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Home Cinema Choice Best Buy 2011 award winners announced

By TechRadar, published 05-12-2011

Home Cinema Choice – part of the TechRadar network – has announced the winners of its prestigious Best Buy awards, the ultimate celebration of all things AV.Although there was no company that swept the board this year, Samsung, Sony, Onkyo and Panasonic all managed to go home with two awards each.Sony and Panasonic split the TV awards, with Sony bagging the '37-inch and under' category with the Sony NX-503, while the Panasonic TX-P50VT20 won the Best TV 40-50 inch award.Onkyo managed to win both the Best AV/Amplifier (TX-SR608) under a grand and over £2,000 (TX-NR5008) and 20th Century Fox ran away with the Disc of the Year award with Avatar.One of the surprises of the evening was Oppo winning the Best Disc Player over £350 – with the BDP-83SE NuForce Edition.The awards evening, wh...

Onkyo TX-NR809 receiver packs Full 4K upscaling

By SlashGear, published 05-12-2011

Onkyo has a wide range of home theater receivers and more that it sells. The company makes quality goods in the entry-level all the way to the high-end range where the receivers can run thousands of dollars. Onkyo has debuted a new receiver today called the TX-NR809 and it is packed with all sorts of features and slots into the mid-range. It will land this month and sell for $1,099. The big feature of this will be important to any of you that have a projector in your media room that supports 4K resolution. We have also talked before about a consumer camcorder that can record native 4K resolution video from JVC. The NR809 will upscale standard 1080p content all the way to 4K resolution so you can enjoy the full resolution of your projector. The upscaling is powered by two upscaling and pr...

Onkyo and Spotify team up for streaming on home theater receivers

By SlashGear, published 29-03-2011

Onkyo is a big name in the home theater and audio world. The company has a wide range of receivers for home theater fans and they run the gamut from affordable entry-level devices up to high-end receivers costing thousands of dollars. Onkyo and Spotify has teamed up for a first in the industry. Onkyo is now the first brand in the consumer electronics market to offer direct access to Spotify music service via its receivers. The new service allows more than a million Spotify premium subscribers in seven countries to access the service on Onkyo receivers. Starting today the Spotify service is offered on the TX-NR609 receiver and Onkyo notes that new products offering Spotify access will be coming very soon. The Spotify service on Onkyo receivers will stream at 320kbps bitrate using the Ogg V...

Onkyo Debuts Two Affordable Home Theater Systems

By SlashGear, published 02-10-2011

Onkyo just announced today the release of two new “home-theater-in-a-box” (HTiB) systems for those wanting to indulge but on a budget. The systems feature the latest HDMI connectivity standard with support for 3D video and lossless audio all built to exacting standards for the ultimate music, movies, and gaming experience in your home. The higher end model HT-S5400 7.1-channel HTiB offers two extra audio channels for more audio control to enhance movie and gaming ambience. The audio channels can support Dolby Pro Logi IIz along with having superior audio DACs. The model also features a front panel USB port for iPod or iPhone connectivity. The more affordable 5.1-channel HT-S3400 model omits a few features including the USB port, subwoofer pre-out, and Audyssey 2EQ. On top of this, O...