Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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From Robert Silva, your Guide to Home Theater
Welcome to my Weekly Home Theater Newsletter! This week I have a new user submitted product review, with the promise of more to come in forthcoming newsletters. Also, it looks like THX is doing something to eliminate confusion about 3D, while Onkyo has announced to two home theater receivers that are sure to please. In other interesting news, it looks like the big battle this holiday season might be 3D-TV vs Internet TV. Lastly, don't forget my Back-to-School product picks.

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Yamaha RX-V2500 Home Theater Receiver - User Review
The latest user submitted product review is now posted. A special thank you to user Rdkbrla for his review of the Yamaha RX-V2500 Home Theater Receiver. To take a look at this, and user submitted reviews of other home theater components, check out the User Submitted Home Theater Component Product Reviews Page.

For details on how you can submit your own product review, check out my Submit Your Own Home Theater Product Review Page


THX and BluFocus Announce 3D Certification Program
3D has certainly captured a lot of attention this year. Depending on who you ask, 3D is the greatest thing ever, an interesting curiosity that may or may not last, or just plain dumb. Needless to say, the proponents of 3D for home use have not firmly established performance standards for their 3D products (especially when it comes to content), making it very confusing for consumers to know what to buy and what not to buy. In a concerted effort to bring performance standards to 3D consumer products, THX has... Read more

Onkyo Announces Two New HT-RC Series Home Theater Receivers
Onkyo has just announced two new affordable HT-RC Series Home Theater Receivers with advanced features, the HT-RC260 and HT-RC270. First off, both receivers are 3D-enabled, offer seven channels of amplification, two subwoofer outputs, Dolby Pro Logic IIz and Audyssey DSX speaker setup options, and analog to HDMI video conversion utilizing Faroudja DCDi video processing. In addition,...Read more Photo (c) Onkyo USA

Net-enabled TVs Proving Bigger Draw Than 3D-TV
Despite the big 3D-TV push this year, it seems that Internet-enabled TVs are the products that are really flying off the shelves, and may prove to be the big sales hit of the forthcoming holiday shopping season...Read more

 


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