displays for high-end home cinema enthusiasts and AV professionals.
Panasonic aims to distribute these models through a selected network of high level Custom Home Cinema specialists.
For these latest models, Panasonic uses the new-gen plasma display panels equipped with a new structure where a 'Dynamic Black Layer' is positioned at the front end of the panel. This reduces the amount of pre-discharge to one-sixth of conventional models and boosts the contrast ratio to the world's highest at 60,000:1. Net effect: exceptionally deeper, richer blacks, says Panasonic.
By incorporating the newly-developed phosphor material process technology and optical filter, the advanced plasma displays have extended the HDTV-standard colour gamut and cover almost the entire colour range currently used in digital cinema industries.
Panasonic's maximum 18-bit digital signal processing and 'Digital Colour Reality' technologies achieve a detailed gradation from light to dark and faithfully express subtle colour differences. The moving picture resolution of over 900 lines reproduces clear, crisp, and smooth moving images.
The new models are equipped with a variety of customisable functions for high-end home cinema connoisseurs. The 16 adjustment menus cover items such as six gamma curve options and white balance adjustment. The advanced memory function makes it possible to name and save the used or calibrator adjusted data. Comes with a black aluminium hairline finish on the front bezel.
The TH-65VX100 will be available in Jan. 2009 and TH-50VX100 in February 2009, which should give you just enough to contact them about selling these.
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Audica Professional: Premium Ceiling Loudspeakers
- 22. 04. 2014
- Marco Attard
- Audio
Audica Professional launches its Median IC 125 and IC 165, 2-way, full-range premium ceiling loudspeakers.
The open back design saves depth and weight for installations where a sealed enclosure (back-can) is not required. The 5” IC 125 and 6.5” IC165 have a sensitivity of 87dB/W/m, 40W power handling and their dispersion is 120 degrees -6dB at 6kHz.
The IC 125 has a frequency response of 75Hz to 20kHz +/-3dB, with the larger IC 165 offering greater LF extension to 70Hz
Both models feature a swivel HF unit, to direct the sound to the required listening area, and incorporate a +3dB/flat/-3dB HF control to shape the frequency response for the application or room acoustics.
JVC’s 17-inch LCD for Surveillance
- 19. 11. 2008
- Bob Snyder
- TVs, Displays and Mounts
JVC Professional Europe announces a 17-inch LCD TFT, the LM-H171 monitor designed specifically for "round the clock" surveillance and monitoring markets.
You can adjust the non-glare viewing panel with the touch of a button. For the preferred viewing of a security operator, the four selectable picture display modes are standard, dark, enhanced, vivid and dynamic. The screen also has a very fast response time of 5ms and comes with a contrast ratio of 1000:1.
The monitor accepts video, VGA, DVI input signals, and with the selectable scan size mode option the LM-H171 optimizes the camera signal input for monitor viewing.
An energy saving feature is included: when no signal is detected, a power save mode reduces the brightness of the LCD backlight.
Available now, the LM-H171 is made from fire retardant material including a metal rear cabinet and connector protection structure, with built-in power supply and optional rack mount adaptor for monitor wall viewing.