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The Sharp HT-DV50H Home Cinema: Everything but the popcorn

Experience cinematic quality in the comfort of your own living room with the Sharp home cinema system

London, UK — 29th April, 2008 — Sharp has today introduced the stylish HT-DV50H home cinema system, the latest in its line of groundbreaking home entertainment products. With high power RMS 250W speakers (75W per channel) and a 100W Subwoofer, the HT-DV50H offers sound quality to match its striking appearance.

With the explosion of high-definition technology and advancements in flat screen TVs, the HT-DV50H provides crystal clear sound to complement the clarity of the viewing experience and is the perfect accompaniment to the AQUOS range of LCD TVs.

Supporting the latest Audistry by Dolby, the sound of the HT-DV50H is enhanced with the press of a button, making it richer, bigger and better - and creating a personalised experience for music and movie lovers. Audistry's technology is based on a set of digital audio processing features that are designed to dramatically improve listening enjoyment, including intelligent volume control designed to correct for sudden volume changes in music and movies and a natural bass enhancer for speaker systems.

With HDMI output and DivX enabled technology, the HT-DV50H is capable of reproducing images with stunning quality. No longer does any on screen activity have to be viewed in anything less than high definition. Compatible with DVDs and with a USB port available, the HT-DV50H supports the playback ofJPEG, MP3 and WMA format material

To complement the exceptional image quality, the home cinema system is also fitted with a 5-mode preprogrammed electronic equaliser, capable of adapting to and maximising any genre of sound. The HT-DV50H also comes with two ‘tall boy’ speakers. Adding a level of design sophistication to the sound reproduction capabilities, these speakers are simply stunning.

Complete with an FM stereo digital tuner and a remote control, the HT-DV50H home cinema system offers unparalleled sound quality and is a must for any home cinema enthusiast.

For those looking for an alternative, the predecessor of the HT-DV50H, the HT-DV40H, is still available at outlets up and down the country. Released in 2007, the HT-DV40H offers a superb quality of sound and comes with a pair of satellite speakers. Smaller, and more compact than the tall boy speakers, this is a sounds system to designed to offer the best, even in the smallest of spaces and is available now with a suggested retail price of £299.00.

Pricing and Availability
The Sharp HT-DV50H home cinema system will be available in the UK from the end of April 2008 with a suggested retail price of £399. More information about the HT-DV50H home cinema system is available on the home entertainment section of Sharp’s Web site, www.sharp.co.uk.

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SANYO introduces new full HD home cinema projector - the PLV-Z2000

SANYO has announced the launch of a full HD (1920 x 1080) home cinema projector, model PLV-Z2000. Featuring rich new 3D colour management, a high resolution and high contrast ratio of 15000:1*1, the industry’s most advanced lens shifting function*2, and the industry’s most silent fan system*3, the PLV-Z2000 will be on sale in the UK from November 2007.

The PLV-Z2000 brings the home cinema experience to the full HD digital movie age and is able to adjust to even the most complex homes through the industry’s best lens shifting capabilities, allowing a large screen to be projected onto from a variety of settings.

This new projector has already been on display at IFA 2007 held in Berlin, as well as in the United States at the CEDIA Show, where the unit was received with significant interest.

Main Features:
1. Able to project in full HD high quality, with additional built-in high resolution functions, including rich colour reproduction, a new 3D Colour Management system and a high contrast ratio of 15,000:1*1
2. Industry’s most advanced*2 top-bottom/left-right lens shifting function enabling large screen enjoyment from the living room to smaller spaces
3. Industry’s most silent*3projector, at only 19 decibels

*1 When using ‘Vivid’ mode
*2 As of August 24, 2007 for front Full HD (1920 x 1080) projectors
*3 As of August 24, 2007 for LCD projectors brighter than 1200 lumens

Outline:
As interest in low-profile, flat panel large screen televisions has increased, so has the interest in home cinema projectors that can easily project images of 80” or greater. The home cinema projector market is expected to see a total of 600,000 units shipped for fiscal year 2007. Also, with the beginning of digital transmission for television and the entrance of next-generation DVD units, the home cinema projector market will be constantly changing and improving to be compatible with the new formats. SANYO presents the new PLV-Z2000 as an answer for the home cinema projector market so that users can enjoy the new full HD signal from next-generation DVDs and the new digital transmissions with high resolution.

SANYO, since first introducing a built-in lens shifting function with the release of the PLV-Z1 in October 2001, has continued to develop home-use projectors with this function so that private consumers can easily enjoy their videos and movies with large screen sizes and high quality. The new PLV-Z2000 further advances the ease-of-use cultivated in the Z series for home cinema use while having a genuine full HD-compatible built-in high resolution function.

Detailed Explanation:
1. Able to project in full HD high quality, with additional built-in high resolution functions, including rich colour reproduction, a new 3D Colour Management system and the high contrast ratio of 15,000:1*1

Rich Colour Reproduction – the new “3D Colour Management” system
The PLV-Z2000 is equipped with a rich colour depth reproducing system brought to its maximum performance by the new “3D Colour Management”. In order to process operations for primary colours which are usually difficult to control, SANYO has realised in the Z2000 an increase of 1,100 times better*4 colour management ability (approximately 2,160 hundreds of thousands of combinations) when compared to traditional models, and the projector displays full HD with rich colour reproduction.

*4 Compared to the PLV-Z5

Projecting full HD without sparing any detail with high resolution and high contrast ratio of 15,000:1*1
The PLV-Z2000 is able to realise full HD through using the C2FINETM*5 D7 new
generation inorganic LCD panel and variable iris capable of the high contrast ratio
of 15,000:1*1. The Z2000 maximizes image details in high definition with a newly
developed high efficiency lens, bringing the most high definition potential out of every scene with the highest optical performance.

*5 C2FINETM property of Epson

2. Industry’s most advanced*2 top-bottom/left-right lens shifting function –
enabling large screen enjoyment from the living room to smaller spaces.
As well as being a full HD model with more than two times the image pixels of
traditional projectors*4, the PLV-Z2000 also has a built-in lens shifting function that allows the wide-range shifting up or down up to three screen sizes, and left to right up to two screen sizes. The projector also has a built in 2x zoom enabling large projection from living rooms to smaller rooms.

3. Industry’s most silent*3 projector at only 19 decibels
The PLV-Z2000 is equipped with built-in newly developed large aperture, low noise Sirocco cooling fan, that not only reaches the low noise level of 19 decibels*6, but has also been improved to effectively cool the inside of the projector unit. The reduction in noise allows movies and films to be enjoyed and heard during quiet or silent scenes, providing true home cinema enjoyment on a large screen in any room and during any scene.

*6 When using the “Theater Black Mode” Lamp Mode

4. Other Functions
Combines both interior design and functionality in stylish and automatic sliding shutter
Deep colour HDMI (ver 1.3a) equipment compatible (2-types)
Smooth gradient reproduction, 14 bit gamma correction circuit
Specifications:

Model name
PLV-Z2000
Panel
0.74 inch TFT p-Si(16:9),Micro Lens
No. of pixels
1920 x 1080
Lamp Life
3000hrs
Brightness (typical)
1200 ANSI lumens
Uniformity
85% (corner to centre)
Contrast ratio
15000:1
Throw ratio
Screen size
1.36 – 2.76:1
40R21;-300R21;
Color systems
PAL / SECAM / NTSC / NTSC4.43 / PAL-M/N
Connections
Input 1: Dsub15 (RGB/Scart-RGB)
Input 2: HDMI (HDCP)
Input 3: HDMI (HDCP)
Input 4: RCA (composite)
Input 5: S-Video
Input 6: Y-Pb/Cb-Pr/Cr
Computer compatibility
UXGA/ SXGA/ XGA/ SVGA/ VGA/ MAC
Scanning frequency
H-sync 15-80kHz, V-sync 50-100Hz
Voltage
100V-240V AC (auto voltage)
Dimensions (W x H x D)
400 x 146 x 346 mm
Weight
7.3kg

Sony Bravia outshines iPhone as most-wanted gadget this Christmas

The Sony Bravia High Definition TV has stolen the march on the Apple iPhone as the most-wanted gadget this Christmas, according to a survey of over 3,500 people conducted by consumer electronics reviews website CNET.co.uk.

Heralded by Steve Jobs as a “reinvention of the phone”, the arrival of the Apple’s iPhone has triggered huge excitement across the world with an estimated 1.05million sold in the US since the device hit the shelves in July. However, it is the 40-inch Sony Bravia high-definition LCD TV that has been named this year’s most coveted Christmas gift by the readers of CNET.co.uk.

Sony’s awarding-winning Bravia TV range has generated massive publicity recently, following the launch of “Play-doh”, Sony’s highly acclaimed Bravia advertising campaign which features 200 colourful plasticine bunnies hopping through New York. Created by a team of 40 animators who produced 100,000 still images over three weeks, the 60-second advert follows in the footsteps of previous Bravia campaigns which featured thousands of colourful balls on the streets of San Francisco and an explosion of 70,000 litres of paint in a housing estate in Glasgow.

Jason Jenkins, reviews editor of CNET.co.uk, said: “With the festive season just around the corner, competition is hotting up as vendors battle it out to produce the most desirable gadget in the crowded Christmas marketplace. Since Steve Jobs’ glitzy announcement of the iPhone in January, the hype surrounding the device has been phenomenal. But, now Sony has pipped Apple to the post in producing this year’s object of desire, with the Bravia’s bunnies giving the Bravia an extra bounce. As the iPhone hits the shops in the UK at the beginning of November, it will be fascinating to watch the battle unfold as we get closer to Christmas.”
The winners of the readers’ awards were unveiled at CNET.co.uk’s Editor’s Choice 2007 Awards. Other winners included:
1. Best social networking site - Facebook
2. Most wanted product feature - Wireless recharging
3. Most stylish product - Apple iMac
4. Most useless Facebook application - Harry Potter Spells and Charms