Tag: Display Devices News

Evesham sure is covering all bases huh, Media Center PC's & Big Screen TV's to sell them together with, clever clever. The, well… Evesham based company has come up with a stonking new 47in widescreen LCD with a full 1920 x 1080 capable panel for under two grand. On paper there are no obvious signs of corner cutting with a […]

Sounds pretty snazzy, and hopefully if it works as good as it sounds, others will follow in their footsteps. Whereas the best rear-projection screens available today display no more than 30% of the colors perceived by the human eye, the laser technology boosts this figure to 90%! Not only does this technology significantly increase brightness levels but in the same […]

This thing just ooooozes expensive 😛 The Grand Cinema HT5000 (pictured) features the latest TI .95-inch 1080p DarkChip3 chipset, and has a quoted contrast ratio of 5000:1. It will be made available in either a single or dual lamp configuration and can be ordered with or without SIM2’s DigiOptic Image Processor.  Read the rest here.   

Home Theater Mag has a quick review of Sony's next generation SXRD 1080p TV. Right of the bat you notice that this TV comes in a few hundred dollars cheaper then the previous gen and finally has proper 1080p support. I have to say, that will a little fiddling Sony TV's are typically my favorite picture. All the usual features, […]

EPSON's Powerlite 400 lives up to its name with 1500 ANSI lumen output, which should be enough for rooms with moderate amounts of ambient light. For $1500 you wouldn't expect a 1080p projector and this case you would be right. However, it appears that that money will be well spent on features like 5,000:1 contrast ration, trio of HD hookups, […]

55 inches of plasma goodness is great, but did they have to use such a cheesy naming for their DVR feature? Well, actually that's just a poorly-translated description of PVR functionality that will "pause, record and reply [sic] TV programs for two hours after the original broadcast." Read the rest here. 

TEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 30, 2006–Syntax-Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq:BRLC), a manufacturer and marketer of LCD and LCoS(TM) HDTVs and digital entertainment products, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Vivitar Corporation, an Oxnard, Calif.-based leader in the design, development and marketing of photographic, optical, electronic and digital imaging products, for $26 million in stock. The acquisition will give Syntax-Brillian full ownership […]

Now with blacker blacks and whiter whites, the Sanyo PLV-Z25 projector will sure to please even the grumpiest of videophiles. Close to hitting market, this beauty boasts a sexy 10000:1 contrast, ratio dual HDMI connections, 1100 ANSI lumens brightness and a dual-iris system.  From the article: Part of the PLV-Z5's secret is what Sany's calling the industry's first twin-iris system, […]

The Olevia line of displays from Syntax used to be the budget beauties of the world… Short on price and short on alot of other things. Things have changed as Syntax is now delivering a much more full feature respectable display. At a price of nearly $2000, the 542i has a native resolution of 768p, a respectable selection of inputs, […]