Pioneer DVD Home Cinema Range
Pioneer is bolstering its already comprehensive AV range with three new DVD home cinema systems. The additions consist of two 5.1-channel systems, the DSC-590 and DSC-585 (pictured) and the 2.1-channel DSC-FS30.
The DSC-590 and DSC-585 differ in the type of speakers on offer, tallboys with the former and satellites with the latter with the DSC-FS30 featuring slim, height adjustable speakers in addition to the same subwoofer as shared by all three systems. Dolby Digital and DTS audio decoding is supported across the line-up and the DSC-585 and DSC-590 also include a “Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration system” which adjusts the systems’ speaker outputs to suit the installed environment.
DVD up-scaling to 1080p is possible, and all three players support DivX video. A front-mounted USB port on all three systems facilitates the playback of media files with mp3, WMA and AAC audio supported. CDs can also be ripped to mp3 files on a USB storage device. All three systems can be upgraded with a Bluetooth module, making it possible to stream content from a laptop, mobile phone or media player using A2DP.
The DCS-590, DCS-585 and DCS-FS30 will be available in August, with pricing to be given nearer launch.
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Panasonic SC-BT205 Blu-ray home cinema system
History tells us that one-box home cinema bundles rarely match the quality of a decent separates system, but for sheer convenience they simply can’t be beaten. And when it comes to Blu-ray, convenience and set-up simplicity are even more vital, given the potentially brain-frazzling compatibility issues surrounding Blu-ray’s HD audio formats.
So it’s with that in mind that we say hello to the SC-BT205, one of Panasonic’s latest all-in-one Blu-ray home cinema systems. It comes with a combined Blu-ray player/receiver unit, which serves up 1000W of audio power as well as decoding Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio, plus you get a set of four tallboy speakers, a centre speaker and a passive Kelton subwoofer.
While it’s not the most jaw-dropping system we’ve ever seen, its mirrored fascia injects a touch of high-tech bling and the black finish elsewhere is tasteful enough. What’s less forgivable though is the hollow, plasticky build quality of the main unit and speakers, which is not what you expect at this price.
The main unit’s front panel is a carnival of connectivity. Not only does it boast an SD card slot and a USB port, but there’s also an iPod dock that slides out from the middle of the fascia. With your iPod hooked up you can use the system’s onscreen menus and remote to play your music, videos and photos.
The SD card slot can be used to play AVCHD, SD video (MPEG2) and JPEG files, or you can shove a flash drive into the USB port and enjoy DivX, MP3 and JPEG playback – but there’s no support for WMA, DivX HD or MKV.
The rear panel sadly lacks HDMI inputs but there are two optical digital inputs and an analogue stereo input to cover your other equipment. Among the other sockets are HDMI, Component and Composite video outputs and an input for the FM radio tuner.
If you’re repulsed by the sight of cables then you can even install an optional wireless kit (SH-FX70), which sends surround information wirelessly to a receiver at the back of the room, which in turn is connected to the rear speakers.
And because the system’s Blu-ray deck is a fully-fledged Profile 2.0 affair, you’ll also find an Ethernet port on the back that lets you download bonus movie content, as well as view YouTube clips and Google Picasa photos through the Viera Cast web portal. On the downside, you have to load up an SD card to store BD Live downloads as there’s no built-in memory.
The features don’t stop there – there’s a range of sound modes to play with (including Dolby Pro Logic II) and the system is equipped with the superb UniPhier chip, which uses P4HD processing to pull all the picture strings.
Set-up is a piece of cake thanks to the colour-coded speaker terminals and the Smart Setup mode, which sets all the sound parameters automatically using a microphone and a series of test tones. You also get a top-drawer remote, which boasts perfectly-sized, clearly-labelled buttons.
Just like Panasonic’s superlative DMP-BD60 and BD80 standalone players, the SC-BT205’s picture quality is impeccable. The depth, solidity and unadulterated clarity of the picture is a wonder to behold, making good quality Blu-ray transfers like The Dark Knight or Mamma Mia! look absolutely spellbinding.
It’s also a dab hand on the sonic front, with the speakers’ bamboo cones blasting out Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio tracks with rare relish. It’s miles better than the hard, tainted sound of last year’s SC-BT100 – the sound is richly detailed, smooth and packed with plenty of oomph in the bass department, although the sub does get a little overbearing at times and could do with being a bit punchier. On the whole though, it’s a masterful performance by typical one-box standards.
LaCie LaCinema Rugged media player goes HD
Tough guy HD player can hold up to 700 movies, writes David Walker
If you’re going to make something portable, make sure it’s tough – and gadgets don’t come much harder than the LaCie LaCinema Rugged media player, which has now been upgraded to playback your high-definition movies and footage.
Those fairly unassuming looks are the work of industrial designer Neil Poulton, but that (dare we say) dull exterior is more function than form, a scratch-resistant aluminium shell, internal anti-shock absorbers, and a shock-resistant rubber bumper guaranteed to protect your media from everyday accidents and quite possibly, double up as body armour – but don’t hold us to that, it’s certainly not a listed selling point.
As well as being the hardest kid on the block, the Rugged is a decent portable media player too, able to play and store your HD movies in glorious 1080p, with HDMI output for easy connection to your HD-ready TV, along with a remote and user-friendly graphical interface. Upscales your standard-def movies too, should you be lacking clips of a HD variety right now and with 500GB of storage, we’re talking up to 700 movies or if you prefer audio and images, 165,000 songs or 165,000 photos.
Compatible with PCs and Macs, the LaCie LaCinema Rugged HD player is available right now, priced around the £259.99 mark
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LG Freeview Blu-ray player out this month
Includes YouTube streaming and 160GB HDD
The Blu-ray player has a number of interesting features, including the ability to stream YouTube content straight from the player and the inclusion of a built-in 160GB hard disk drive.
The player also has a Freeview receiver, so you can choose from 40 digital Freeview channels and pause, rewind and store them as you would with a Sky+ box.
Upscaling player
And for those who like to get their content form the net, the LG HR400 will also recognise DivX files, because it is nice like that.
The LG HR 400 is available to buy at the end of July for around £350. For more information, click on http://www.lge.com/uk/index.jsp.
Technisat Digicorder HD S2x review
In many respects this twin-tuner hi-def PVR is a fine piece of work but, sadly, some silliness creeps in
An HD revamp of the twin-DVB-S2-tunered Digicorder S2, the HD-S2x has already been available (as the HD-S2) for some time in Germany.
Unfortunately, the HDD is the same 160GB as the S2′s. Given the greediness of HD recordings, we would have expected bigger. That said, a 500GB version is available for extra outlay.
Build and connectivity
One cannot fault the contemporary and surprisingly compact styling of the S2x, which wouldn’t look amiss next to – say – a Loewe TV. Function follows form with a control disc that facilitates basic timeshifting, soundtrack/subtitle and last-channel selection, as well as the usual channel-change, volume and standby.
They’re augmented by a multi-function fluorescent display that, among other things, lists the name of the currently selected channel. The lower half of the front panel swings downwards to reveal the USB port, card readers for built-in Conax CAM and CI slots. You can swap the supplied hard disc for your own 3.5in SATA drives too.
The new model adds Ethernet capabilities, which enable the timer to be remotely scheduled via the internet, and recordings to be transferred to a PC. Multimedia files can fly the other way, thereby allowing you to make the most of the onboard media player (or you can transfer via the USB port).
Twin LNB
Along with twin LNBs, the rear panel has everything you would expect
Also on the rear panel (above) are the two LNB inputs that are configured in the setup menus, and support the SatCR and DisiCon type of single cable router LNB to feed both tuners.
Unfortunately, there’s no UHF modulator or aerial connectivity. The component and HDMI will go from 576i to 1080i, and if you have a DVD recorder the RGB Scart output can be active at the same time as the HD outputs.
Setup
The S2x is ready for motorised dishes, courtesy of DiSEqC 1.2/USALS. Initial setup – the parameters of which include language, location, display format or whether you’re using one or both LNB inputs – is conducted by a wizard. The options here are comprehensive – the LNBs that can be connected include single LO, C-band, and single cable routing (SatCR and DisiCon).
Unfortunately, you can’t have two dishes aimed at different satellites, unless they’re fitted with twin (or quattro) LNBs – and under those circumstances you’ll need DiSEqC switchboxes to make sure the inputs are always from the same satellite.
The most flexible solution is to use a DiSEqC motorised dish with a twin LNB – our review configuration. The procedure to get this receiver to work with a DiSEqC rotor is quite unusual: you have to choose ‘motorised’ from the list of available satellites, then work your way through the satellites and enable the ones you can receive.
Searching
You can search individually or with an auto-search to allow for transit times
Instead of using a manual ‘step’ mode to set the precise sat positions, the excellent ‘auto-focus’ system peaks the dish for maximum signal strength. It’s then a matter of searching the satellites, either individually or with a global search that automatically visits each in turn; sensibly, this allows for transit times between satellite positions.
In ‘auto’ search mode, you can choose all services, or just the free-to-air ones. Also provided are transponder and manual searches, with PIDs for individual channels if desired. You can also specify modulation type, though some reason you can choose FEC for DVB-S2, but not DVB-S. Most obviously missing is a blind search option for adding new transponders without downloading a new database.
Basic use
Pressing ‘enter’ accesses the channel navigator, and by default, the ‘master list’ of channels is displayed. Press the ‘options’ button, and you can access the ‘all channels’ list – a disappointing maximum of 6,000 – or sort channels according to provider. For more advanced sorting you have to select the main menu’s ‘TV (radio) lists organising’ option.
From here, you can copy or remove channels from the all-channels list to the master list. The ‘all channels’ sorting functions include alphabetical order, free, new, HDTV, satellite and even language – but there’s no ability to find a channel by progressively entering more of its name.
Another annoying characteristic of this receiver comes to the fore if you’re using a motorised dish. When working through the all-channels list, the dish insists on moving to the currently highlighted one – a great way of wearing out your motor prematurely!
You have the six favourites lists (three TV, three radio), but we could find no reference to these anywhere in the menus. We had to wade through the manual to discover that favourites lists have to be turned on manually (this is a setup option). From then on, favourites can be defined by switching from the relevant master lists (i.e. radio or TV) to one of the three favourites.
This is daft – we would have thought that anyone wanting to remain sane would be using favourites by default. Disappointingly, you can’t define favourite channels directly from the navigator. Rather than one button press, once they’re switched on, favourites are available as a channel navigator ‘option’. A more sensible system would be welcomed.
The EPG, which can program the timer directly, supports now-and-next and 7-day schedules. A neat feature is the ‘SFI’ button, which accesses an EPG now-and-next ‘digest’, complete with time-remaining bargraphs and the ability to proceed further through the schedules if available. This is tied in with Technisat’s EPGPlus, an unusual system that involves downloading data from an unspecified transponder at 0.8°W.
Regrettably, the number of channels covered here is small and primarily Scandinavian, although a ‘journal’ function allows you to update user-defined channels from conventional DVB EPG. None of the UK’s terrestrial channels is covered by the download, which is disappointing, given that on FTA (as opposed to Freesat) these broadcasters only offer now-and-next DVB EPG data.
Downloaded channels benefit from a ‘genre’ display mode for upcoming programmes, but this is denied to non-EPGplus channels that offer seven-day EPGs, such as the German ones. Odd, given the receiver’s origins.
Other features include a picture zoom, teletext, subtitles and a useful channel technical information display, including bitrate and resolution. You’ll also find a PiP function for insetting the picture of one channel into another. Only one of these can be an HD channel, which brings us to a severe limitation of the HD S2x.
Only one of the tuners is DVB-S2-compliant, which means that you can’t view one HD channel while recording another (a twin-tuner model, the HD S2 Plus is forthcoming).
PVR and multimedia
Lack of dual-HD recording aside, the PVR functions rank very highly. An oddity to watch out for is that if the unit is in PVR mode, attempting to enter the menus will ask you if you want to stop recording. If you want to manually set or change the timer you’ll have an interrupted recording.
However, you can still access the channel list and EPG – and play existing recordings, which are listed with a press of the green handset button. You can pause the current channel, kicking off the process of using the HDD as a buffer. You can then review, cue, jog/shuttle and play to your heart’s content.
A welcome touch is that you can preserve the contents of the buffer as a recording should you decide it’s worth keeping. Up to 999 recordings, initiated manually or using the 30-event/1-year timer, can be stored on the HDD. There’s also an editing function for trimming off excess material, or copying a segment to a new file.
You can also use the Mediaport software (from Technisat’s website) to transfer recordings (which are in standard transport-stream format) to a PC across the network, or from a PC to the S2x. MP3, JPEG and DVD-type VOB (MPEG-2) files are the only formats with which the HD-S2x is compatible; DivX and WMV aren’t supported.
Networking also lets you access the receiver from any suitable internet-enabled device in the world, although for now this only extends to timer scheduling.
Performance
The HD-S2x may be fast at selecting channels – within a couple of seconds if it’s on the current satellite – but searches are ponderous: an all-channels DVB-S/S2 search of Hot Bird clocked in at over 11 minutes. ITV HD is not receivable with the S2x, but reception of channels from a variety of different satellites proved reliable – even in damp weather.
The tuners are obviously up to scratch in sensitivity terms. In AV quality terms the HD-S2x also puts up a good showing. Pictures from Arte HD and BBC HD are sublime, intricate detail and impressive colour fidelity being only too apparent on the Full-HD Cineversum Paris projector we were fortunate to have in for testing at the same as well as our 32in Sony Bravia LCD.
Poor-quality SD channels (not Technisat’s fault) remain just that. From MP3 files and digital TV alike, sound quality from both the analogue and digital outputs cannot be faulted. A final point to note is the relatively low power consumption.
Sagem DTR 67500 Eco review
The Eco credentials of this tuner are quite impressive at only 15W in operation HD upscaling, recording exporting and multimedia playback make this a smart PVR
Over the past 12 months or so Sagem has been quietly ramping up the features in its Freeview PVRs while managing to keep down the price. The DTR 67500 Eco is a perfect example of this.
It has a 500GB hard disc capable of storing 250 hours of TV, Freeview+ certification (so supports series link and accurate recording) and HDMI out with upscaling yet still comes in at a reasonable £180 (a 320GB version, the 67320, is also available for £150).
The casing remains pretty much unchanged from the 67250. It’s a step up from early Sagem Freeview recorders but the amber LED display (which shows the time when in standby) still looks a bit cheap. The Eco in the name refers to the fact that the receiver uses a reasonable 15W in operation and 2W when in standby.
Good connections
Connections include the HDMI, component video outputs, twin Scarts with RGB and composite out on each, plus S-video on the VCR Scart. There are also optical and coaxial digital audio outputs for digital audio. A front-mounted USB port is included for inserting FAT32 formatted flash drives and hard discs for importing and exporting MP3, JPEG and MPEG-2 files (recordings are stored as transport streams).
The remote is fairly unchanged from the 67250T with simultaneously coloured and lettered buttons frequently employed to make navigating the menus more intuitive. The EPG supports seven days of Freeview data displayed as a grid with the option to have the selected channel running in the top-left corner of the screen.
You can view data for TV and radio channels up to seven days in advance (skippable day by day) with programme synopses displayed in the top right. Or you can view lists of programmes by channel or filter the EPG to only show programmes of a certain type, favourite channels or channels of your choosing.
Sadly, as was the case with the 67250, the EPG is frequently sluggish in operation when you’re recording at the same time. The programme information banner shows now-and-next data that can be expanded to give synopses. You can pick shows from the recording library without having to dip into the menus.
Recordings can be scheduled from the EPG and are added to the manually confi gurable timer menu which has single, weekly, daily and Monday to Friday/Saturday/Sunday options. You can record two channels at once and timeshift one while recording another or browsing the menus.
Recorded and timeshifted material can be fast forwarded and rewound at 4x, 10x or 60x, 300 or 600x normal speed. You can rename recordings, put them in folders, PIN-lock them and merge them into one file.
The recording format is the native transport stream (MPEG-2TS) equating to about 1.7GB an hour on average. Recordings can be exported to (and ‘from’ if you happen to have any transport stream files sitting around) USB connected drives. The receiver also plays back MPEG-2 files. There’s no DivX or MP4 support, though this may be added as an update in future. Also playable are MP3 and JPEG files with playlist options for all.
Pictures from the 67500′s tuners are decent if not exceptional. Upscaling helps to address incidences of artefacting but it’s more of a case of smoothing the edges rather than delivering an enhanced feeling of crispness.
Nevertheless, the quality of recordings matches the original broadcast and we were able to play exported recordings on our laptop using VLC software. Audio performance is also sharp and clean, especially via the digital outputs, with high-quality MP3s rendered with faithful punch.
(Reviewed by Grant Rennell – What Satellite & Digital TV Issue 277)
Philips 32PFL9604 review
The 32PFL9604 uses Philips’ Ambilight to great effect
Having produced some of the best TVs at this size in the past year, Philips is making the most of its glowing reputation with this feature-packed, aluminium-clad 32in TV. While the inclusion of Ambilight and wireless web browsing are the headline acts, the 32PFL9604 has got much more up its sleeve.
Features
It’s exceptionally well connected, with Net TV being Philips’ first foray into internet features. Unlike most sets that offer a ring-fenced platform on a wired ethernet connection, the 32PFL9604 can access the Net TV portal using Wi-Fi and even browse the internet at large.
Further digital niceties come in the form of DLNA networking (wired or wirelessly) from a PC, a USB port that plays video files and a stunning five HDMI inputs.
It all helps create a unique TV, but the engine room is elsewhere. On board is Philips’ Perfect Pixel HD processing, which includes separate circuitry to improve contrast (Perfect Contrast), get rid of blur (100Hz Clear LCD) and lose judder (HD Natural Motion).
A staple of Philips TVs is Ambilight, which appears here in its Spectra 2 guise. It projects a dynamic light show onto surrounding walls that mimics the changing colours on screen.
Ease of use
Navigating the icon-based home page is a cinch, but finding what you want can be long winded. For example, switching the surround sound effect on or off during a movie takes so long that you will need to pause the disc.
We’ve also got issues with its major picture features, most of which are hidden away. The set really should come with a sheet of tips and hints on getting the best picture, especially since most of its excellent settings for Blu-ray and DVDs – HD Natural Motion and 100Hz Clear LCD – are not activated by default and can be tricky to find.
On the multimedia side, the 32PFL9604′s USB slot can play MP3, JPEG and video files including MP4, MPEG and DivX, although the latter takes 15secs to load.
Those same files can be watched from a PC or Mac over a Wi-Fi network by simply entering your broadband router’s WEP key, though loading times can become much longer.
Full Access
The remote for Philips’ 32PFL9604 allows control over the TV’s internet functions
The streamlined remote features a dedicated button to access the Net TV menus, which include icons for various content partners, including YouTube, a weather channel, internet radio and some simple gaming.
Loading times are reasonably fast, but not quite as impressive as Panasonic’s Viera Cast. Manually entering web addresses is a pain, loading times are slow and no favourite sites can be set, but it’s better than nothing.
Picture
The rich colour of The Matrix on BD hits you immediately, enhanced by Ambilight. As a fireball rips through the lobby in slo-mo, the vivid oranges and reds are stunning, as is the appearance on the wall behind the TV of a fierce glow.
Blacks are inky while containing loads of detail, as demonstrated by Neo’s suit in an early scene. Perfect Contrast almost lives up to its name, though we did notice some light leakage from the top of the panel.
Domestic Bliss
The 32PFL9604′s image quality and features list make it ideal for the living room
The helicopter scene atop a building shows off some terrific detail both in close-ups and surroundings, though as Trinity pulls Neo from the floor there are some noticeable artefacts around his shoulders and hair as he moves. The same flickers around moving objects are visible during the final scene where pedestrians walk past Neo as he leaves the phone box.
HD Natural Motion is the reason for this. Set it to its minimum setting and these artefacts become less noticeable, but they don’t disappear entirely. Meanwhile 100Hz Clear LCD removes all but minute traces of blur. All in all, HD pictures are fabulous and unbeatable at this size.
The 32PFL9604 also makes a decent stab at upscaling our DVD of The Last Emperor, though even with MPEG noise reduction switched on there are jagged edges aplenty as the servants move around the Forbidden City, and a lot of picture noise in backgrounds.
It’s a different story with Freeview, where some tennis on BBC2 reveals unusual depth, colour and contrast, with an odd shimmer of the net being the only issue.
With 15W speakers and two mid-bass drivers visible on the rear of the TV, it’s no surprise that the 32PFL9604 serves up rounded audio, though its ‘surround’ mode is best avoided for dialogue-rich films.
The results from Blu-ray are something to behold and with Freeview also much stronger than on rival sets, the 32PFL9604 makes an ideal TV for the living room.
Gran Torino – DVD
Drawing upon that legendary Eastwood persona, here we find him playing Walt Kowalski, Korean war veteran and bang-up traditionalist, who just happens to look like he’s been hewn straight from the Easter Islands. Staunch advocate of moral values and respect he may be, but Walt’s also a racist curmudgeon from the top drawer.
Following the death of his wife, octogenarian Walt retreats into his shell, stopping merely to mow his lawn, tear strips off the local whippersnapper vicar, clean his beloved Ford Gran Torino and bemoan the influx of foreigners into his neighbourhood, in particular his new neighbours.
After the neighbours’ son Thao has a run-in with a local gang, Walt becomes an inadvertent hero when he gets all medieval on the punks for breaking his gnome. Lauded by the immigrant community and charmed by Thao’s forthright sister Sue, Walt’s bigotry thaws as he’s showered with more adoration than his own family can muster and display a respect for tradition and honour.
But sadly not everyone shares this, as the gang target Thao, evoking painful memories of Walt’s time in Korea, and causing him to take Thao under his wing and teach him how to “man up”.
As the film progresses, Walt’s ill-temper is given shade, with his racial abuse serving not only as a tribal expression, but as a male bonding technique, a kind of industrial grounding he passes on. Walt is an arse, but one forged of experience rather than hatred.
Eastwood’s performance allows this to resonate so convincingly, showing a man who has the strength of his conviction, but also as a prisoner of his own beliefs. His physical on-screen presence is mighty, carrying the weight of both his heritage and his generation, with his withering disdain for what the world has turned out seeping from his every pore.
As director and producer, Clint shows a vision that makes his advancing years an irrelevance – Walt and Clint’s generation may be down on the modern world, but neither is afraid to admit they have exclusive ownership of the right way to live their life.
Win Teufel Speakers and Headphones
Although Teufel may not be a household name in the UK yet, in Germany it is considered a premium brand with over 30 years experience in making loudspeakers. Here at TrustedReviews we’ve looked at a fair few Teufel speaker sets, and have been impressed with the sound quality, design and solid build. Teufel will also deliver its speakers to your door, and allow you to audition them in your own home – if you then decide that they are not right for you, for any reason, Teufel will collect the speakers and refund your money.
So now we’d like to give you the chance to experience Teufel for yourself. One lucky winner will receive a set of Teufel Motiv 3 5.1-channel speakers. This set comprises five MO 3 FCR satellite speakers, which look as good as they sound. These round speakers are finished in glossy black and silver, and have a distinctly retro look to them. Each satellite is also supplied with a magnetic base, making it simple to place each speaker.
The A 300 SW subwoofer may not be the largest box available, but it complements the satellites perfectly, producing copious amounts of bass when needed, but never overpowering subtle effects in quiet scenes. The Motiv 3 speaker set will ensure that you get the best out of your DVD and Blu-ray soundtracks, for that true, immersive home cinema experience.
The first runner up will receive a set of Teufel’s Concept C 200 USB multimedia speakers. If you spend a lot of your time working at your computer, this 2.1-channel set will let you blast some music out to help those hours fly by. And when you aren’t working, you can fire up a movie or a game and treat yourself to some meaty sound effects to accompany the action.
With a USB port for a digital connection to your PC, you’ll get the best possible sound from these speakers, while an analogue Aux input will let you hook up a second source too. There’s also a desktop control with master volume, bass level control for the subwoofer, along with headphone and mic inputs.
Of course if you’re not able to have your speakers blaring at your desktop, the second runner up prize will be perfect for you. The Teufel AC 9050 headphones are the perfect solution for anyone who wants to listen to music in an open plan office, or simply without disturbing others.
As well as being extremely comfortable, these headphones can also turn their hand to almost any genre of music. You also get an innovative removable cable system, along with both straight and coiled cables in the box.
JVC shows off super-slim 7mm LED-backlit TV at CEDIA
JVC’s first LED-backlit telly breaks loose at CEDIA in London
Not one to be known for super-slim TV panels, JVC today showed off the LT-32WX50 LCD at the CEDIA show in London.
Measuring just 7mm thick – the company’s slimmest TV to date – the 200Hz full HD LT-32WX50 is LED backlit with individual gamma adjustment, Photo Pro mode, and has a game mode with picture processing. It’s the first 32-inch LED-backlit company the company has produced, and looked a treat at the CEDIA expo.
The contrast ratio is 4,000:1, and there’s two HDMI inputs, an RS-232C mini, PC input, Component and composite input, USB slot, and SD card slot.
Launching around October/November time, it should swing onto retailers’ shelves for around the £1,900 mark.
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