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Samsung unveils 82inch Ultra HD LCD TV

May 30th, 2008 | By mathieu | Category: Dutch Info Network, HomeCinemaSecrets, Industry News

Samsung used the LA-based Society for Information Display (SID) international symposium to debut an 82in LCD TV with Ultra Definition resolution.
The so-called UD panel features a pixel resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 (aka 4K2K), which is about 6,000,000 more pixels than a Full HD screen, and refreshes at a rate of 120Hz. RGB LED backlights [...]



Sony LCD HDTVs with built-in Blu-ray

May 14th, 2008 | By mathieu | Category: Dutch Info Network, Industry News

The format war is over, Sony now wants to expand the presence of Blu-ray. The Sony boss says it’s time to start building Blu-ray  players in more product, including HDTVs. The story-between-the-lines is we’re probably about to see Blu-ray players at the bottom-end of the price spectrum.
Blu-ray players have already found their way into laptops, home computer [...]



Beyerdynamic’s Headzone Headphone

Mar 3rd, 2008 | By mathieu | Category: Industry News

On the German homecinema site www.areadvd.de I saw an interesting review of the new Beyerdynamic headphone, the Headzone Home. I say interesting because untill now the surround sound experience from most headphones is somewhat disappointing. But according to the guys of areadvd, the Beyerdynamic is capable of delivering surround sound comparable to the quality of [...]



Are projectors going tiny?

Mar 3rd, 2008 | By servaas | Category: HomeCinemaSecrets, projectors

Projectors have seen enormous growth over the last ten years as a result of cinema lovers as well as the need for business projectors. As projectors have evolved from huge devices to smaller ones (mostly the business ones), and as everything electric or electronic is being ‘tinyfied’, it now looks like your cell phone will [...]



Format War is over: HD DVD Loses

Feb 18th, 2008 | By mathieu | Category: Industry News

According to Reuters:
” Toshiba Corp is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp, a company source said on Saturday. The move will likely put an end to a battle that has gone on for several years between consortiums [...]



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Feb 17th, 2008 | By admin | Category: HomeCinemaSecrets


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The DreamBee Theatre System

Feb 13th, 2008 | By mathieu | Category: Constant Height Imaging, Industry News

It has been a while since I have posted an article about Cinemascope / Widescreen. But the all-in-one solution from DreamVision, their ” Theatre System”, is worth to be mentioned. It is an expensive system for the uncompromising cinephiles who want to watch Cinemascope® movies on a real 2.35:1 screen. With the use of this [...]



More problems for the HD DVD Camp?

Feb 4th, 2008 | By mathieu | Category: Industry News

According to a recent article on Home Cinema Choice, the HD DVD camp is likely to get more problems than they already have at this moment after the recent Warner Home Video decision.
Why? It now appears that the HD DVD Camp is losing the support of one of its few hardware supporters outside of Toshiba, the Japanese hi-fi/AV [...]



The first Deep Colour source

Feb 2nd, 2008 | By mathieu | Category: Industry News

In continuation of the previously article about ” deep color “, I found a newsflash on Home Cinema Choice where is announced that JVC is finally about to launch a product which is able to make use of the Deep Colour talents possible on most TVs equipped with V1.3 HDMI sockets.
We are talking about a [...]



Deep Color: What does it mean?

Jan 30th, 2008 | By mathieu | Category: HomeCinemaSecrets

Deep Color refers to the use of 30-bit, 36-bit, and 48-bit color in displays. It’s a technique for improving the color output. What deep colors actually means is that there are more colors. Instead of the 16.7 million colors we see in current 24-bit output, deep color allows for billions of colors onscreen at anywhere [...]